{"id":3125,"date":"2012-09-03T18:24:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T17:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2019-10-05T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T08:39:20","slug":"photo-courant-alor-indonesie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/photo-courant-alor-indonesie-20120903\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Pictures Underwater or Exhaust Yourself Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking pictures underwater, I love it. But swimming, much less. I realized this while diving in Alor, Indonesia.<\/p>\n

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Strenuous Dives<\/h2>\n

More than a month has passed, already, since my stay in Alor<\/a>in July 2012. A far away trip, to the borders of Indonesia, dedicated to what I love above all: diving and taking pictures underwater.<\/p>\n

Since my return, I continue, day after day, to sort out my underwater pictures brought back from this lost archipelago - more than a thousand pictures!<\/p>\n

On the screen of my computer, I rediscover the beauty of the reefs, full of huge sponges, coral tables, colored gorgonians... And I remember my dives there. Dives that were sometimes \"sporty\", as they say.<\/p>\n

That's right, we had to swim hard... ????<\/p>\n

\"Barrel<\/a>
Barrel sponge in Alor. (Indonesia, July 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Strategy of the least effort<\/h2>\n

I knew, before I left, that there were strong currents in Alor. Having already tried those of Nusa Penida \/ Lembongan<\/a>, of Komodo<\/a> or of Raja Ampat<\/a>, I'm starting to have some experience with this kind of diving.<\/p>\n

But I know my physical limits and I'm also a little cluttered underwater by my 7D's bulky housing<\/a>. Underwater photography involves a strategy of the least effort. Drift dives, where you just have to let yourself be carried by the current, without having to fight, suit me well. The dives where you hook yourself on the reef in the current, to enjoy the show without getting exhausted, suit me very well too. On the other hand, to swim against the current, or to follow a group that advances too fast for my taste, with big and energetic kicks, is much less my thing.<\/p>\n

I readily admit it: I am aquatic, but not athletic. I am a contemplative (understand: slow) diver. I am sparing with my movements, I try to make the air last as long as possible...<\/p>\n

\"Games<\/a>
Play of light on a delicate gorgonian, \"flown\" by a cloud of anthias (Alor, Indonesia, July 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n