arnaud germain wildlife photography

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Red Sea

The Red Sea is the favourite tropical destination for European divers. It is close and it is cheap. I went to Egypt for the first time in 1993. I went back six more times after that. Egypt is a land of contrast. The coast is a desert, and water is brought from the Nile valley through big pipes. But underwater, life explodes in so many different colours and shapes. And for me, it was a place where I could find sharks. It took me over 100 dives in Egypt before I saw my first shark but since then, I have been able to see five different species in these waters. Having lived in Alexandria for 4 years, the Red Sea has become my favourite playground with about 200 dives there. The fact that I bought an Ikelite housing for my D700 camera meant a big revolution for my underwater photography.

La Mer Rouge est la destination tropicale préférée de beaucoup de plongeurs européens. Ce n'est pas loin et ce n’est pas cher. Je suis allé en Egypte pour la première fois en 1994. J’y suis retourné 6 fois après ça. L’Egypte es tune terre de contrastes. La côte est un desert et l’eau est acheminée par d’énormes conduits depuis la vallée du Nil. Mais sous l’eau, la vie explose en forms et couleurs extravagantes. Et pour moi, c’est un endroit où je pouvais trouver des requins. Ça m’a pris plus d’une centaine de plong’ees avant de voir mon premier requin, mais depuis, j’ai vu 5 espèces différentes dans ces eaux. Ayant habité pendant 4 ans à Alexandrie, la Mer Rouge est devenue mon terrain de jeux préféré avec près de 200 plongées là. Et c’est là que j’ai commence à prendre des photos digitales sous l’eau. Une revolution pour moi.
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Masked Butterfly Fish

Masked Butterfly Fish

Sailfish

Sailfish

Spinner Dolphin Pod

Spinner Dolphin Pod

Nembrotha megalocera

Nembrotha megalocera

Clown Fish and Long Arm Cleaner Shrimp

Clown Fish and Long Arm Cleaner Shrimp

Green Turtle portrait

Green Turtle portrait

Picasso Trigger Fish

Picasso Trigger Fish

Moray Eel Portrait

Moray Eel Portrait

Red anemone and clown fish

Red anemone and clown fish

School of Fusillers

School of Fusillers

Camouflaged jack

Camouflaged jack

Lion fish Portrait

Lion fish Portrait

Black Coral on Elphinstone Reef Drop Off.

Black Coral on Elphinstone Reef Drop Off.

Yolanda Wreck

Yolanda Wreck

Inquisitive Clown Fish

Inquisitive Clown Fish

Giant Moray Eel Smile

Giant Moray Eel Smile

Crocodile Fish

Crocodile Fish

Cornet Fish on top of the Reef

Cornet Fish on top of the Reef

Redmouth Grouper

Redmouth Grouper

Green Turtle

Green Turtle

Sailfish Coming!

Sailfish Coming!

Circular Batfish

Circular Batfish

Elphinstone Reef

Elphinstone Reef

Sailfin Tang and cleaner Wrasse

Sailfin Tang and cleaner Wrasse

View from Big Brother

View from Big Brother

Red Sea Sunset

Red Sea Sunset

Male and Female anthias

Male and Female anthias

Lighthouse of Big Brother from Under the Surface

Lighthouse of Big Brother from Under the Surface

Common Bigeye

Common Bigeye

Sting Ray Turning

Sting Ray Turning

Blue Triggerfish

Blue Triggerfish

Soft Coral on Elphinstone Reef

Soft Coral on Elphinstone Reef

Remora

Remora

Stonefish

Stonefish

Green turtle on Sea Grass

Green turtle on Sea Grass

Goatfish and Cleaner Wrasse

Goatfish and Cleaner Wrasse

Twin Chromodorid or Gem Seaslug

Twin Chromodorid or Gem Seaslug

Soft Coral at Night

Soft Coral at Night

Light Through the Reef

Light Through the Reef

Klunzinger’s Wrasse

Klunzinger’s Wrasse

Middle Reef, Safaga

Middle Reef, Safaga

Box Fish at Night

Box Fish at Night

Blacktip Grouper portrait

Blacktip Grouper portrait

Soft Coral and Divers on Elphinstone Drop Off

Soft Coral and Divers on Elphinstone Drop Off

Inquisitive Bottlenose Dolphins

Inquisitive Bottlenose Dolphins

Threadfin Butterflyfish Eating Jellyfish

Threadfin Butterflyfish Eating Jellyfish

Under a Green Turtle

Under a Green Turtle

Aida II Wreck

Aida II Wreck

School of Great Barracuda

School of Great Barracuda

Anemone and clown fish

Anemone and clown fish

Yellowspotted Burrfish Portrait (Diodon)

Yellowspotted Burrfish Portrait (Diodon)

Pod of Spinner Dolphins

Pod of Spinner Dolphins

Train Wheel on Numidia Wreck

Train Wheel on Numidia Wreck

Emperor Angelfish

Emperor Angelfish

Lion Fish Display

Lion Fish Display

Devil Scorpion Fish

Devil Scorpion Fish

Train parts on Numidia Wreck

Train parts on Numidia Wreck

Hawksbill Turtle Portrait

Hawksbill Turtle Portrait

Glossodoris Hikuerensis

Glossodoris Hikuerensis

Stone Fish.

Stone Fish.

Coral Grouper

Coral Grouper

Little Brother

Little Brother

Octopus

Octopus

Numidia Wreck

Numidia Wreck

Sailfish portrait

Sailfish portrait

Sting ray on Sand

Sting ray on Sand

Sohal Surgeonfish

Sohal Surgeonfish

Checkerboard Wrasse

Checkerboard Wrasse

Torpedo ray or electric ray

Torpedo ray or electric ray

Scribbled Filefish

Scribbled Filefish

Stinging Hydroid

Stinging Hydroid

Napoleon Fish

Napoleon Fish

School of Longfin Batfish

School of Longfin Batfish

Vermiculate Wrasse

Vermiculate Wrasse

YellowmarginTriggerfish

YellowmarginTriggerfish

Milkfish

Milkfish

Needle Fish

Needle Fish

Starry Rabbitfish

Starry Rabbitfish

Bluefin Trevally

Bluefin Trevally

Sea fan and diver

Sea fan and diver

Whitespotted Pufferfish

Whitespotted Pufferfish

Scorpion Fish Ambush

Scorpion Fish Ambush

Sailfin Tang

Sailfin Tang

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