Best of Scuba Diving Komodo - Wallacea Dive Cruises MV Ambai

Highlights of liveaboard diving in Komodo aboard the MV Ambai from Wallacea dive cruises. Beautiful footage from the air and below the sea including manta rays, mantis shrimp, cuttle fish, frog fish, pygmy seahorses, schooling cow nosed rays and other amazing creatures.
Equipment:
Panasonic GH5
M.Zuiko ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye PRO and Nauticam port
M.Zuiko ED 12-50mm f3.5-6.3 EZ and Nauticam port
Nauticam Housing
Nauticam CMC-1 and flip mount
SmallHD 501 Monitor
Nauticam 502 monitor housing
Ultralight tripod
2 Sola 3000s
1 Sola 500
DJI Phantom 4
Editor: Final Cut Pro X

[@junotofficial2422]

EPIC ENDING !!

[@m.alhavis6386]

Indonesia is beatifull 😍😍😍😍

[@johnklei6582]

What a really great video!

[@StephenMartin001]

Thanks! 🙏

[@wallaceadivecruises]

To see something you've never seen, you've got to do something you've never done... Awesome job, great video. Thank you so much for sharing Stephen

[@grahamstevens9642]

Remarkable! A true macro feast!! thanks for sharing

[@StephenMartin001]

Thanks Graham!

[@NickHope]

07:03 That's a shedload of cownose rays! Wow!

[@GUBLINJ]

Very good film and an invitation for me to come and dive Komodo.

[@czele123]

Great videography, awesome footage, and devil rays at 7:05 , my dream, ❤️it.

[@StephenMartin001]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ro0t2k61]

Wow, very nice impressions. High quality video. But your equipment must be expensive af 🙂

[@StephenMartin001]

I wish I could pull off a video like that using a GoPro!

[@sayfbsy]

Several times I dive here but can not found schooling manta, urr very lucky n can catch the moment nicely. Also the macro was amazing.

[@StephenMartin001]

I was lucky to see the mantas. We did several dives and I only saw them at a distance because other divers were chasing them. As the third dive was coming to an end and I still hadn't got any shots, a manta came by really close and all the divers in my group started chasing it leaving me by myself. It was at the time all the mantas in the video came right up to me! So, it was great the one manta lured all the divers away! Thanks for your kind comments and for watching. Hope you get a moment alone with the mantas too.

[@sayfbsy]

Already, 1 moment freediving, i am waiting at the bottom around 10meters for several second n hope the manta came to me. Several times trying n succeded. 1 moment diving, as u know dive more simple than freediving with the current. And also 1 moment I get the capture from drone.

[@bugsandbears]

Wow! That macro footage is just world-class! Could watch that over and over again! That mantis shrimp at 04:51, magic! We're big Komodo lovers, one of our favourite diving spots in the world. You just got yourself a new subscriber, Stephen! Looking forward for more! Keep it up! Matthias from Bugs & Bears 🐻

[@toringeleidland784]

Great video Stephen. Komodo is on my to do list :)

[@AlesBerka]

Amazing, once again

[@StephenMartin001]

Thanks Ales!

[@GUBLINJ]

Very good video. I just was wondering if it would be worth crossing the world to come diving Komodo. After watching this film I think the answer is Yes.

[@javadwipa5184]

INDONESIA

[@gregorysydow4428]

Excellent work! I'm heading out to the Philippines in a week for my second trip with my GH5. Your macro work is great. Auto or manual focus? Spot or area? AFF or AFC? Any other tips? Thanks so much!

[@StephenMartin001]

Gregory Sydow thanks! You’re going to have a great time in the Philippines. I shoot in manual mode spot focus with back button auto focus setup. I’ve toyed with focus tracking but haven’t gotten quick with setting it up. It’s also hard on a tripod. Good luck!

[@gregorysydow4428]

@@StephenMartin001 Thanks much! I will experiment with back button auto focus a bit. Hopefully I will get some decent results!

[@komodonationalpark8497]

Seruu abis liburannya Kak, terus explore yah. Kunjungi channel kita yuk, siapa tau bermanfaat :)

[@GUBLINJ]

Very good video. I just was wondering if it would be worth crossing the world to come diving Komodo. After watching this film I think the answer is Yes.

[@scuba-channel]

Having been myself, too, I can give you a very firm yes. It was amazing. Indonesia is a dive location par excellence. Komodo, Bunaken, Raja Ampat, Banda Sea, Ambon, Misool, the list goes on. I don't know where else I can go to exceed or match Indo. Maybe Palau, Micronesia, and French Polynesia.