Photo Review

One thousand hours under the sea

I was able to spend 90 minutes with a rather severe-looking beaked sea snake, tracking it to the surface and following it down again.

At first glance, the online book Wakatobi Reef Life looks like an underwater photographer’s dream assignment. In fact, it was an epic, unpaid labour of love, and putting its photos of about 400 tropical fish and invertebrate species into a book was an afterthought.

Perth couple Pam and Wayne Osborn have been going to Wakitobi Dive Resort in Indonesia once or twice a year for 11 years (except when the trip wasn’t possible due to COVID-19). On a typical day, Wayne has exercised his passion in retirement for taking underwater photos from

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