{"id":29388,"date":"2019-06-10T21:16:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T13:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=29388"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:47:41","slug":"10-days-in-maldives-day-04-snorkeling-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/06\/10\/10-days-in-maldives-day-04-snorkeling-03\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Days in Maldives \u2013 Day 04 \u2013 Snorkeling #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We snorkeled twice during our sand bank visit: these pictures were taken on the first outing, and the selection here was taken using the <b>Olympus Tough TG-5<\/b>, an underwater-capable compact camera that I acquired just for this trip. This is my first time snorkeling specifically for the purpose of taking still pictures, and I\u2019m learning: but man &#8211; it wasn\u2019t easy! It was hard to see the viewfinder of the TG-5 while in the water to do proper composition, so I could only point the camera in the general direction of the critter and hope for the best!<\/p>\n<p>The TG-5 should also have a setting for underwater shots, but I missed setting it if there is indeed one such. So, all the pictures in this post had to be post-processed in Lightroom: basically, numerous adjustments to white balance, vibrancy, shadows and also exposure. Captions identifying the critters below are a best effort only &#8211; some might be incorrect!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100192-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100192-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100192-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100192-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29390 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100197-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100197-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100197-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100197-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29391\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29391 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100206-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100206-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100206-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100206-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue surgeon fishes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29396\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29396 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100266-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100266-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100266-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100266-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long-nosed butterflyfish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29395\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29395 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100263-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100263-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100263-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100263-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saddleback butterflyfish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29392\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29392 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100208-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100208-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100208-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100208-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue surgeon fish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29397\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29397 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100275-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100275-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100275-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100275-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moorish idol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29398\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29398 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100276-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100276-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100276-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100276-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moorish idol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100224-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100224-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100224-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100224-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100239-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100239-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100239-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100239-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29399\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29399 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100256-huraa-sandbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100256-huraa-sandbank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100256-huraa-sandbank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100256-huraa-sandbank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our guest house host Sameer taking a dive: the spot here was a few meters deep.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Overall, the pictures turned out quite well for a small compact underwater camera. Thank goodness too, since the TG-5 wasn\u2019t particularly cheap!<\/p>\n<p>A video compilation from our first three snorkeling trips on Days 01 to 04!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pYjvz8AFC64\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Day 05 activities covered in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/06\/11\/10-days-in-maldives-day-05-crab-hunting-mangrove-swamp\/\">next post<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We snorkeled twice during our sand bank visit: these pictures were taken on the first outing, and the selection here was taken using the Olympus Tough TG-5, an underwater-capable compact camera that I acquired just for this trip. This is<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2019\/06\/10\/10-days-in-maldives-day-04-snorkeling-03\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  10 Days in Maldives \u2013 Day 04 \u2013 Snorkeling #3<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[653,655],"class_list":["post-29388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traveling","tag-maldives-2019","tag-olympus-tg-5","wpcat-17-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/blog-2019-maldives-day-04-P6100208-huraa-sandbank.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38523,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29388\/revisions\/38523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}