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Colin Munro Photography
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Marine Biologist, photographer (landscapes, wildlife, people, underwater).

Interests: science, environment, photography (digital and film), old motorbikes.
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I'm making some of my favourite photographs available as Fine Art Prints to buy direct from my website in a couple of clicks.
Hahnemühle Photo Rag, museum quality paper (satin or ultra-smooth), signed (or unsigned), each print made to order.
#blueshark
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November 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Struggling to find unique Christmas gifts?
I'm making some of my favourite photographs available as Fine Art Prints.
Museum quality prints, ready to frame.
Signed (or unsigned)
Each print made to order.
#wildlifeprints #wildlifeartwork
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November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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In Southeast Asia traditional ways of life are disappearing fast. Ethnic groups and cultures are being absorbed into the modern world before our very eyes.
The Urak Lawoi - renowned fishermen and divers - are one such group in Southern Thailand.
Read more..
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Thailand's Chao Lay People. - colinmunrophotography.com/blog
In Southeast Asia, as in so much of the World, traditional ways of life are disappearing fast. Ethnic groups and cultures, such as the Chao Lay, or sea nomads, are being absorbed
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November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In Southeast Asia traditional ways of life are disappearing fast. Ethnic groups and cultures are being absorbed into the modern world before our very eyes.
The Urak Lawoi - renowned fishermen and divers - are one such group in Southern Thailand.
Read more..
colinmunrophotography.com/blog/thailan...
Thailand's Chao Lay People. - colinmunrophotography.com/blog
In Southeast Asia, as in so much of the World, traditional ways of life are disappearing fast. Ethnic groups and cultures, such as the Chao Lay, or sea nomads, are being absorbed
colinmunrophotography.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Identification of many marine invertebrates can be tough, with so many similar looking species. Not so the granulated cushion star. Pretty much unmistakeable.
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Granulated Cushion Star, Choriaster granulatus - Colin Munro Photography
The granulated cushion star (aka granulated sea star) Choriaster granularis, is a large sea star found on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific. It feeds on coral polyps
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November 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
A pied shag, aka pied cormorant, dries its wings on an old wooden pier. New Zealand South Island.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I've spent most of my professional life working at sea, but I've never lost my respect for its power. Quite the opposite.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Old Men of the Forest
The name orangutan is believed to come from two Malay words, ‘ura? hutan‘ meaning ‘forest people’Nowadays, orangutans are found only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. That was not always so...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Photography is painting with light, but it’s equally the absence of light. It’s about creating a mood, an emotional response, w the balance of light and shadow; it’s using shadow to draw one’s eye to the light.
Blue Maomao Arch, Poor Knights Islands, NZ.
Now also on substack at
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October 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I wrote this article a while back, but as I have again started shooting film I decided to share it again.
#filmisnotdead
#filmphotography
#underwaterphotography
January 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Film photography is not dead.
#Nikon #NikonF3 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead
January 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Sunset, Exmouth Beach, Devon, England.
I took this photograph mid-summer, 12 years ago. It was shot on a Nikon D200, using an older 20mm 2.8 prime lens. The sun had already set, but by opening up to f4 and shooting at 1/60th, I was still able to shoot at ISO 160. #Exmouth #Nikon #Devon
December 27, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Two curious Fijian boys watch from the window of their small house. I took this image a little over 16 years ago, in a small mountain village on the island of Vanua Levu. Fiji. They will be young men now. I wonder how their lives have changed in the intervening years. #photography #fiji #islandlife
December 23, 2024 at 9:48 AM
San Diego pre-dawn. This was one of my early digital images, shot just over 18 years ago. We were waiting to load up our dive boat before heading off. It was one of those magical mornings as the sky slowly turned golden. Everything underwater was still shot on film. #sandeigo #sunrise
December 18, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Mid-winter ice on tidal flats at dawn. Exe Estuary near Turf Locks, Exeter, Devon. I took this photograph on Fuji Velvia 100 on a Nikon F3 some 12-14 years back. It was a bitterly cold morning, but the ice on the salt flats would not linger as the sun came up. #FujiVelvia #filmphotography #turflocks
December 17, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Here in Southeast Asia we get a lot of grasshoppers, and crickets... and locusts. So what's the difference. Are they a plague or part of the solution to feeding the World without destroying the environment? #locust #cricket #Thailand colinmunrophoto.substack.com/p/grasshoppe...
December 16, 2024 at 7:41 AM
The shift from film to digital cameras changed everything.

Or did it?

I wrote this article a while back, but recently updated.
If you enjoy, then consider following me here or on Substack. #filmphotography #underwaterphotography #filmvsdigital
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Photography in the digital age: what’s changed?
When I was young, both the World and photography was much simpler. The changes that have occurred in the World would take more than a blog to describe, so I’ll stick to those that directly affect phot...
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December 14, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Some of the largest carnivores in Thailand are reptiles. The Asian water monitor, Varantus salvator, is generally considered the World's second largest lizard, after the Komodo dragon. They feed on fish, birds, carrion, and smaller mammals such as cats, if they can catch them. #monitorlizard
December 13, 2024 at 12:16 PM
So this is my very first bsky post (I am on the other one also).

Like everyone nowadays I work with digital media. But I still love the tangible world of film. While precisely replicating rectangular pixels are far more efficient, 👇
December 13, 2024 at 6:03 AM