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Rick Tegeler

I am from Canada
Member since: Friday, January 31, 2003
Until late 2004 I used 2 separate housed Nikons Fs (yep, thats correct - Fs) in Niko Mar III housings: 24mm, 55mm and assorted. Assorted strobes. Now a D100 and D7000 - assorted lenses/strobes. Also usually carry a Nikonos II (a classic!) with a 15mm lens slung around my neck - just in case!
Diving for 45 years - well in excess of 10,000 dives. I've dived just about everywhere within the band of Tropics and have had the good fortune over the years to be the "first" in many (now) well-known dive destinations. Check my website out for more details.
Current favorite spot - PNG. Bought a bit land on the the remotest part of remote New Ireland from a local chief for a boat, two pigs and some shell money and dive my brains out there once a year for over a month. Decompress by visiting Walindi, Loloata and Tufi. PNG is "IT" IMHO. I currently live in British Columbia, Canada enjoying the best of both worlds - Sea and Mountains. . I have been taking u/w images since the late 1960s.
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2845 point member

My Portfolio

  Lionfish... Kulau... East New Britain PNG. Lionfish Kulau PNG
  Nemo
  Porcelin crab. Enjoy crab
  Blue face angel... aka yellow mask angel. angel
  Silvertip surface.... surface
  Japanese freighter just off Kulau ENB PNG. PNG

My Contest Stats

I have 385 entries in the photo contest
Latest Entries...
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entered Monday, December 24, 2012
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entered Friday, December 21, 2012
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entered Friday, December 21, 2012


CategoryNumber of EntriesTotal votesAverage votes
Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)77143618
Humorous57715
Macro - Close-Up1120818
Macro - not swimming4274117
Macro - Nudibranchia49022
Macro - Super macro11414
Macro - swimming81153118
Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)812515
Topside (above water but marine related)3874519
Wide Angle - Close Focus510320
Wide Angle - Divers2836913
Wide Angle - Marine Life3955114
Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)2244620
Wide Angle - Wrecks2345919
Wide Angle - Year 2000 entries122
totals 385689717
Seas I have divedNumber of EntriesTotal votesAverage votes
unspecified76139318
22110
Arabian Sea11313
Asian Sea11313
Bismarck Sea55102918
Caribbean Sea4888318
Coral Sea58617
East China Sea22010
Gulf Of Mexico1217914
Indian Ocean1216213
Landlocked Seas/Lakes24522
Pacific120218018
Philippine Sea1738322
Red Sea1215713
Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California22211
Solomon Sea1831117
totals 385689717
Countries I have visitedNumber of EntriesTotal votesAverage votes
unspecified74136418
23115
Belize57815
Canada914315
Cape Verde11616
Cayman islands1926814
Christmas Island11313
Costa Rica12929
Egypt1215713
Fiji710114
Honduras1016316
Maldives1421715
Marshall Islands166
Mexico1324518
Micronesia4680617
Netherlands Antilles920923
Palau2135216
Papua New Guinea97182218
Philippines1637423
United States1937219
Virgin Islands (British)57414
Virgin Islands U.S.35719
totals 385689717

My Forum Posts

I have 98 forum posts

Recent Forum posts...
Looks way familiar!
Posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
Nice
Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011
D100
Posted: Saturday, November 25, 2006


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