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shots taken using ambient light i.e. unlit by flash or continuous lighting like HID but filters on the lens are allowed if declared
I was able to swim along this turtle for quite a while while snorkeling on the Big Island of Hawaii at the City of Refuge. This turtle was not shy at all and I got quite a few shots before it swam just above the word aloha inscribed by fellow divers.
Snorkeling by some rocks outside my hotel in St. Marteen.
Spearfishing in Crete, Greece
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2005

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I know spearfishing should be discouraged but on a photographic level you have to admit this is graphic
Turks & Caicos off West Caicos
in about 80 ft
Canon A85 w/ canon housing
Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
"Life in the Staghorn", Ningaloo Reef
Sea Lions at Race Rocks
Sea and Sea housing with N90 &20mm lens
Cocos Hammerheads
Nikonos V with 15mm lens.
Cuba - Cayo Coco
Sesimbra - Portugal - Taken with Sony Cibershot P7
A Jellyfish in Ligurian Sea (Italy). Coolpix 5000 in Sea&Sea housing.
Batfish - Safety stop at Hin Daeng, Phi-Phi, Thailand 14/12-04
The sun from below a table coral.
Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with wide angle lense in Egypt, Dahab.
"Manta Ray", Ningaloo Reef
'Dash for air'
Diver on the line, with banded sea-snake dashing up by him for air....
"Snapper Portrait", Ningaloo Reef
If you look closely you can see the small fry all around. feeding time. in less than 20ft of water. also one with strobe producing a yellow seahorse
"Fusiliers", Ningaloo Reef
Czech fresh water pond... early spring and this pike was trying to match its colours to the ground... It stayed still for two shots.
"Peak Hour" at Ningaloo Reef.
Yellow line arrow crab taken at Cisternpoint in the BVI
Late summer in dam Czech Republic, this pike was over 1 meter...
Among barracudas.
Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with wide angle lense in Egypt, Dahab.
Fan Coral Turks & Cacos
Rented camera on Peter Hughes Sea Dancer. 35mm slide film
Kinda reminds me of a puppy coming back for more treats! Taken at the surface in the Turks & Caicos while I held onto the ladder of the boat (T&C Aggressor) with my foot. Canon Rebel Digital/Aquatica/17mm lens/ambient light.
In the shade of fairy basslets.
Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with wide angle lense in Egypt, Dahab.
Oly C5050 Albany South West Australia
Getting very close and hoping for the best
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