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Underwater Photo Contest | Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)

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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 don't think Riley really needs to breathe. He's the most relaxed child in the water, preferring to swim under it rather than on top of it - usually with a dolphin kick. He's also a huge ham, thus a very willing model for underwater photos. D100
Black Tip Reef Shark. Taken whilst snorkeling in Maldives, most blacktip's don't hang around too long but this guy was interested in something!! Housed Nikon D70
Not a dive for the faint of heart, Alcyon's raging current at Cocos Island, Costa Rica brings in thousands of schooling hammerheads. Nikonos RS and a 20-35mm lens.

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Guaranteed to provoke an emotional reaction just looking at it!
Hawaiian Green Turtle at rest on wheelhouse of St Anthony's wreck, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, November 2004. Recorded at depth of 21m, with 20m+ vis. No strobe to avoid disturbance using only natural light available.
Do you want to play?
Photograph taken in the Siver Bank,Dominican Republic.This calf of humpback whale was playing on the surface next to his mom.
Blue Diver, Cozumel, Mexico, Nikon N50 in Ikelite Housing, 20mm Nikkor lens
Humpback whale calf.
This photo was taken in the Silver Bank,Dominican Republic.This calf of about five or six weeks old was playing on the surface

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Good subject, well studied
On a conch-gathering dive near Puerto Aventuras, Mexico, I saw this massive spotted eagle ray nose dive to the ocean floor, scoop up a conch shell, crush it and chow down! Taken with a Ricoh Caplio RR30 in a Sea & Sea housing. Ambient light.
Wild bottlenose dolphin with snorkellers in Nuweiba, Egypt. Taken with a Nikon F90X and 16mm lens.
Early Morning in Kakaban Jellyfish lake gave this beautiful light bursting through the Mangrove. Nikon D100
Taken in Red Sea Elgoona Egypte nikon Coolpix
Take your camera in the water every time you get wet, this photo was taken in 3 1/2/ feet of water on a sunny day.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2004

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Those manatees need a back scrub
Austria (Europe) mountain lake - Gossau. Beautiful dive...
European pond - Autumnal serene mood.
Spotted Eagle Ray on takeoff! This awesome creature was completely buried in the sandy bottom of Eagle Pass (Cozumel) when he suddenly blasted up and gracefully "flew" away! (Notice the sand falling off his back.)Canon Rebel Digital in an Aquatica A300
Sun Rays: taken by digital Olympus C-750 uz in PT-018 housing, no flash. at Blue Hole Gozo, Malta
Divers at Fernando de Noronha, Macaxeira site with 50m visibility! best dive ever!
Freedom. Photographaph taken in the Silver Bank,Dominican Republic.
Mr Big . Photo taken in Darwin, Galapagos Islands.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2004

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Great 'Big Critter' shot David
Mmmm...legs any minute now.
Diver and Reef in the Coral Sea. Used Kodaks underwater ektachrome, Nik V w/15mm, my first trip to coral sea and the vis was near 150 meters! It keeps me going back.
southern ray, Grand Cayman disposible camera
I was snorkling in the Cayman Islands, took this in natural light approx. 12 ft. under water.
Crete / This photo is taken in Crete while I was snorkeling
A Higher Power. Taken in Grand Cayman with a Nikonos V, 15mm lens, F16 and 125.
My first dive with a camera ever! IXUS400 in Canon housing. Depth 20 meters. Rarotonga Cook Islands Sept 2004.
This was taken with an Olympus 5060 ikelite housing in natural light on my safety stop Fiji.
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