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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
Southern stingray
The heart of the sea, Dahab, Egypt
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Because a small accident during bike racing I couldn't dive last weekend. But snorkling was possible. I removed the flashes from my camera and was > 2 hours in the water. These pike was about 80-90cm in length, only natural light.
Natural light shot of flamingo tongues.
Sea Turtle
In little mountain lake I've found a little paradise with huge trouts. The cristal clear water and the sun which shines through the forest makes every dive to a miracle!
Cam: Nikon D90 + UK-Germany housing
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Starfish
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My shadow on tha sand
What do we have here...
Even when your strobes don't work and you've lost all colors because of depth (105ft), you always find things you do have, in this case divers and a great wall. Time for a B/W again (maybe I just sell my new strobes;-)
My Wife
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Sea fan at Tokashiki island in the Keramas.
žralok citronovy
Luce
Soft-Night (Pelagia noctiluca)
Tarpons and silversides in diver's paradise
First dive with my new camera and a zillion of things didn't work because I hadn't read all the manuals. So...I went ambient and while exiting Devil's Grotto the school of silversides 'waved' to the o...
žralok tygří
Sardines...lots of them
Spiral coral on E6 in Fiji. I wanted to convey the sense of geometry in this coral; ISO: 80, f/2.8, exp: 1/60.
Ball of silversides...on the roll!
Finally the silversides arrived at Devil's Grotto. Every year awaited by tarpons, jacks, groupers...and divers!
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2012
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2012 awards final round judging

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No need for big toys - When knowing how to "draw with the light", even the smallest camera can produce a winner shot. Awesome scene, Ellen !
Couple of sepias swimming in Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Reflections of a sail
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Red - in sense "beautiful". My underwater photo began with this shot smile
Silhouette of Sailfish
Dreaming
"Ghosts of the Old Gods" - the sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) of North Carolina strike a menacing profile, but they're actually quite languid and gentle. Nikon D300 in Aquatica, Nikkor 12-24mm, ambient light.
This friendly black manta played behind the boat for hours. It allowed everyone to jump in and have a play. He stayed on the surface the entire time.
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