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Underwater Photo Contest | Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)

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Shots that have been digitally edited outside of the camera for creative reasons (not brightness/contrast etc.) in a program like PhotoShop
Shinkoku Maru, Truk Lagoon, Housed Nikon F, 24mm Nikkor lens
4 Of A Kind, Nikon CP5000
pollution stop
gorgonia
grouper in red
grouper
Tunaburn
Vertigoat

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Editor's Comment
You could almost achieve this in camera (long exposure, spin camera, rear curtain sync) which is what probably makes you look twice
Spin
parazoanthus
nudibranco
palombari
Name: Underwater textures No. 1, Taken from Red Fan Coral in Philippines. Camera: Canon Powershot A40 + Sea&Sea YS DX25
gorgonia
angel fish
Netherlands - Oosterschelde
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2002

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Editor's Comment
Here's a nice double exposure, the old tricks are the best!
Nudibranch: taken at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The background used was my wifes dive skins, and the color was manipulated for a more "fantasy effoect". Taken with Canon G2 and Ikelite housing with on-camera flash
Christ of the Sea, Key Largo, Florida

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Editor's Comment
A nice use of Photoshop...
Octopus at home. Icmeler Turkey. Taken with close up lens on MX 10
Inner Space Alien, scorpionfish red sea, photoshopped

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Editor's Comment
Yes, it does look like an alien face. I'm not sure about the cropping though?
I took this Spotted Eagle Ray picture on a reef near the Island of Saipan, NMI
This eel appears to be over the reef! Laulau Bay, Saipan
Statue
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2002

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Editor's Comment
Usually U/W shots do not work looking down. This one is an exception. A statue we think
Diver over a braincoral and a shipwrack
Red Sea, swimming between two reefs, 800m straight down using mx5
Pool
Pool
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2002

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Editor's Comment
Nice idea Ian but you shouldn't enter two similar shots and let the judges do your editing. It cancels out.
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