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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
Trumpet Fish in front, Flamingo Beach Bonaire
black and white stripes army
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Modern Fitnes
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Air balloons...
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Water...
Acrobatic
Blenny in Black, Acapulco México
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A large lobster has found a "soft" place to rest, inside a giant sponge.
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Sailfin Blennys can become a "blur" as they dart from their holes, flip their sail up and down a few times, and dart right back in.
"Must be an angel", Dahab, Red sea.
Red Yellow Blue
Black pearls. I had to remove a blade of grass, thus the category Creative-Manipulated applies. The first full moon in April brings this 48 hour party to the pool every year. This time I had 2 housings, 4 ports, and a pole-cam ready.
Freediver
"Freediving: A state of mind."
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How to frogkick - a very unique shot of a swimming frog in the category manipulated
Title: The Moonlight Nudibranch 
ID: Chromodoris kuniei ... by Mr Chai
by: Mr Chai
Title: The Moonlight Nudibranch
ID: Chromodoris kuniei Mabul island
(Sabah semporna)
Shutter: 200 F8 ISO100
Housing: Meikon T4i (canon 650D)
Strobe: YS03 x2
Lens: 18-55mm Standard lens (+20 Macro filter)
Cotton Candy 🍭
Leaf Scorpionfish - backlit then painted in Lightroom.
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South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Nikon D7200
Nauticam Housing
Dual Inon z240 Strobes
Backlit by Sola Photo800
ISO/125. F/13. 1/50sec.
Coloured in Adobe Lightroom.
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1990-reto UW.
Big thanks to my wife, a graphic artist and an art director (mintcreatives.com) for creating this digital artwork. This image is a combination of 7 of my photos from different places. All can be seen in our website (underwater-media.com).
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Schwarm
Joy
Giant Nudi!
Old dream ...
Happy - taken on trip around southern visayas
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