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Underwater Photo Contest | Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)

1674 Entries Found: Page 13  of  62
shots that cross the surface boundary (so under/overs like Snells Window too)
Location: Red Sea
Olympus OMD-EM5,
Nauticam Housing
Inon z240 x2
Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use: © 2016 Christian Llewellyn.
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Zaffiro cavern
Plic Misi lighthouse
2 Turtles under the surface in Lahaina, Maui
All day waiting for a turtle and she decided to visit our boat after the sunset when there was almost no light outside.
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"Stars Above And Below"
Starfish are seen both through the surface of the water and below. No Photoshop: I used my wide angle dome port for this shot, carefully angling my camera housing in order to get both the over and under water views.
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Paddleboard sharks
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Pool shot
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perfect day
Cloudy day
"Starry Stingray Splash"!
No Photoshop
Over-under at Stingray Sandbar, Grand Cayman
schooling barracudas under the boat with Tachai Island on the background
Isca cave, stalactite partially submerged with Astroides calycularis
'What Lies Beneath' - Southern stingrays in the shallow waters off the coast of Grand Cayman
he engine block of the Clan Stuart is above the water line at most times (except spring high tide), which provides a perfect resting point for a few species of seabird. We snuck up on them to take some shots but they were more curious than timid.
Break Time
Man in the water
Clown fish with parasitic
Lembeh strait.
Nikon D800E , 105 macro , two strobo
Ready to spread my wings
Southern stingray at the sandbar
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
2nd place Monthly HotShots
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Incredible over/under shot taken at exactly the right time!
freshwater shrimp (Atyaephyra desmarestii), Lez river, France
"Gin & Tonic"
Thought I would pop this one on quickly, that based on the preferred poison for this afternoon wink
"Sunburst Stingrays!"
Over-Under at Stingray Sandbar
No Photoshop
Tethered night shooting
Black Tip Reef Shark, Taken off Aliwal Shoal, Umkamaas, Durban at Sunset.
Sunset over Anilao
Kaleidoscope.
Physalia at the surface
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