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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By George Perina

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Cup corals- Night dive - Bonaire - 1:3 ext tubes
Grumpy Arrowcrab - Night dive - Roatan - 1:3 ext tubes
Lionfish descending - Red Sea - 17mm lens & Nikonos IV
Smiling moray - Red Sea - 17mm lens & Nikonos IV
Claws of death - Roatan- 17mm wide w/nikonos V
Shark Eye - night dive - 1:3 ext tubes
Shy filefish - 90mm macro & SX1000 housing
Herbie the angelfish on the wreck of the Prince Albert

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George has entered many nice fish portraits. Here's another!
Don't worry, be happy...
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2001

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Nice warm lighting (late afternoon?). Alternate caption - hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil!
Feeding time in the Red Sea
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2002

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an excellent magazine shot
Photographing the Prince Albert
Joanna snorkeling in front of CoCoView
Garibaldi beneath kelp streamers
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George is the master of the Californian Kelp forest shot. Here's another juicy one!
Jo at CoCoView
Crab on sea fan taken with 17mm & Nikonos V - night - Roatan
Over/under, Roatan. I took this picture with a 19mm lens in a housing using a split-diopter filter
Diver under kelp forest, Anacapa Island, Ca, 17mm & Nikonos V w/Sunpak Marine 32 strobe
Diver exploring seafloor, Anacapa Island, Ca, 17mm & Nikonos V w/Sunpak Marine 32 strobe
Longjaw Squirrelfish, Red Sea, 17mm lens & Nikonos IV
Fairy Basslets, Red Sea, 17mm lens & Nikonos IV
 
20 Entries Found