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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Christian Skauge

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Clione limacina, or sea angel, photographed outside Kristiansand on the Norwegian south coast. These little ophistobranchs grow to about 3 centimeters and sometimes occur in such grat numbers that they are food for whales :-)
Close-up of the Alien of the Deep, the crown jelly Periphylla periphylla. Photographed at 40 meters depth, 260 meters above bottom at Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
A diver in one of the caves on the west coast of the island of Sal, Cape Verde.
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Jeffreys goby, Buenia jeffreysii. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
Close-up of a sleeping naso tang. Farasan Banks, Saudi Arabia. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes, 60mm + Kenko 1,4 teleconverter.
Close-up of a conch's eye. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 105mm VR with 1,4x teleconverter, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
The mouth of a spiny starfish, Marthasteria glacialis. Nikon 200 in Nexus housing, 105 mm.
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Close-up of a Facelina bostoniensis on a kelp frond. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 105 mm, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
Soundtrack: 'The Race' by Yello.
Close-up of a sea anemone, Urticina felina.
Close-up of the spiny starfish, Marthasterias glacialis.
Lil' devil nudibranch, Alona Beach.
Underwater forest in lake Lygnstøylsvatnet, Norway.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2008

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another planet?
Close-up of a norwegian cup coral. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
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Close-up of the cerata of an aeolid nudibranch. Nikon D200, Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes. 105mm, 2x teleconverter, 2x dioptre.
Close-up of a sun starfish. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inond Z-240 strobes.
Bryozoans on a kelp frond - up close and personal.
Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes, 105mm VR w/2x teleconverter.
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Great abstract Christian - using patterns and depth of field
Is it a jet engine - or a gemstone?
The Moonbug wink
Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, Inon Z-240 strobes.
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Alien of the Deep - the deep-sea jelly Periphylla periphylla. Nightdive at 01:30 in february 2008, 600 feet above bottom. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 18-70 mm, manual.
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Jackpot!
Lizardfish, up close and personal. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, Inon Z-240 strobes.
Another Polycera... this one was sitting on a dark kelp frond. Photographed with little light it seems to be floating in thin air... eh, water.
Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, Inon Z-240 strobes. Nikkor 105 mm, manual, ISO 100, f/16, 1/60.
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Even in cold water nudis provide colorful subjects
Mmm... just gotta love the Polycera :-)
Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, Inon Z-240 strobes. Nikkor 105 mm.
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Lizardfishes, quite simply. And two of them :-)
Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, Inon Z-240 strobes, 60 mm, 1/100, f6.3, ISO 100.
A beautiful aeolid nudibranch crawling over a crinoid. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 60 mm + 1.4 teleconverter.
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A Limacia clavigera nudibranch sitting on a string of sea lace covered in bryozoans. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 60mm, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
A really cool-looking anemone housing a single clownfish. It was quite easy to photograph - the anemone was so small, the fish had nowhere to go! Somehow this image gives me a Bollywood-feeling ;-) Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
Alien... composition of a Gonionemus murbachii and the eyes of a lemon sole, Microstomus kitt. Looks a little eerie :-)
Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2007
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ET phone home. Well done Christian!
The rare Devil fangshell, catpured one night in the deep fjord south of Oslo, Norway... Really a mixture between a seven-rayed scallop (Pseudamussium septemradiatum) and a lemon sole (Microstomus kitt). The teeth - I just made the space between them!
Whip Coral Shrimp photographed at the Farasan Banks in Saudi Arabia. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
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