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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By David Heidemann

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Taken while snorkeling on the morning we had to depart Curacao. D70, 10.5 fisheye lens, no strobe.
Spotted Moray, close-up of front teeth.
Crab, peeking under anemone.
Under the dock at the Habitat Resort, Curacao.
Christmas Tree Worm. Curacao. D70, 105 macro.
Lizardfish. D70, 105 macro.
Octopus portrait, taken at night in Curacao.
Balloonfish eye.
This was one of the largest green moray's I have seen.
Eye of Octopus. D70, 105 macro, +4 diopter add.
Yelloline Arrow Crab.
Extreme close-up view of banded coral shrimp. It looks different to me from this angle and distance. D70, 105 macro, +4 diopter add.
Reef scene with diver in Curacao.
Balloonfish eye, taken with D70 and 105 macro, + 4 diopter. Curacao.
I found this eel at 10 feet depth, on a shore dive in Curacao. Nikon D70, 60 mm macro.
I was able to swim right up to this flounder on a recent night dive and got this macro shot of his eye. D70, 60 mm lens. Curacao.

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Editor's Comment
It often pays to crop your subject rather than just go for the whole
Shrimp on anemone. Taken with D70, 105 macro, and 4 diopter add. Curacao.
LIzardfish. Curacao.
This is an old photo of my wife and kids snorkeling in St. John.
This barracuda was at least 5 feet long. Taken at Key Largo with a Sea and Sea DX3000.
From inside "ariplane wreck" at Gilboa Quarry, Ohio. D70, 10.5 mm fisheye.
Trumpetfish, DX3000, Islamorada, Florida.
Cautiously curious. Grand Cayman. D70, 105 mm macro.
Turtle and diver. Grand Cayman. D70, 10.5 fisheye lens.
Bass and diver, Gilboa quarry, Ohio. D70, 10.5mm fisheye lens, no strobe.
Bass in Gilboa Quarry, Ohio. D70, 10.5 fisheye, two stobes.
This juvenile lizardfish was only about 5 inches long. Grand Cayman.
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