Manta and diver's bubbles. Night dive. Big Island, Hawaii.

Manta on night dive. Big Island, Hawaii. May 2010. Canon G10, with Ikelite housing and strobes.
Shortlisted!

An octopus and the remains of his lunch

Juvenile jacks patrol the boarding ladder.

I was shooting for the first time that week with a digi-compact, a Canon Ixus 700 series, available light using custom white balance, and an Inon Fisheye lens. We were just waiting on our safety stop and were quite literally buzzed by these guys!
Shortlisted!
Through to 2010 awards final round judging

Reef fish. Big Island, Hawaii.

Squirrelfish and fairy Basslet among the coral. Taken with a Sealife DC800 camera with digital pro flash unit.

Usually very timid, I found by lying on the bottom and moving slow I was able to get close. It was like watching ballet.

20+ pound spiny lobster on night dive

This lobster was 20+ pounds

In the coral garden

Under cloud of night...

Terrible visibility, amost did not dive. This guy came in from behind me.
Not great quality, but a life moment. Notice my fins.

Beautiful Batfish

Grand Barracuda in the middle of a large school of jacks

nemo

this two Pelagia noctiluca making "la ola" underwater"
Shortlisted!
Through to 2010 awards final round judging

Night manta dive. Big Island, Hawaii.

Manta Ray, Coral Bay Ningaloo Reef

Manta dance

Luminescent jellyfish ( Pelagia noctiluca )
Shortlisted!

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin checking out a sea-grape leaf. He caught it on his right flipper and swam off with it.

Two intermediate French Angelfish inside the barrier reef off Grand Cayman.

Night manta dive. Big Island, Hawaii. Canon G10, Ikelite Housing and Strobes.

Staghorn coral as the focus

Batfish in the Gulf of Thailand.

Safety stop on one of many beautiful reefs in the Banda Sea