I had a similar entry earlier, but I had a feeling this one had a better DOF and Bokeh, I tried to improved my previous image with advise from friends here and I think I had done a better image. Happy New Year everyone, have a safe and fun diving....

Tiny Orangutan Crab on Bubble Anemone, Nikonos V 1:2 Macro extension tube, Ikelight 50 strobe. Atlantis resort.

She is under the rather large anemone just hanging out. She kept peeking out to see if I was still there. Later, a juvenile false clown fish came out from behind her to see what was going on. It turned out, she was just protecting her young.

Gamberi imperatore

A rare Fingerprint cyphoma cowry which was found on the same soft coral as a much more common Flamingo tongue cowry.

Red Lipped Batfish, Galapagos Islands

"Yellow Stick" (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus) Bend Stick Pipefish

Lizardfish I was taking a photo class when I saw this little guy just sitting there.

blenny

Durban Hinge-Beak Shrimp (Rhynchoinetes serratus).....Canon G9 internal flash and Inon UCL-165's

pygmy seahorse - divesite: koala; location: mabini, anilao, batangas, philippines; taken with Canon G9, WP-DC21 w/ Inon D2000s Strobe and 2 stacked up lenses (Inon UCL-165 macro lenses)

King Mantis Shrimp, shot at masaplod sunctuary, dumaguete, Philippines. Used CANON IXUS 85IS and Ikelite housing. On macro setting, & manual whitebalance. No strobe,

awaiting for the food to pass by

I find this ghost pipefish during the night dive near the entrance of swim though and I took this photo from inside the swim through!!! It was great dive!

I just love the isolation of this one...
Shortlisted!

I like the light and color in this shot.

Symphony in crimson

Diving Bonaire and Curaçao.... A little Yellownose Goby on it's Coral... Que du bonheur... :O)...

This image of the polyps on a Gorgonian was taken during a dive on the Sea Viking yesterday while diving with Stuart Cove's in Nassau.

Coleman Shrimp resting on fire urchin. Photo taken from Anilao, Philippines by Canon G9, INON strobe & double macro lens. No cropping.
Shortlisted!

Tiny crab on coral branch on a night dive.

Sharknosed goby on coral.

porceleine crab

Through to 2009 awards final round judging

Hawkfish on Saipan

This tricky little grunt sculpin kept swimming away right before the picture was taken. It took about 10 minutes and probably about 30 pictures to get this one. Taken with a Canon SD550 7.1 MP point-and-shoot camera using the internal flash.

Alien?????????
Shortlisted!

Signal Goby with his mate ready to run. D300-60mm