Buddy
Just add water

1,500 metres straight down

Diver and scenic

Champagne

Banana shrimp feeding.
Lacking "claws" they have filter fans at the end of each appendage. They stand on their "hind legs" and extend the fans to capture passing food in the current.
Sealife DC1000, built in flash
Shortlisted!

White Seahorse
White seahorses usually dont last long, unless they rapidly change colour. This one was on site for 3 days, then disappeared, probably eaten.

Diver and reef

Say "Cheese"
Researcher takes a family portrait

Through to 2010 awards final round judging

Banana shrimp in Middleham Falls

Baby leatherback on the start of the long journey
Shortlisted!

Freediving with an Octopus filosus in Prince Rupert Bay. Dominica.

Octopus filosus

Caribbean two-spot octopus

poor visibility, big swells, desaturate and it looks strangely better.

False Killer Whale
Strange happenings when converting to black and white, 3m swell and fast animals.

Meet the family
Fully mature Bull (Biggest I have ever seen at easily 20m), newborn calf, and several females cruise by.

yellow frogfish playing invisible

Whilst preparing to surface, a redlipped blenny pops out of a tube sponge to see what's going on.
Sealife DC800

Flying Gurnard flying

Snorkel through Champagne
volcanic vents create net curtains of bubbles to the surface

Diver and sponges

The Minister of Tourism and his first turtle

Diver and generic reef scenic (for here)

La Bym

Through to 2010 awards final round judging

Missing link

fish resting on coral

Neck Crab with incredible decorations. That is all him filling the frame!
When I saw the green antennae, I did not immediately notice they were pieces of sea grass. I thought I found a new species!