The class clowns. Sea lions at Hornby Island, BC, Canada

Through to 2009 awards final round judging

A mass of sea lions swirling around me at Hornby Island, BC, Canada.

Frosted Nudibranch (Dirona albolineata) taken just outside Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Nice light on bail-out tanks.
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Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) blending in nicely to its surroundings. Taken outside Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

A Puget Sound King Crab (Lopholithodes mandtii). This picture was taken outside Prince Rupert, British Columbia

A couple juvenile sea lions come in for a close look. Hornby Island, BC, Canada.

Swimming Anemone (Stomphia didemon) in 112 feet of water just outside Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Juvenile sea lions posing for the camera. I think they see their reflection in the camera. Hornby Island, BC, Canada

Juvenile sea lion trying to get my attention. It worked! Hornby Island, BC, Canada

Ice diving - light stream.

100 foot depth under the ice.
Diver diving under the ice during a sunny day. Beautiful view of the frozen surface from 100 foot depth.

Free Ride!
A small crab hitches a ride on a Red eye Medusa Jellyfish. Port Hardy, B.C. Canada
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A diver points to the rocker beam of the passenger sidewheeler, Rothesay, lost in the St. Lawrence River near Prescott, Ontario in September 1889. Nikonos V, Sea & Sea 12mm lens, Kodak 800 asa film, manual exposure. Cropped & colour corrected.

"Feathers on a cloud", feather stars resting on cloud sponge.
A night dive in Stuart Channel, near Chemainus BC. This is an area with plenty of feather stars , and a few cloud sponge. This is the first time I have seen them both togeather.

Vigilant Specter - The Lionfish has invaded the atlantic waters of the caribbean in vast numbers, and are exploding in population tenfold, due to the lack of preditors. This lionfish was patrolling Jakes Hole, in the Exumas caye chain in the Bahamas

Rebreather diver coming out of the Robert Gaskin wreck, St-Laurence River.
Shortlisted!

Ice Divers using cave techniques at the start of their dive at Morrison's Quarry, Canada. Scanned from the negative at 2400 dpi and colour corrected. Nikonos V, 12mm Sea & Sea lens, Fuji 400 ASA film.

Frilled Anemone, Metridium senile

Water lilies surface reflection.

This pics was shot with high speed 8oo black & white film using a Nikon F4 housed with Aquatica. This in a fresh water lake in Alberta, Canada. I had my camera on a tridpod at 42'

Dancing plants in a river.

Pic shot with high speed film Black & White, natural light, no flash over train wheels lost in 1902 in Kootenay Lake British Columbia, Canada

This was shot with high speed 35mm film, natural light, no flash of my dive partner over the train wheels at 46' in Kootenay Lake British Columbia Canada. Nikon camera housed by Aquatica.

This is another shot of the train cars lost in Kootenay lake in 1902. Shot with a Nikon 35mm natural light, no flash. High speed black & white film.

This is a set of train wheels lost in 1902 in Kootenay Lake British Columbia Canada. Several train cars hauling coal were lost off a bardge transporting them. It shot with 35mm film, no flash at 47'. Nikon camera, Aquatic housing

Snack Time
This was done in the Bahamas just off the coast of Nassau. It was my first roll of film using my Nikonos v and 200 speed film with 20mm lens and a Nikonos SB105 Strobe.
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