Sea spider with eggs crossing chasm. Canon 20D, Canon 60mm macro, single Inon 220s strobe.

Photographer takes a break to enjoy an octopus. Canon 20D, Canon 60mm, single Inon 220s strobe.
Shortlisted!

Blennie in the snow. Hard to get good detail on this dark fish. Upping the strobe power blew out the white sand background. D2x. 105mm Woody's diopter

Dolphins in the Bay

Coral trout on velvet. Olympus 5050; single Inon 220s strobe.

Shot with a 105mm but, I'm calling it W/A as the look of it is more wideangle. (so sue me ;-))
D2x

"I can Fly!!". During several dives, these flatworms would come swimming by. Looking like the'd consumed just a bit too much hooch. Cocos/Keeling Is.
D2x 105mm

Having a bit of fun safety stops.

thank goddness i found nemo

Shrimp tucked into bubble coral. Canon 20D & 60mm macro, single Inon 220s strobe, Woody's dioptre.

Nemo I am you father - Clown fish on the Great Barrier Reef

Anenome Fish from Davies Reef.

Wild Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin that comes in to feed every morning.

Big cleaning action from one of my favourite (and secret) dive sites! Olympus 5050, single Inon 220s strobe

Damsel in Distress. This Damsel was guarding eggs on a seawhip. Which kept him in my lens' face for several portrait attempts. D2x 105mm

"in flight" taken on the wreck of the Yongala.

Chromodoris coi nudibrach laying egg spriral on Ningaloo Reef. Canon 20D, Canon 60mm macro, Woody's, single Inon 220s strobe.

Took a while to get my port right up to this little guy & to get the lighting right, but it was worth it! Canon 20D, 60mm macro, single Inon 220s strobe.

Pair of raccoon butterflyfish. Canon 20D, Canon 60mm macro, single Inon 220s strobe.

Rankin Cod with Cleaner. D2x 105mm

Leopard blennies have eye-crossing camouflage that helps them blend with their corals and they are terribly skittish. I've had trouble getting just one and so was very happy to get this pair on my recent trip to Cocos Keeling Island (Australia).

Star fish on the Cementco wreck.

Nice day out on the reef!

Bullseyes keeping their distance from a Wobbegong shark

Cuttlefish, taken up close and personal, on a Sony DSC-W1, with no flash.

OK this is a senseless plug, take a look at the events forum for a last minute trip to the coral sea in Australia. I have a boat for a 9 day trip and have spaces opening up due to cancelations. Great Diving like in this photo I shot in the coral sea

Juvenile Blotched Hawkfish, Taken at Kurnell Sydney