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Underwater Photo Contest | Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)

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Shots that have been digitally edited outside of the camera for creative reasons (not brightness/contrast etc.) in a program like PhotoShop
Minimal use of PS, I used 3 strobes to create the image. ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Minimal use of PS, I used 3 strobes to create the image. one strobe to the subject and 2 on the white sand
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016

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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Up for Air by Steven Miller
Up for Air
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Canyon of death. (trying to set a mood there :-) by Steven Miller
Canyon of death. (trying to set a mood there :-)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Double Trouble! by Stefan Follows
Double Trouble!
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date posted posted: Monday, September 12, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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raja composition by Marco Gargiulo
raja composition
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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sea dragon sketch by Gaetano Gargiulo
sea dragon sketch
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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why the frog sings to the Moon by Steven Miller
why the frog sings to the Moon
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes United States
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Glow bug by Steven Miller
Glow bug
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes United States
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Origin. Actually, just an urchin. by Morgan Ashton
Origin. Actually, just an urchin.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 15, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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A Sailfin Blenny displays his distinctive trait. by Glenn Ostle
A Sailfin Blenny displays his distinctive trait.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 15, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Natural Colors" just the background is been manipulated ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"Natural Colors" just the background is been manipulated (minimally) to remove almost all of the colors and leave it neutral so the dragons stands out in its natural colors
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date posted posted: Friday, August 12, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Not much manipulation required. I have uploaded the one w... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Not much manipulation required. I have uploaded the one with the original water color as well so you can compare. I just used the curve tool on the already burnt sun burst and then dodged a bit the rest of the water around the dragon...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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'Radiance' - A black background was created in post-proce... by Tanya Houppermans
'Radiance' - A black background was created in post-processing to showcase the brilliant colors of this Caribbean reef squid.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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SS Thistlegorm : Red Sea Locomotive starboard side. La... by Christian Llewellyn
SS Thistlegorm : Red Sea
Locomotive starboard side.
Launched : 9 April 1940
Sunk : 6 October 1941
Olympus OMD-EM5,Inon Z240 strobes.
Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use: © 2016 Christian Llewellyn
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 30, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Space Creation by Plamena Mileva
Space Creation
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2016
2nd place Monthly HotShots
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We don't have many "Manipulated" shots win a monthly award, but this unique work deserves recognition! Beautifully executed shot and excellent post processing.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 22, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Mandarin fishes mating taken mid-water. The background wa... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Mandarin fishes mating taken mid-water. The background was already bright (dead corals) so I made it white
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date posted posted: Monday, July 11, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Lone coral at Pennekamp State Park. by Jamison Smith
Lone coral at Pennekamp State Park.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 10, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Interpretation of lion-fish by Gaetano Gargiulo
Interpretation of lion-fish
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date posted posted: Friday, July 8, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Colors in Motion by Louisa Lam
Colors in Motion
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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2016 Socorro Islands.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... by Lindsey Mobley
2016 Socorro Islands.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder with this Giant Pacific Manta Ray. This is actually a screenshot that I got from one of my videos off of my PnS camera (TG-4)
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 3, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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If you could coax a Cuttlefish up into the shallows of th... by Steven Miller
If you could coax a Cuttlefish up into the shallows of the reef top you could get this shot,. the setting are the same, lens. etc. This took two images and some layering though
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 30, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Manta Ray gliding through the water. Shot at Roca Partida... by Lindsey Mobley
Manta Ray gliding through the water. Shot at Roca Partida. My first liveaboard trip was to the Revillagigedo Islands.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 26, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Dead calm by Steven Miller
Dead calm
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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"Leap Frog Over the Pond" part of my Underwater Surrealis... by Conor Culver
"Leap Frog Over the Pond" part of my Underwater Surrealism series
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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"Inking Through the Universe" part of my Underwater Surre... by Conor Culver
"Inking Through the Universe" part of my Underwater Surrealism series (ink drop shot in water in my studio, not from the animal). Image is referring to these pelagic squid's deep and dark habitats (their Universe).
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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"Rising to the Air" part of my Underwater Surrealism seri... by Conor Culver
"Rising to the Air" part of my Underwater Surrealism series. Image is referencing how these animals rise up from the reefs to the air to breathe
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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"Family Home" part of my Underwater Surrealism series by Conor Culver
"Family Home" part of my Underwater Surrealism series
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 5, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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