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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Luiz Rocha

39 Entries Found: Page 1  of  2
Flying jellyfish, taken at Jellyfish Lake in Palau with the D2x, 16mm fisheye lens and 2 Ikelite strobes.
A gray reef shark and its food at the Marshall Islands.
Abstract macro, Giant Clam. Taken with the D2x and 60mm macro lens.
This is my first submission of 2006. Wreck of the Prinz Eugen photographed with the D2x and 10.5mm lens.
Red eyed blenny. Taken with the D2x and 105mm lens at the Pearl Islands, Panama.
"Dropoff highway", an eagle ray flight formation at the dropoff in Belize. This was my very first digital photo taken with a borrowed Olympus 4040.
Are you talking to me? Seaweed blenny in Venezuela.
The dropoff at Tulamben, Bali. Taken with the Nikon F100 and 16mm fisheye lens.
Indigo hamlets spawning in Belize. Vertical crop.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2005

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Editor's Comment
Good behavior shots like this are few and ar between
Indigo hamlets spawning at dusk in Belize.
View from inside a school of bait fish. Key Largo, Florida.
A calm day at Carrie Bow Key, Belize Barrier Reef.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2005

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Fancy a dive here? Yes please!
A happy blenny in its coral house. Second submission, this time without the annoying copyright text. :-)
A happy blenny on its coral house.

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Editor's Comment
A superb shot - but is it spoilt by the text?
French grunts behaving in Key Largo. Taken with the Nikon D2x, 60mm micro Nikkon lens in Subal housing. Two Ikelite strobes.

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Editor's Comment
A nice behavior shot from Luiz
Nudibranch, Bali, Nikon F100, 105mm lens
Pink Anemonefish, Bali, F100 and 60mm micro lens.
Dropoff at Tukamben, Bali
Taken with Nikon F100 and 16mm fisheye lens
Spotfin lionfish at Bali. Taken with Nikon F100 and 105mm micro lens.
The fairy basslet, taken with a Nikon F100 and 60mm Micro Nikkor
Two male Spanish hogfish fighting over territory. Taken with Nikon N90s and Micro Nikkor 60mm in Ikelite housing.
Haemulon squamipinna - The Brazilian Grunt, taken with a Nikon F100 and Micro Nikkor 105mm in Ikelite Housing (Joao Pessoa, Brazil)
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia - The Sixline Wrasse, taken with a Nikon F100 and Micro Nikkor 105mm in Ikelite Housing (Bali, Indonesia)
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia - The Sixline Wrasse, taken with a Nikon F100 and Micro Nikkor 105mm in Ikelite Housing (Bali, Indonesia)
Chaetodon baronessa - The Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish, taken with a Nikon F100 and Micro Nikkor 105mm in Ikelite Housing (Bali, Indonesia)
Pseudanthias squamipinnis - The Lyretail Anthias (Bali, Indonesia)
Wrasse in Indonesia, Nikon F100 w/ Nikkor 105mm in Ikelite housing
39 Entries Found: Page 1  of  2