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Underwater Photo Contest | Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)

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shots taken using ambient light i.e. unlit by flash or continuous lighting like HID but filters on the lens are allowed if declared
Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
A diver leaving a cave
In front of the prow
to get so close to this Giant Barracuda, I had to swim slowly, steadly and hold my breath for quite a while...
Curiosity. A Harbor seal at Anacapa Island. Image taken with a Canon Digital Rebel w/ 10-22mm lens in Ikelite Housing w/ natural light. Shot at f/5.6 and 1/80 second.
The entry arch and a sentry statue - face molded from one of the "Wounded Warriors" who visited Cayman Brac - Lost City of Atlantis, a dream-like sculpture garden at 50 fsw created and built by a talented fellow named Foots

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excellent composition. This would even work topside. Could have been B&W?
we had an amazing day at monastery beach today, with vis around 80 ft. this was as we were coming back from dropping down the canyon. it just so happens both divers ended up looking the way of the sunburst.
Giant in the Kelp. A black sea bass at Anacapa Island. An old capture from 2001 with my Nikonos V and 15mm lens in natural light. Shot at f/4 and 1/60 seconds.
Bait fish just after sunrise.Red sea. D200, 10.5mm.
Torre Ovo (Puglia-Italy) - Petrified forest
The Blue Whale up close and personal
Doctor fish
Under the pier. Trefor. North Wales. D200, 10.5mm.
Leading ahead. A school of baitfish emerges over the top of the kelp forest in this old capture from 2002 using my Nikonos V and a 15mm lens. Natural Light. Shot at f/4 and 1/60 seconds.
Red boring sponge on a coral head on the reef off the Pelican Grand Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale.
Cenote Sugar ball in Quintana Roo Mexico same cave sistem of Taj mahal Cenote
The use of B/W images in UW world is not an easy task. Thanks to the strong contrast of the light, B/W format gives an atmosphere stronger than any colorful image.
Seal in the sun. A Harbor seal baking in the sunrays at Anacapa Island. Image captured back in the mid-1990's using my old Nikonos V with a 15mm lens and natural light. Shot at f/5.6 and 1/80 seconds.
"Keeping my eye on you..." - Nassau groupers are so funny - this gal followed us around most of the dive and just when we thought she had taken a powder, we spotted her watching us though a hole in a purple sea fan! Cayman Brac, 40 fsw. Red filter.
Jellyfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Tokina 10-17
shortlistedShortlisted!
Porkfish on the reef off the Pelican Grand Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale
"Leader Of The Pack"
Grey angel in the waters of Jardines Del Rey, Cuba
California Color. A garibaldi cruises past a gorgonian. Image captured with a Canon Digital Rebel and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite Housing with natural light. Shot at f/7.1 and 1/60 seconds.
batfish on top of the Atlantis X wreck in Beacon Reef Island 8 Similan National Park - Thailand
top 5 favorite subjects of mine!
Shark Silhouette B/W for effect. Nikon D70 - Truk Lagoon
No Sharks Here! A sea of sea lions greets divers at Anacapa Island. Image taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite Housing with natural light. Shot at f/4.5 and 1/100 seconds.
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