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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Valda Fraser

87 Entries Found: Page 1  of  4
A Venus' girdle in a perfect pose.
The shrimp jumped into the eels mouth, but the landing wasn't great.
Commensal shrimp on a nudibranch.
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A Spanish Dancer treating me to its graceful dance.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2014
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Final RoundThrough to 2014 awards final round judging

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Wow, one of my favorites. Your second Orange over Blue shot, maybe I have a weakness for this color combination. Very well taken.
So annoying to have other males trying to steal my 'girl'.
Take two.
The cleaner wrasse has lots of work to do.
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A squat lobster with coloration to match its host feather star.
Focusing on the rhinophores - the major sensory structures.
Flowing snappers at Snapper College, Sodwana Bay.
A trumpetfish.
The baby cuttlefish has just emerged from the egg and is launching itself into the world.
Suddenly it reared up like a frightened horse - Chromodoris africana.
A gorgonian wrapper, so pretty but really a nasty parasite.
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A real beauty - Goniobranchus sp.
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Showing a leg - a specially adapted one for keeping clean, while filter-feeding.
A trio at the grass bed where the females deposit their eggs.
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A crab with a self image problem. It's battling because this 'house' is too big and heavy.
An unexpected visit from a big tiger that came in to check me out. Was sad about the broken-off trace in her mouth.
A beautiful juvenile emperor angelfish. Such a tricky subject because it moves so fast.
I lay on sand quietly watching this chap. Loved it when he opened his mouth for the cleaners.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2013
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This ones is a clear winner. A classic CFWA and great work having the complete body in focus. Well done, a personal favorite for me.
A honeycomb moray in a green tree coral.
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A huge bohar snapper giving me an ugly look.
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It's the Orange over perfect deep blue that makes this shot stand out. Very nice.
A tube anemone retracted its tentacles as I swam past. This is what I saw when I peeped inside.
Gobies laying and fertilising eggs.
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A spiny seahorse.
Lots of activity at the nesting site - broadclub cuttlefish.
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