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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Rico Besserdich

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Domeport reflection games ;-)
Ambient ( natural ) light wreck shot of the TC SG 119 patrol boat.
UW photographer v/s ancient amphora ;-) B/W shot with natural light only ( no strobe )
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shot in B/W, natural light only ( no strobes ).
Exploring the "Dakota c-47" airplane wreck in Kas/Antalya (Turkey). Shot in B/W, natural light only ( no strobes ).
"Domeport Reflection Games" . Interesting to see myself in a snells window scene inside the domeport of my yesterday's dive buddy. Canon 40D in IKELITE Housing. Sigma 10-20 mm. Ambient light shot ( no strobe ). F10, 1/100 , ISO 800
A look to my "office" ;-)
Exploring a new wreck ;-)
Shot in B/W, ISO 200, F8, 1/80 sc.
Diving a place named "The Canyon" in Turkey. I love the blue of the water there :-)
Not much fish to see but at least some "underwater information plates" show, what's supposed to swim around.
2 rebreather divers......
crab at night
"Out of the light"
Exploring the house-reef.......
That's no special critter, that's just a leaf...drifting in open water during my last nightdive. Loved the structures and found it worth a shot ;-) CANON 40D, 60mm makro lens, F20, 1/160 sc., ISO 200, 2x Sea&Sea 110@ strobe (manuelly set to 50%)
"Dancing Queen". Free swimming Flat-Worm at night. 60mm makro lens with +4 diopter attached.
Nightly Encounter ;-)
Cornet-Fish ( and diver ) at night.
Engine Telegraph of the TC SG 119 shipwreck in Kas/Turkey. Build in 1959, on duty from 1960 to 2010. Dropped to be a new dive destination on June 25th 2011. Last order as shown on photo was "engine stop" ;-)
"Squid Alarm !!" While my buddy tries to capture a shot of this juvenile squid group with her compact camera, I took this photo of her & the baby squids last night. Please note, that the middle squid is just having a small snack ;-)
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Snells window & night reflections near the dive platform. Un-cropped, shooted as seen ( no photoshop, except slight curves adjustment ). From my yesterdays nightdive ;-)
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"Nightly Encounter" . Common Sea-Turtle ( Caretta Caretta ) at night. Canon 40D with Sigma 10-20 ( on the 10mm end ) with +2 diopter attached. 2 x sea&sea 110@ strobe. F8, 1/60 sc., ISO 400
Flying Flatworm ( at night ).
"Welcome to Flatworm Air.....tickets, please !!"
While a flatworm is cruising through open water, 2 small hermid crabs do enjoy the flight ;-) Nightdive shot, CANON 40D with CANON 60mm makro lens, 2 x Sea&Sea 110@ .
"light & motion" ;-)
Flying Flatworm
Close view to an octopus. Very cool, friendly & extremly curious small "buddy"- we played for around 20 minutes during my last nightdive ( he had lots of fun with my ULCS strobe-arms, lol ! )
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