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Underwater Photo Contest Entries From Cayman islands

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"Joy"
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an unlikely friendship.
'On The Lowdown' - Southern stingrays glide just over the sandbar off the coast of Grand Cayman
Just keep swimming.
"After The Dive"
We surfaced from a magical dive to this magical light.
Photographed with a small aperture so that the sun burst through the cloud with a star effect.
"Gotcha"
Bandtail Puffer Fish
The Groupers in Little Cayman are very friendly, let you get up close and personal.
Cryptic Teardrop Crab
"Racing Stripes"
A juvenile spotted drum on coral, shot with a slow shutter speed and panning.
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Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging

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Great creative shot
Tarpon hunting silversides
I wish the Cayman grottoes would be filled with silversides once more.
Devil's Grotto, July 2013 (the last year of big numbers)
'Spectral' - A southern stingray on the sandbar off the coast of Grand Cayman
'On One Breath' - A freediver ascends from the wreck of the Kittiwake off the coast of Grand Cayman
Colorful Ceilings
Inside the cut out in the iron shore known by local dive guides as the Ballroom.
"Big Green"
A large Green Sea Turtle makes its way over a shallow reef on the North Side of Grand Cayman.
Fantasea Red Filter
I prepared my camera with a fisheye lens, but with my extension ring on the port to create a false vignette. I was hoping for some larger marine life to utilize this effect. Perfect for when a goliath grouper--unusual for Cayman--showed up!
'Cleaning House' - The tiny eyes of pederson cleaner shrimp in the waters off of Grand Cayman
Stingray in flight
Ready to spread my wings
Southern stingray at the sandbar
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
2nd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging

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Incredible over/under shot taken at exactly the right time!
A colorful goby models for the camera atop star coral. I used a very shallow depth of field to focus only on the goby's eyes, and to make the rest of its translucent body blur into the backgruound.
'Catching Some Rays' - Southern stingrays enjoying the warm, clear waters of Grand Cayman
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'Out On A Limb' - A flamingo tongue cowrie off the coast of Grand Cayman
Face to Face
When you are the biggest creature cruising around at any given moment you have the right of way. This large Loggerhead Turtle just kept his chosen path and it was up to me to snap this shot and roll out of the way.
'Surfing the Sandbar' - A southern stingray in the waters of Grand Cayman
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A diver explores a swim through as light filters down from an opening in the ceiling.
Snapper Hole, Grand Cayman
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'Underwater Forest' - Sunlight shines through the tall corals off the coast of Grand Cayman
'Welcome to the Ocean! I'll Be Your Guide.' A sharknose goby rests on coral in the waters off of Grand Cayman
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