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Sun rays/ The beautiful, vast sandy bottom.
A lone Garibaldi hanging around the canopy of the Southern Californian giant Kelp forest.
leopard blenny
Date: 30/07/2018
Location : ishigaki Japan
Camera : Nikon D850
Housing : Nauticam
Lens : 105mm marco
Strobe : Retra +Retra LSD
Settings : 1/200sec, f/25, ISO 250
Date: 15/08/2018
Location : miwura Japan
Camera : Nikon D850
Housing : Nauticam
Lens : 105mm marco
Strobe : Retra +Retra LSD
Settings : 1/250sec, f/29, ISO 100
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When the kelp is gone/ California’s temperate waters change drastically throughout the year. During the summer these rocky reefs are desolate due to warm water. However in the winter these same rock walls are full of life with towering kelp forests.
Anemone city/ photo taken just after sunset off the island of Mo’orea, French Polynesia.
Wall Diver/ This image was taken off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia. The diverse and lively wall is one of many flourishing reef structures around the islands of French Polynesia.
Great White approaches thru the late afternoon sun at Guadalupe off Mexico
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2018
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
Giant Kelpfish blending in with the seagrass. Photo captured in Southern California.
Red Octopus off Maury Island
The Coral Guard Crabs (Trapezia flavopunctata) spend most of their time, well... guarding coral. Photo taken in Mo’orea, French Polynesia.
This Dorid nudibranch (Hypselodoris ghiselini) is a common, but always beautiful site in Southern California.
Date: 28/07/2018
Location : ishigaki Japan
Camera : Nikon D850
Housing : Nauticam
Lens : 105mm marco
Strobe : Retra X2 +Retra LSD X2
Settings : 1/250sec, f/22, ISO 400
shortlistedShortlisted!
Roar
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2018
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
Corneal Iridescence in the eye of a blenny.
R2D2 portrait, Fujikawa Maru, Truk Lagoon
Blenny in a an empty blanus shell.
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
Red Octopus in Puget Sound
In the lagoon of Moorea we used to swim with the sting rays. Sometimes we can also find a mermaid! wink
The queen of the sting ray.
The reef and the Shark
The healthy reef of Moorea and its famous resident, the lemon shark.
Red/blue starfish in the Puget Sound
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Flying turtle in the sun.
Green turtle from Moorea, french Polynesia.
Thecacera picta
Divers at Hoovers Pinnacle.
Eye of the Crab.
The Orange-Fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) is one of the many colorful reef fish of the South Pacific. This small specimen was found at a depth of approximately 20m, off the island of Mo'orea.
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