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Potato cod inspecting divers at shark dive. Canon G-10.
Melbourne docks.. museums for birds too!
Melbourne port in the Docklands area being remodeled.
Sunset...cable beach.....This place gets some of the most spectacular sunsets that I have ever seen.
Life's a beach and then you....dive smile
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging

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the frame had to be panoramic for this shot
Camels at sunset on an incoming tide. Broome Australia
It is not really Tasman Sea. It is Port Philip Bay, Melbourne Australia... and here is the surprise... 85% of species in Port Philip Bay are unique to the area. Melbourne is an understated, if cool, diving location.
Young Seahorse chillaxing on a night dive under Rye Pier in Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne.
Turtlely dude!!! Green Sea Turtle portrait - Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia
Juvenile Australian Giant Cuttlefish - Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia. After a few "standard" shots, I started playing around with my strobes - for this shot, I turned one strobe off and put the other strobe far out to the side pointing in...
Close-up of ray eye. Taken in the Gold Coast Seaway. 2010.
Look familiar? I'm not surprised, it's like looking in a mirror, isn't it? Tasmanian Blenny (Parablennius tasmanianus).
shortlistedShortlisted!
It is the simple equipment that can be the most beautiful....
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, better known as a 'spotted sweetlips' or the Mick Jagger fish, is beloved by all who visit Hastings Reef, GBR, ususally because of his big fat kissable lips! Taken with a cannon G10 and D59 strobe.
Pipefish
Photo taken at 10th Island seal colony in Bass Strait.
Bigeye Snapper
Spanish Flag
Cuttlefish (Sepia apama); Whyalla, SA, Australia.
Ex-HMAS Brisbane - an artificial reef, one entry is via this funnel!
Curious dolphin
Another one of Coral Bay's majestic Manta's
One of my first underwater photos. Grey nurse shark at the Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, Australia. Canon Ixus 700, internal flash. Used PS to remove backscatter.
Snake eel hiding in its burrow in the sand - shot taken whilst muck diving in Sydney Harbour, Australia
Navy Pier Silhouette
Portrait of a tiny little cuttlefish - Julain Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia
shortlistedShortlisted!
Togetherness

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Steffen shows us how limited the depth of field is with macro lenses - it adds to this shot
Pufferfish, Byron Bay, taken with a demo Canon 7D
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