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Underwater Photo Contest Entries From Palau

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Jellyfish Lake, Palau. Shot with natural light; looking straight up with a partly cloudy sky as the background.
Deep over the wall at Blue Corner.
Flying jellyfish, taken at Jellyfish Lake in Palau with the D2x, 16mm fisheye lens and 2 Ikelite strobes.
Small Crab and our Dive Boat taken with a Canon SD550 Point & Shoot
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2006

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Underwater photographers can rarely exploit depth of field like land photographers can - as Terry's shot shows
Amazing Giant Manta Ray in the front. Photoed at German Channel in Palau.
Longnose Hawkfish at Big Drop-off in Palau.
Taken at Pelilieu Cut
Eagle Ray
This picture was taken at Ulong Channel, drift diving into the channel.
'Rock Island Sunset' What else can you say? D100; 18-70mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'WAITING' Scorpion fish in a common pose. Another mug shot from 'Fish Portraits'. Housed Nikon F; 55 auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'JUST HANGIN' OUT' Late afternoon decomp stop - Pelelieu Point. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens; natural light. Enjoy!
Anthias and Green Tube Coral. Turtle Wall.
'CHANDELIER' Exploring the third cavern of the famous Chandelier Cave in Palau. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'A LITTLE SHORT' ... of the runway. Japanese Zero - most likely lost in combat , in the shallows of the Rock Islands. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Hiding. Palau.
'SOFT CORAL BRIDGE' Turtle Cove, Palau. Soft coral colonies growing on a sponge encrusted old anchor chain spanning two coral heads. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
STALKER!! Waiting for dinner
an eagle ray at Blue Corner; she showed up at the end of the dive and gave us quite a show
A pink anenome and its protectors. Ulong Channel, Palau. Canon SD 550.
"Happiness is..." discovering a 60 year old air space inside the World War II wreck of the 475' Iro Maru. Palau. Canon A-95 w/ builtin flash.
Seabream. Ulong Channel
Leaf Fish at Ngerchong Coral Garden. There were about 4 or 5 of these on one coral head.
School of Jacks. Taken while trying to dodge vicious yellow margin triggerfish.
"Temple of Doom." Blue Hole. There is lots of silt around the skeleton, so you have to be careful with your buoyancy.
WW II Japanese Float-Plane. The dive guide considered this such a boring dive she declined to go down with us. But there is plenty of healthy plate coral 20 feet away.
Sweetlips. Photo taken at Pelilieu Cut.
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