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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Beverly Speed

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Male sailfin blenny displaying for the attention of a nearby female. This little fellow is about 5 cm long and very shy. I waited close to 30 minutes for him to emerge fully from his hole with sailfin up.
Pygmy Seahorse
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2008

Final RoundThrough to 2008 awards final round judging
Hypselodoris bullockii
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classic pose
False Clown Anemonefish
Ambassador of the Sea/dolphin, dolphins, Bottlenose dohphin, mammals, big fish, large fish
Secretary Blenny
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Malaysia, Mabul, moray eel, green moray, symbiotic, shrimp, cleaner shrimp, cleaning station, macro
Mystical Sailing Galleon/Grand Cayman's Jolly Roger cruise ship at sunset.
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Crown of Thorns
Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Wide-angle close-up using Nik D70, 15mm Sigma lens & dual Inon strobes. Exposure: 1/250 @ f/22.
Cuteness coming at ya'!
I've been revisiting photos from the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. And, remember thinking, 'I could spend the entire week on this site with the sea lions.' They captured my heart.
Taken w/Nikon D70 w/15mm lens.
You're Getting Sleepy, Sleepy...
Hypnotizing the subject makes them much easier to photograph. La Paz, Mexico in the Sea of Cortez. Taken with a Nikon D70 and 15mm lens.
'Can't see me...I'm in camouflage'
I love these colorful Imperial Shrimp. Taken with a Nikon D70 w/105 lens and dual Inon strobes.
Not in the mood for love.
Mandarin fish with a 'not tonight dear' headache. Must have been a lunar thing going on, because very little mating activity was observed that evening in Lembeh.
Commensal shrimp on crinoid taken in Lembeh.
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Pin sharp and well composed. Well done Beverly
Has anyone seen my gills???
Measles!
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Well done Bev
Crinoid shrimp from Mabul. Nik D70, 105mm lens, and Inon Z220 strobes.
More shark action in Turks & Caicos. Taken w/Nik D70, 14mm lens & dual Inon Z220 strobes
Reef shark in Turks & Caicos. Nik D70, 14mm lens, and dual Inon Z220 strobes.
Barracuda taken in Turks & Caicos. Nik D70, 60mm lens & dual Inon Z220 strobes.
A little shark action in Turks & Caicos. Taken with Nik D70, 14mm lens, 2 Inon Z220s strobes.
Mating nudibranchs Hypselodoris bullockii. Taken in Kapalai with Nik D70, 105mm lens, and dual Inon strobes.
Pipefish portrait. Taken in Mabul with Nik D70, 105mm lens and dual Inon strobes.
All the world loves a clown; and I go NUTS over these beautiful fish. Anemonefish is A. percula taken in Mabul with Nik D70, 105mm lens and dual Inon strobes.
"Gold Finner" The fish with the Midas touch!
Fabulous Flabellina! Taken in Mabul with Nik D70, 105mm lens & dual Inon strobes.
Deadly but oh, so cute! Blue-ring octopus taken in Kapalai, Borneo, Malaysia. Nik D70, 105mm lens & dual Inon strobes.
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