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Underwater Photo Contest Entries From The Caribbean Sea

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Spot the Crab!
Neck crab with hydroids growing on it!
"Under Over" - Two separate photographs that are meant to be viewed together. I plan to print them on canvas and display them like this.
Lion Fish near the wreck of the Austin Smith
"Two To Tango" - Mating Squid! From what I've read, this is apparently a somewhat rare event to witness.
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Shark and Boat, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
"Delicate Seahorse" - A white seahorse free-swims between gorgonians. Photographed on the steep Bloody Bay Wall on Little Cayman.
Through the mountainous surface of a sea cucumber
Sea horse in Little cayman
Cocodrile with snorkel, Gardens of the Queen Cuba
"Seltzer Reef" - Divers' bubbles stream past colorful sponges and coral hanging off Babylon dive site. The dive boat can be seen above the sponges.
Octavio and Marylin, Playa del Carmen México
Pipehorse Portrait - My first pipehorse! This little guy is less than an inch long, and is very hard to spot with an untrained eye. The background is white from my strobes reflecting off the sand.
Stingray Sandbar is a special place to photograph on Grand Cayman! I have lots of photographs to go through from shooting there the other day, here’s one to start.
A Nurse Shark on the prowl.
"Navy Night" - Carrie Dutchak surfaces following a dusk dive. The lights of Grand Cayman glow behind her.
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"Chiaroscuro" - I photographed this arrow crab using one strobe to give strong shadows and light. The title is a reference to the Italian word for this kind of lighting, found in Renaissance paintings.
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Magnificent lighting and spot on focus.
French Angelfish, Belize
Caribean Reef Sharks, Gardens of the Queen Cuba
"Sweep And Swirl"
Sponges and gorgonians swirl. I photographed this image using a slow shutter speed while simultaneously swimming forward, zooming the lens and spinning the camera. No Photoshop.
Amazing Cahuama in the Reef, Half Moon Caye Belize
Adolescent male and calf. taken under government permit
"Sweeping Shadows" - A brightly-colored flagfin glass blenny rests on coral. Shot with one strobe on an angle to provide texture. (No snoot.)
Dos Ojos cavern, Playa del Carmen México
image from cave diving in Mexico
The eyes have it.
Honeycomb cowfish
Silky Shark with sky, Gardens of the Queen
"On Patrol" - A Caribbean reef shark sweeps in for a closer view as it patrols a coral reef on the East End of the island.
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