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Underwater Photo Contest Entries From Cayman islands

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"Illumination" - There are lots of beautiful swim throughs in Cayman, but I wanted to photograph more than just blue light coming through the back. When I came upon this conch shell in one of the swim throughs, I saw the photo I'd been waiting for.

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Excellent use of spot lighting.
"Stingray Sunrise"
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"Choose Your Path"
A coralscape taken on a dive site around the Northwest Side of Grand Cayman. It is not visited often due to weather, so a real treat for conditions like this.
"Solo Turtle"
A good sized Hawksbill claims his spot along a massive ridge. West Wall, Grand Cayman
"Mosaic"
"Suspended"
A Snorkeler prepares to duck under a small wave.
"Glide"
A Hawksbill descends after catching a couple breaths on the surface.
"The Beehive"
A sponge hangs out from a steep wall as divers pass overhead. If you look closely, you can see an arrow crab peeking out over the edge of the sponge.
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That's a great shot. Nice work on the composition here. Underexposing the background was the key to this image.
A couple of Peppermint shrimp hide away in a beautiful purple vase sponge!
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Bluffing - this octo was trying to scare us away.
We were diving the wreck of the Tibbetts for a photo course and I loved seeing all the focus as I was ascending ... truly a wonderful sight.
Gray Angel
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work." Colin Powell
tell a story
wall of siliver at cheese burger diving with chase darnell
"Cleaning Station" the relationship between shrimp, grouper and the mutually beneficial cleaning station re imagined on land and in a car wash
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Final RoundThrough to 2014 awards final round judging

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I love it, great idea and brilliant implementation.
Wishing everybody lots of tears of happiness in 2015!
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Drunk Secretary Blenny Telling A Joke: "And thheen I said..."
a perfect heart.. it was supposed to be a circle :-)
Goodbye Captain Marvin, RIP
(Capt. Marvin Ebanks, who is the 'granddaddy' and founder of snorkel trips to the Stingray City sandbar)
"Just Beneath The Surface" Light rays stream down onto the Ex-USS Kittiwake from the surface, visible just above. Photographed using an extension ring with my wide-angle port for forced vignetting.
"Just Passing Through"
little red eye shrimp found him snuck up and had one shot could not find him again night dive at macabuca come see us at dns diving we can show up
Wishing everybody a serene holiday season!
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Hide and Seek.
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Framed.
"Iguana In The Coral Garden"--Finally got a full-length fluorescent dive here on Grand Cayman! This bearded fireworm crawling across coral makes me think of an iguana in a garden. Photographed with a Nightsea fluorescent kit.
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