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"Gotcha" Bandtail Puffer Fish by Dusty Norman
"Gotcha"
Bandtail Puffer Fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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The Groupers in Little Cayman are very friendly, let you ... by Dusty Norman
The Groupers in Little Cayman are very friendly, let you get up close and personal.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Cryptic Teardrop Crab by Dusty Norman
Cryptic Teardrop Crab
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Racing Stripes" A juvenile spotted drum on coral, sho... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Racing Stripes"
A juvenile spotted drum on coral, shot with a slow shutter speed and panning.
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Great creative shot
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Tarpon hunting silversides by Ellen Cuylaerts
Tarpon hunting silversides
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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I wish the Cayman grottoes would be filled with silversid... by Ellen Cuylaerts
I wish the Cayman grottoes would be filled with silversides once more.
Devil's Grotto, July 2013 (the last year of big numbers)
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Spectral' - A southern stingray on the sandbar off the c... by Tanya Houppermans
'Spectral' - A southern stingray on the sandbar off the coast of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'On One Breath' - A freediver ascends from the wreck of t... by Tanya Houppermans
'On One Breath' - A freediver ascends from the wreck of the Kittiwake off the coast of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Colorful Ceilings Inside the cut out in the iron shore k... by Chase Darnell
Colorful Ceilings
Inside the cut out in the iron shore known by local dive guides as the Ballroom.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Big Green" A large Green Sea Turtle makes its way over ... by Chase Darnell
"Big Green"
A large Green Sea Turtle makes its way over a shallow reef on the North Side of Grand Cayman.
Fantasea Red Filter
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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I prepared my camera with a fisheye lens, but with my ext... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
I prepared my camera with a fisheye lens, but with my extension ring on the port to create a false vignette. I was hoping for some larger marine life to utilize this effect. Perfect for when a goliath grouper--unusual for Cayman--showed up!
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date posted posted: Monday, June 13, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Cleaning House' - The tiny eyes of pederson cleaner shri... by Tanya Houppermans
'Cleaning House' - The tiny eyes of pederson cleaner shrimp in the waters off of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Monday, June 13, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Stingray in flight by Patricia Sinclair
Stingray in flight
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Ready to spread my wings Southern stingray at the sandbar by Ellen Cuylaerts
Ready to spread my wings
Southern stingray at the sandbar
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
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Incredible over/under shot taken at exactly the right time!
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A colorful goby models for the camera atop star coral. I... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
A colorful goby models for the camera atop star coral. I used a very shallow depth of field to focus only on the goby's eyes, and to make the rest of its translucent body blur into the backgruound.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Catching Some Rays' - Southern stingrays enjoying the wa... by Tanya Houppermans
'Catching Some Rays' - Southern stingrays enjoying the warm, clear waters of Grand Cayman
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Out On A Limb' - A flamingo tongue cowrie off the coast ... by Tanya Houppermans
'Out On A Limb' - A flamingo tongue cowrie off the coast of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Face to Face When you are the biggest creature cruising ... by Chase Darnell
Face to Face
When you are the biggest creature cruising around at any given moment you have the right of way. This large Loggerhead Turtle just kept his chosen path and it was up to me to snap this shot and roll out of the way.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Surfing the Sandbar' - A southern stingray in the waters... by Tanya Houppermans
'Surfing the Sandbar' - A southern stingray in the waters of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A diver explores a swim through as light filters down fro... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
A diver explores a swim through as light filters down from an opening in the ceiling.
Snapper Hole, Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Underwater Forest' - Sunlight shines through the tall co... by Tanya Houppermans
'Underwater Forest' - Sunlight shines through the tall corals off the coast of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Welcome to the Ocean! I'll Be Your Guide.' A sharknose g... by Tanya Houppermans
'Welcome to the Ocean! I'll Be Your Guide.' A sharknose goby rests on coral in the waters off of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Swirling the Bow' - A school of horse eye jacks swirls a... by Tanya Houppermans
'Swirling the Bow' - A school of horse eye jacks swirls around toward the bow of the Kittiwake off the coast of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 4, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Going Green' - A green sea turtle drifts through the sha... by Tanya Houppermans
'Going Green' - A green sea turtle drifts through the shallow waters of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Friday, June 3, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Diving The Kittiwake' - Divers begin to descend upon the... by Tanya Houppermans
'Diving The Kittiwake' - Divers begin to descend upon the wreck of the Kittiwake off the coast of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 1, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Pink Peppermint" I set off to photograph a peppermint s... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Pink Peppermint"
I set off to photograph a peppermint shrimp, and looked inside dozens of vase sponges until I finally found this one. I used a large aperture to keep just the eyes in focus and blur the background into a soft pink.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Southern Hospitality' - A southern stingray stops by for... by Tanya Houppermans
'Southern Hospitality' - A southern stingray stops by for a quick hello in Grand Cayman
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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