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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Rand Mcmeins

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Grouper at cleaning station. Shrimp and Gobies. Nikon D2x. 105mm 2xtc.
Practicing for when Natl. Geo. contacts me for a cover....might be a while. LOL!
D2x 10.5mm
Hooker wreck in Bonaire. Nikon D2x, 10.5 FE.
This was actually taken in Bonaire but that isn's on the country list.
The FLY! Ok, it's really a Banded shrimp. D2x 105mm 2xtc woody's diopter.
A "Shocked" gobie on wire coral. D2x 105mm w/2xtc
Small Blennie on coral. D2x, 105mm, 2xTC.
Frogfish, Catfish, baitfish...
D2x 10.5 FE
White eyed Moray on the hunt. D2X 60mm.
Mother and baby Sealion. Sea of Cortez. D2x 10.5 FE.

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Did the flash not go off Rand? Who cares, it's great!
Lionfish @ Bangka D2x 10.5mm
Magic Forest. Sooper macro of an Anemonefish in it's natural environment. Nikon D2X 105mm, 2XTeleconverter.
Pygmy Portrait. D2x, 105mm, 2xteleconverter and lots of cussing.
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Absolutely the last Pygmy Seahorse to win our monthly comp! It's good to go out on a high note. No more please, even the Doc won't top this one...
Hunter and the Hunted. Cormorant chasing bait fish in the Sea of Cortez.
D2x 10.5
Sunset on Little Cayman
Soft coral and sun. Oly C5050
A perfect Day. D2x, Magic Filter, no strobes. Actually, the Sea of Cortez but it's not listed.
Dancing Fish. D2x 50mm Kimbe, Bay. PNG
A very, hairy crab! Shot with the 105mm and 2xtc racked out to the max. Full frame, no cropping. Nikon D2x.
Whooosh! Manta encounter. The Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Oly C4040
Parrot fish. D2x 60mm
"I love the smell of barnacles in the morning". Barkley Sound, B.C. Canada
California Kelp Detail
Oly C5050
Nudibranch with a twist, a greenwater background. D2x 60mm with Woody's diopter
Ma Ma! Well, not sure about that.
D2x 60mm Woody's diopter.
Hey,(Bob) that flash is burning my eyes!
Mantis Shrimp. A shadowy figure on the reef. D2x 60mm Woody's diopter.
Underwater Spaceship. From Barkley Sound, B.C. Canada. Didn't think my camera would capture the lights that were flickering up and down the edges of this jellyfish. But, take a close look:
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