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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Rico Besserdich

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"Men at work" - Blue spotted stingray searching for food ;-) by Rico Besserdich
"Men at work" - Blue spotted stingray searching for food ;-)
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date posted posted: Monday, December 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blue spotted stingray & female freediver with uw camera. ... by Rico Besserdich
Blue spotted stingray & female freediver with uw camera. Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - November 2010. CANON 40D with SIGMA 10-20mm, "magic filters" ( no strobe light ).
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 19, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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classic..... by Rico Besserdich
classic.....
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anthias & Coral by Rico Besserdich
Anthias & Coral
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date posted posted: Friday, December 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Rebreather Diver & wreckage by Rico Besserdich
Rebreather Diver & wreckage
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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pipefish by Rico Besserdich
pipefish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Muray Eel by Rico Besserdich
Muray Eel
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Home sweet home ;-) by Rico Besserdich
Home sweet home ;-)
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date posted posted: Monday, December 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I am coming after you ;-) by Rico Besserdich
I am coming after you ;-)
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 13, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile Squid with blue sky and some clouds as backgroun... by Rico Besserdich
Juvenile Squid with blue sky and some clouds as background ( I was swimming below the squid and pointed the lens to sky direction ). This is an improved version of my "skydiver" series.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 12, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Abstract view of an hard-coral with the sunlight playing ... by Rico Besserdich
Abstract view of an hard-coral with the sunlight playing on it's structure :-)
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Another clownfish and his anemone ;-) They are very popu... by Rico Besserdich
Another clownfish and his anemone ;-)
They are very popular uw models and I feel like I can't just pass by without taking a picture :-))
Sharm el sheikh, Egypt. CANON 40D with CANON EF-S 60mm Makro, 2 Sea&Sea strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Snake ? Eeel ? Snake-Eel !!!! by Rico Besserdich
Snake ? Eeel ? Snake-Eel !!!!
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45 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anemone - A real beauty of the night. Sharm El Sheikh, Eg... by Rico Besserdich
Anemone - A real beauty of the night. Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - November 2010
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I am hungry !!! by Rico Besserdich
I am hungry !!!

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It pays to fill the frame. Rico has elevated an ordinary moray shot to a great moray shot by a tight crop
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Lionfish closeup by Rico Besserdich
Lionfish closeup
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A sunny afternoon at the reef. CANON 40D with Sigma 10-20... by Rico Besserdich
A sunny afternoon at the reef. CANON 40D with Sigma 10-20mm lens & "magic filters" ( no strobe ). Na'ama Bay, Egypt - Red Sea
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Interaction" - At the end of a long snorcling uw photo s... by Rico Besserdich
"Interaction" - At the end of a long snorcling uw photo session, this lionfish appeared in just 60 cm deep water. 1,5 hours of PS work on this pic since the entire scene was covered with dust & sand particles. I hope, that's the right category ;-)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A freediving photographer. CANON 40D, Sigma 10mm, no stro... by Rico Besserdich
A freediving photographer. CANON 40D, Sigma 10mm, no strobes. Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Classic coral/diver scene. Dedicated to the 70year old ge... by Rico Besserdich
Classic coral/diver scene. Dedicated to the 70year old german lady who got killed by a shark in Sharm El Sheikh yesterday - my thoughts are with her family.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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FreeDiver by Rico Besserdich
FreeDiver
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date posted posted: Monday, December 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"meeting".... by Rico Besserdich
"meeting"....
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 5, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Full of life !! CANON 40D with Sigma 10-20mm, magic filte... by Rico Besserdich
Full of life !! CANON 40D with Sigma 10-20mm, magic filters ( no strobes ). token while snorceling...in around 2 meter depht.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 5, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Red Sea Coral Grouper and "his" coral ;-) by Rico Besserdich
Red Sea Coral Grouper and "his" coral ;-)
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 4, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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If you think, uw photography with scuba is difficult : tr... by Rico Besserdich
If you think, uw photography with scuba is difficult : try it with freediving ;-) No air & no time to play around with all possible settings - only one shot and that's it ( and that's how I did it )
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date posted posted: Friday, December 3, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Checkin' da hood" :-)) by Rico Besserdich
"Checkin' da hood" :-))
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date posted posted: Friday, December 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Nemo City by Rico Besserdich
Nemo City
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 2, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Closeup of a bluespotted stingray by Rico Besserdich
Closeup of a bluespotted stingray
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Lionfish spreading his wings by Rico Besserdich
Lionfish spreading his wings
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Bluespotted stingray with freediving female underwater ph... by Rico Besserdich
Bluespotted stingray with freediving female underwater photographer. Sharm El Sheikh, November 2010. CANON 40D, 10 mm widelens, magic filters ( no strobe )
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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