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eye to eye. A junior diver has a close encounter with a tiny pygmy ocotpus. Shot with a Canon 300D and 100mm macro in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
Waiting on ...
We were "blue water hunting", looking for things in blue water. It only took these silky sharks a few minutes to show up. More and more accumulated and in the end we had close to 200 hundred silkies. It was impossible to fit them all in the frame.
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These were sailfish finishing a baitball and moving to another. We kept having to jump into the boat, find them, and jump in again. They would attack the bait for awhile, but would move on. One of my friends jumped in with scuba for a different look.
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Friendly whale shark swims circles around the boat during surface interval. All had a great time swimming with the little guy.
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The interaction between animal & human combined with a nice composition made this one a winning shot.....and both "models" are looking just great :-) Well done, David !
Do not step on us
Spanish Shawl illuminated with a homemade spotlight.
Hawaiian Monk seal
Archeye Hawkfish resting on the coral
"Art in Nature"
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Urchin shell. Big Island, Hawaii.
Eagle Rays swimming over rocks, at Ixtapa, México.
Camouflage. A tiny pygmy (aka California lilliput) octopus does its best to blend into a kelp leaf. Shot with Canon Digital Rebel in Ikelite Housing, 100mm f/2.8 macro and dual DS51 strobes.
Into the elevator
Surgeonfish up close and personal at Shark Reef Marine Reserve, Fiji Islands
Bannerfish on the wreck of the Ika 2, Carpet Cove, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji Islands
Portrait of a blenny resting on hard coral, Ixtapa, México.
Inside the Canadian Destroyer HMCS Yukon.
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A slightly different perspective of a weedy seadragon.
Jump for Joy/ Shot in the Monterey Bay. Nikon D300 with the Nikon 70-200 Lens. They are called Risso's Dolphin and it was a magical day. NO PHOTOSHOP at all.
Dive leader, Shannon. Kohala Divers. Big Island, Hawaii.
Green Turtle at 20m, no strobe. Rapae Wall, Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Red Gorgonian Fan Coral, Caesar's Rock, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji Islands
Blue Jellyfish, Shark Reef Marine Reserve, Fiji Islands
Moorish Idol. Big Island, Hawaii.
Red Sea Anemone found in Sacramento, Ixtapa, Mexico.
"Honu takes flight"
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