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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Rick Tegeler

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'PASSING BY' Sweet Lips under a ledge - Maldives. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'BABY BLUE EYES' Wreck shrimp (not certain their real name - but they tend to 'snap' or 'click' when approached and have gorgeous blue eyes ;-) Lion Island, Loloata, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor Lens.
'CHECKIN' US OUT' The ever-curious Napoleon Wrasse just below the surface - checking us out on Otto's reef, Walindi Plantation, West New Britain, PNG. D100; 18-70mm Nikkor lens. Enyjoy!
'BARRED HAMLET' From 'Fish Portrarits from Around the World' series. Little Cayman. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'HARLEQUINS' Mom and Junior going after one of their favourite foods. Lion Island, Loloata, Port Moresby, PNG. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'MAUVE' Yes... there really is such a colour. From the Hotel Continental on Truk - true colour. Impossible to improve on Ma Nature. Nikon F; 24mm lens. Enjoy!
'OPEN for DINNER' Crinoids are reef indicator species, so this is one healthy eco-system. South Emma, Walindi Plantation, WNB, PNG. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'HEADED HOME' Last dive, headed for the surface. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor Lens. Enjoy!
'PHYLLIDIA' Munching its favourite food. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'NIGHT MOVES' Basket starfish feeding. Strictly nocturnal, extremely light sensitive and quick. I've seen animals with six foot 'wing spans'. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'GOSEI' Model examines one of the twin props of the Gosei Maru, Truk Lagoon. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'ZERO' Remains of the infamous Japanese Zero (one of many) in the shallows of the Rock Islands, Palau. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'YUCATANECUS' Comensural shrimp (anemone shrimp) unique to southern Caribbean. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'WAITING' Scorpion fish in a common pose. Another mug shot from 'Fish Portraits'. Housed Nikon F; 55 auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'UH-OH!' Ship headed for the reef - blue hole, Honduras. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'FRAMED' I had the model swim directly over me whilst in a canyon in order to frame her in the shot - occasionally it works! Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'ABSTRACT' Often I am captivated with the colours, textures and shapes of our coral kindoms - beyond the sheer beauty of its free-swimming inhabitants as this image attempts to demonstrate. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens.
'MUG SHOT' Up close and personal with a scorpion fish. Roatan. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'in the shallows' d100; 24mm nikkor lens; png. Enjoy!.
'STOP LIGHT' Parrot fish. Cayman Brac. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'SAFE HAVEN' A Mantis peers warily out of its hole. Loloata Isaland, Port Moresby, PNG. D100; 55mm auto-Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'HERMIT' Always an interesting satisfying subject ( ...and I took it myself!, remember where and when, and know its exact location in my files!). D100; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'ELEPAHNT EARS' Model cruises over a host of elephant ear sponges - Restorf Island, Walindi Plantation, West New Britain, PNG. D100; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'IN SCHOOL' Inside the hull of the Shinkoku Maru on a night dive in Truk and surrounded by glassy sweepers. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor Lens. Enjoy!
'Gun Barrel' Urchin in Tube sponge. Cozumel, Mexico. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor. Enjoy!
'BASKET STAR' Certainly one of our Coral Kindom's rather unusual and unique inhabitants. Totally nocturnal, highly light sensitive and extremely quick and mobile. I have seen animals with five foot appendages on several occasions. Enjoy!
'RHINO' Rhinopias. Loloata Island, Port Moresby, PNG. From my 'Fish Portraits from Around the World' series. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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