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This category shows the winning images from the monthly HotShots i.e. the Best of the Best!
Blue Star @ sun set by Aaron Wong
Blue Star @ sun set
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You can take u/w photos at any time of day!
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 25, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Asian Sea Singapore
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A jellyfish. Photo taken in the Philippines at night. C5050. by Mikel Cortes
A jellyfish. Photo taken in the Philippines at night. C5050.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2006
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A definitive Jelly shot Mikel
44 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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nik D2x Maldives, Ari Atoll, Vakarufalhi, Photoshop by Manfred Bail
nik D2x Maldives, Ari Atoll, Vakarufalhi, Photoshop
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2006
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Manfred's imagination (and photoshop skills) pulls another fantasy masterpiece out of the hat!
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 23, 2006
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
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The man and the sea nikonos V and 16mm. by Marco Caraceni
The man and the sea
nikonos V and 16mm.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2006
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Super setup under/over shot (not over/under!) and on film (not digital!) too
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 27, 2006
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Turtle in cave by Martin Dalsaso
Turtle in cave
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2006
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The hardest thing to do is take a simple portrait. Well done Martin
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 2, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Galapagos Love. I'm honestly not sure exactly what these ... by Mathew Cook
Galapagos Love. I'm honestly not sure exactly what these two sharks were doing, maybe just a fluke behavior I snapped at the right time, or maybe not...? Ha ha.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2006
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A superior behavior shot, one in a million!
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Napoleon Wrasse performs for the camera at the Brothers i... by Fiona Ayerst
Napoleon Wrasse performs for the camera at the Brothers islands Southern Red Sea, in July 2006
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Fiona fills the frame (again)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Strange Encounter. Originally a so-so/lifeless shot of so... by Mathew Cook
Strange Encounter. Originally a so-so/lifeless shot of some coral. Mirrored and worked with Photoshop.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2006
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We prefer natural shots and don't want to encourage image manipulation but this is such a strong image from Mathew
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 7, 2006
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: United States
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Inspired by nearby competition, this male humpback put so... by Tyania Diffin
Inspired by nearby competition, this male humpback put some serious power into this series of forward lunges. In 7 years of whale watching, I had never seen a lunge like this from this angle. Taken with a canon 350d and 70-300 lens.
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This is only Tyania's second entry in the photo contest! Superb!
93 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2006
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Pygmy Portrait. D2x, 105mm, 2xteleconverter and lots of c... by Rand Mcmeins
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...
61 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Female Tiger Shark,natural light, what an awesome animal! by Roger Horrocks
Female Tiger Shark,natural light, what an awesome animal!
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This ain't awesome - it's AWESOME - well done Roger
79 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 6, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Mutation – Three Eyed Spotted Pufinopolis. Found only in ... by Glenn Poulain
Mutation – Three Eyed Spotted Pufinopolis. Found only in the early spring time off the Hawaiian Islands.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2006
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You're diving a bit to close to those nuclear power station outpipes Glen! Seriously, we have never seen anything like this before and probably never will again ;-)
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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I was very lucky when I saw this harlequin shrimp climbin... by Erika Antoniazzo
I was very lucky when I saw this harlequin shrimp climbing down the edge of a sponge to get to the arm of a starfish that was lying at the bottom of it. No, I didn't put it there, but someone else may have done so before me and I just got lucky smile
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2006
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Oooooo zoom me!
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 23, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Does the light not always shine on Beauty? The mermaid of... by Michael Canzoniero
Does the light not always shine on Beauty? The mermaid off sunset house GC.
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We've had this subject before but this is the best treatment
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 31, 2005
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
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diver photographing a school of barrcuda at malpelo islan... by Ofer Ketter
diver photographing a school of barrcuda at malpelo island, colombia
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A fish ball, an underwater photographer, and light. Its what we all enjoy! In this case who needs color?
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
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Zero Altitude. Japenese Zero found about 5 years ago in ... by Rand Mcmeins
Zero Altitude.
Japenese Zero found about 5 years ago in Kimbe Bay, New Britain, PNG.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2005
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Nice Pacific plane wreck - works well in B&W
48 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 9, 2005
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
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the monster of Gaber el Bint by Ran Marom
the monster of Gaber el Bint
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2005
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Its nice to see a humorous shot and you must admit this one is unique!
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 26, 2005
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
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Jelly Fish in Panama City Florida taken with a Canon 20D ... by Michael Shope
Jelly Fish in Panama City Florida taken with a Canon 20D 100mm lens and dual strobes.
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a classic jelly shot with negative space behind
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 20, 2005
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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Yellowbarred Jawfish with eggs. Taken in Kapalai. by Beverly Speed
Yellowbarred Jawfish with eggs. Taken in Kapalai.
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An unusual but convenient place to store your offspring!
74 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 10, 2005
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Solomon Islands, Ghizo, wreck with tanks, Nik.RS. via ph... by Manfred Bail
Solomon Islands, Ghizo, wreck with tanks, Nik.RS.
via photoshop diver included.
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Im not sure about the colored lamp - but nice diagonals!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 11, 2005
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
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Porcelain Crab in Anemone, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji (Nikon F4, A... by Andrew Dawson
Porcelain Crab in Anemone, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji (Nikon F4, Aquatica housing, 105mm Macro, Fuji Velvia 50)
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Now this is a fantastic use of negative space and rule of thirds
53 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 3, 2005
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Oceanic White tip with Pilot Fish. Taken at Daedelus Reef... by Len Deeley
Oceanic White tip with Pilot Fish. Taken at Daedelus Reef, Egyptian Red Sea in November 2004. Image taken while snorkelling as the shark circled the diveboat.
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Zoom this one...
125 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 4, 2005
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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Tufi Mandarin. D100 in a Titan housing, 105mm lens. Shot ... by Ron Lagerlof
Tufi Mandarin. D100 in a Titan housing, 105mm lens. Shot on the house reef at Tufi in PNG.
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Now here's a tie-dye, pychedelic, hippy fish! Who needs Photoshop when you look like this?
92 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 17, 2004
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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Scrawled Filefish, Palau by Erin Quigley
Scrawled Filefish, Palau
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This portrait fills the frame very nicely
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 4, 2004
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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Manta Ray Feeding on the surface at Sangalaki , Indonesia... by Roger Munns
Manta Ray Feeding on the surface at Sangalaki , Indonesia . Sometimes over 100 can be seen lining up in the current for lunch.
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Nice Under/Over surface reflection shot of a Manta Roger
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 7, 2004
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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This seahorse and its partner lived in Paradise 1 ( Mabul... by Roger Munns
This seahorse and its partner lived in Paradise 1 ( Mabul, Borneo ) for a long time nice and shallow. Many a deco stop was spent trying for something different with the last few shots of a roll .
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Roger explains one secret of u/w photographs like this - many rolls of film! Well done!
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date posted posted: Friday, September 24, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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I had just a fraction of a second to pull my hands, holdi... by Johannes Felten
I had just a fraction of a second to pull my hands, holding the camera, back into the cage before this cutie was almost in my face. This is one of those moments in which I miss a motor winder in my Nikonos V. Dyer island, Gansbaai, South Africa.
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Glad you kept your fingers Johannes!
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date posted posted: Friday, July 30, 2004
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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