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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva

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Face to face with a female Tripterygion delaisi.
Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Pair of Polycera faeroensis mating.
Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Three Chromodoris purpurea feeding on sponges near colourful jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis).
Shot using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs.
Shot in Sesimbra, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Polycera faeroensis, shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Flabellina babai, shot 15m deep using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe
A pair of very large Chromodoris purpurea, probably just after mating, feeding and spawning. Shot using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe on manual.
A very large Chromodoris purpurea crawling in the middle of jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis). Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Polycera faeroensis. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Caloria elegans. This species shows some color variation along its distribution range, having either pale or orange/red cerata. This individual shows a mixed variation with the cerata being pale in the middle but orange near the tip and base.
A species less often seen, Favorinus branchialis, which mainly feeds on eggs from other sea slugs. Shot using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe
Nudibranch (Chromodoris krohni) crawling over a sponge in Berlengas. Shot with Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Inside a barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) shoal. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55 lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
My wife Teresa at the Carnatic wreck.
Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm, Ikelite 100a and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
Trinchesia sibogae feeding on hydroids.
Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Bluespotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) portrait.
Indian Ocean Crocodile Fish (Papilloculiceps longiceps) shot on a night dive using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
Barracudas (Sphyraena barracuda) at the Ras Mohammed National Park.
Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon 18-55mm and Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
A small clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus) swimming away from its home anemone to confront the intruder (me). Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
AA gun at the stern of the Thistlegorm. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
Caloria elegans with orage cerata. Until recently this was the only color morph I had seen but in a recent dive I finally saw the withe cerata color morph. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105.
Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) standing by and defending its spawn layed on the wreck of the Leven, in Baleal, Portugal. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
Comber (Serranus cabrilla) shot at the River Gurara wreck in Sesimbra. Although I was looking for nudibranchs, this small fish was very inquisitive. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes
Hypselodoris cantabrica crawling over the Leven's wreck. Shot with a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
Nudibranch (Hypselodoris cantabrica) shot at Leven's wreck using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
European lobster (Palinurus elephas) shot in Sesimbra using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes. These lobsters are getting increasingly more common with the establishment of a natural reserve.
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