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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Robert Bemus

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Drive thru
Vintage Newport*I used too much Neat Image for this size photo-- my apologies as it's really blurry. I heartily endorse Neat Image for ridding of digital noise-- I should've better reviewed this before submission though...
View from the point
Balance and trim
From behind
Shade of a summer solstice
Fisheye pro and con/The pro of using the fish-eye-- you get nice wide angle shots like this... The con, at least for surf shots, is that you have to get really close to the rider to get decent shots...This is pro-surfer Pat O'Connell...
RAW Re-entry/Gravels(Salt Creek, CA)
Open water
Shack with a view
Snapback at Strands
Off the bottom
Newport Pier
Wild eyd
Surfer's POV
Rocket man/ Salt Creek (Gravels)/shot RAW -- I used Curves (CS3) to add the red tint to the clouds...
Wedge POV/Shot at the infamous Wedge, Newport Beach, CA on a "small" 4-6' day...
Paddler's view and plumber's cleavage
Or is it CJ?
TJ/Salt Creek (Gravels)
A bright spot in the June gloom/Canon 5D/Canon 15 mm fish-eye lens/SPL waterhousing/This is the same guy that ran me over in April...I still have the scar on my kneecap -- his fin sliced right through my wetsuit...ouch!
A reason to boost/Canon 5D/Tamron 200-500mm lens...
Rainbow rider/Rincon,CA, 2/17/08, Canon 5D, Tamron 200-500mm lens...
Moonlit barrel/Actually shot in daylight but there was a lot of not-very-photogenic sand in the image so I converted it to B&W along with other enhancements...
First Light/Canon 5D/Tamron 200-500mm lens/panned/Shot on one of the largest days last year -- this wave face is about 20' (6 or 7 meters) -- a surfer drowned this day at a spot called Ghost Tree, just off the golf course at Pebble Beach, CA...
Stretch/Canon 5D/Tamron 200-500mm/Intentional slow shutter speed...
Switch stance/Canon 5D, Canon fisheye lens, SPL waterhousing...
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