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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Dale Kobetich

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Half above / below image of a epic Laguna Beach sunset...home made water housing....
sea anemonis at sunset
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Shot with a Canon 40d in home made housing...Large dome made in vacume chamber in my moms oven......afterwards she made oatmeal cookies...i just love oatmeal cookies!!!
" Hey...give me some elbow room..your stepping on my toes....as i was saying you dance devinely...what are you doing after the show ? "
Sunrise....Day after Mako incedent...Home -brew housing / Larg e dome made in a vacume in oven at home....Clear water comes to Newport Beach.....Canon 40D settings....on the fly guessing....all manual
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Low tide Spider Crab Reef using home made dome from a vacume chamber in the oven, home made housing and a homemade water proof flash.......the Spider Crab was made by King Neptune
This is a Breaking wave allthough I titled this " Palm Tree Dream"....home made housing,large domme made in vacume chamber in my oven...canon 40d ,water proof canon 580 ex flash....water proof 9 amp hour 6 volt battery....
ThanksGiving Morning on a free dive off Newport Pier...shot with the Panorama Housing " BOLLO mk2 "....incredible 45 foot plus visbility (incredible for Newport)...i shot this before i went under...a glorious start to an awsome day !!!!
" I thought the report said no surf today"....beach dives can be tuff sometimes..." OOPS i just lost my mask and snorkel"...shot with "BOLLO' Panorama housing at world famous WEDGE in Newport Beach
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Bollo the two camera Panorama housing.../carbon fiber construction/test bed for differant optics/domes...made this in my garrage...3 waterproof flashes powered by 12 amp hour 6 volt battery...all the controls needed on the cameras.....fun fun fun!!!
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Newport Beach Pier using " Bollo " Panorama housing shown earlier....pre-sunrise...swimming with 35 pound housing....this is titled " Pier Dream # 9 "
Panorama Carbon Fiber Housing " BOLLO " ,80 nuts and screws , 24 operational controls ,three high power water proof flashes powered by waterproof 12 amphour battery...220 degree angle of view..side to side not corner to corner..weight 35 pounds..
approached shovel nose shark off Newport Beach Pier holding camera down pointing up...pulled off a burst....free diving ...homemade housing/flash system.....it took a number of trys to pull this foto off....short suit,fins,hat,housing and flash...
Under a kelp patty 1/4 mile off shore....self potrait of myself and my freinds.....i let them go on their way after the shot....being carefull not to injure them..free diving....fun fun fun
Veiw from under neath breaking wave, Father takes son into ocean for the first time...full suits on ,water 51 degrees...canon 40d with tokina 10-17..home made housing
This foto was shot a quarter mile offshore at Spider Crab Reef at low tide ..A nice swim ,arrived on scene,sun came over horizen....snapped the picture...this spider crab was VERY LARGE...and very beautifull !!!!!!
this shot was taken with a panorama housing in the winter of 09,using fill flash on star fish just as the sun came up over horizen...i took a breath then went under....free diving in 51 degree water
Large spider crab turns his attntion to me and the camera,during jan.09 crab march in Newport Beach california
i shot this in Jan. 09..during a mass movement of spider crabs, these crabs were fighting amongst themselves in 1 foot of water,shot half above half below with a Canon 40d and Tkina 10 to 17mm lens....i made the housing and front optics ...fun, fun
LARGE spider crab in one foot deopth at newport pier...with pier and life gaurd head quarters above the waterline and ad crab below.....50/50
sea anemoni in Newport Beach california.January 09, water 50.5 degrees,Cosco short siut, free diving3 meter depth...thinking of a cup of hot chocolate..this image is a double wide image..a panorama/ macro
shot in good old Newport Beach california under the pier....water 51 degrees..Cosco short suit..free diving ...fun fun fun....this image is a triple frame wide image....a panorama macro
 
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