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Our UW photo contest is the longest running and most prestigious online. If you want to make a name for yourself this is THE place to do it. Just look at some of the internationally acclaimed photographers who have launched their u/w photo careers here over the years.
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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Christian Skauge
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Cup coral, Caryophyllia smithii
Storsand, Oslo, Norway
Nikon D200, 60 mm macro, 1/100 sec, f/20, ISO 100
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15 Votes VOTE!
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Eubranchus farrani nudibranch crawling on the edge of a kelp frond.
 Shortlisted! |
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31 Votes VOTE!
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2x Facelina bostoniensis mating, extreme closeup.
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16 Votes VOTE!
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Brittlestar crawling across a clingfish :-)
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20 Votes VOTE!
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Cuthona nana on eel grass. Nikon D300 in Nauticam housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
Shortlisted!
 Through to 2011 awards final round judging |
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32 Votes VOTE!
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Taken in a pool in Oslo, after a bit of preparation. What is up and what is down? I can't really tell anymore... Not photoshopped (apart from normal adjustments) but I thought 'creative' was the right category anyway :-)
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18 Votes VOTE!
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The free-swimming hydromedusae Gonionemus murbachii. Nikon D300s in Nauticam housing, 2 x Inon Z-240 strobes.
Shortlisted! |
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52 Votes VOTE!
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Lake Lygnstøylsvatnet, Norway. I 1908, a rockslide closed off the valley and it was flooded by the river. Some of the rocks are huge! This one must be older than the landslide though; it has trees growing on it ;-)
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17 Votes VOTE!
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A goldentail moray getting real up close and personal at Invisibles, Bonaire. Nikon D300 in Nexus housing, 2z Inon Z-240 strobes.
Through to 2010 awards final round judging |
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30 Votes VOTE!
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This Eubranchus farrani was sitting on the edge of a kelp front, getting ready to take off. I was able to catch it in mid-water as it floated by. Nikon D300 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
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36 Votes VOTE!
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A very cooperative specimen of the little goby Buenia jeffreysii. Nikon D300 in Nexus housing, twin Inon Z-240 strobes.
Shortlisted! |
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39 Votes VOTE!
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Lesser swimming crab, Polybius pusillus. Yes, that is a spine from a sea urchin underneath it. The crab looks quite grumpy, so it might be kept as a defensive weapon ;-)
Nikon D300 in Nexus housing, twin Inon Z-240 strobes.
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18 Votes VOTE!
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Eubranchus farrani on a kelp frond. Nikon D300 in Nexus housing, twin Inon Z-240 strobes.
Shortlisted! |
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33 Votes VOTE!
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Another Eubranchus pallidus; this time with peculiar red pigment all over. Nikon D300 in Nexus housing, twin Inon Z-240 strobes.
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28 Votes VOTE!
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The little (30 mmh) goby Lebetus scorpioides resting in an empty shell at the Gulen Dive Resort on the norwegian west coast. Nikon D300 in Nexus housing, 105mm + 1.4 converter, twin Inon Z-240 strobes.
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13 Votes VOTE!
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Eubranchus pallidus on a background of tunicates. Gulen Dive Resort, Nikon D300 in Nexus housing with twin Inon Z-240 strobes.
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21 Votes VOTE!
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What do you do when the strobes won't fire? Try another take at getting it together! Norwegian Topknot shot at f4.0, 1/60 and ISO 320 with a small focus light. Sometimes that can work too :-)
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14 Votes VOTE!
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Manatee Love in Crystal Springs. Cute and cuddly animals!
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13 Votes VOTE!
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Whip coral shrimp, Philippines. Loved the attitude on this one :-) Nikon D200, 105 mm, Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
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13 Votes VOTE!
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The propellar at the Hilma Hooker wreck. Nikon D300 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
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24 Votes VOTE!
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Norwegian topknot photographed without strobes and very limited depth of field.
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14 Votes VOTE!
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VideoRay micro ROV in the Vinoy Reneissance Hotel pool in St. Petersburg, Florida. Nikon D300, 10,5 mm Nikon fisheye lens.
Shortlisted!
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25 Votes VOTE!
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The eye of a small-spotted catshark, photographed at the house reef of Scuba Dive West, Renvyle, Ireland. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
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21 Votes VOTE!
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Cannon on the wreck of NK-02 Dragoner/aka KNM Kjell outside Mandal in Norway.
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17 Votes VOTE!
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Mammoth. The wreck of NK-02 Dragoner aka KNM Kjell outside Tregde in Norway. Nikon D300, Nexus housing.
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17 Votes VOTE!
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Astronaut traning at ESAs Neutral Buoyancy Facility in Cologne, Germany.
Through to 2009 awards final round judging
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16 Votes VOTE!
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Polycera quadrilineata on a kelp frond. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 105mm VR.
Shortlisted! |
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34 Votes VOTE!
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