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Shy shrimp deep in tube sponge and lit from behind. Cayman Brac, 40 fsw
By William Goodwin
posted Tuesday, December 07, 2010
53 votes

Hanging upside down without disturbing the sponge and scaring the bejesus outta the peppermint shrimp inside, aiming the Light Cannon to light up the inside through the translucent wall of the sponge ... ahh, the travails of the u/w photographer.
By William Goodwin
posted Friday, April 10, 2009
43 votes

The
By William Goodwin
posted Thursday, April 09, 2009
36 votes

I never realized until now how difficult it is to photograph a white fish. First round produced
By William Goodwin
posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009
31 votes

This is the shot I took right after the one that just won the Global National Geographic Photographic Competition (Nature category). I was astounded that the little crustacean held still that long. Peppermint shrimp in a branching vase sponge 75 fsw.
By William Goodwin
posted Monday, March 15, 2010
31 votes

Feather Duster, Cayman Brac, 40 fsw.
By William Goodwin
posted Tuesday, October 05, 2010
31 votes

The iconic salt mounds on Bonaire during wind reversal/stoppage last October.
By William Goodwin
posted Wednesday, November 21, 2012
30 votes

A Peppermint Shrimp constantly in motion within this Branching Vase sponge, lit from the exterior by a video light. No crop. Bonaire, 75 fsw.
By William Goodwin
posted Monday, November 26, 2012
29 votes

I was taking shots for a book on sponges when this huge Black Grouper wondered over. I wanted to get a picture of the big fish with some sponges, so I gently tricked him into the perfect position. Belize, 45fsw
By William Goodwin
posted Monday, June 21, 2010
29 votes

Iguana, dive boats, a morning full of promise... Bonaire
By William Goodwin
posted Thursday, April 23, 2009
28 votes
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Sea Egg = Polar Co-ordinate tool and other PS tools appli... by William Goodwin
Sea Egg = Polar Co-ordinate tool and other PS tools applied to a night shot of a Tube Anemone at Bonaire.
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Egg No. 11. Polar coordinate tool plus some clean-up and ... by William Goodwin
Egg No. 11. Polar coordinate tool plus some clean-up and added a reflection.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 05, 2013
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Egg No. 15 by William Goodwin
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date posted posted: Monday, March 04, 2013
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Egg No. 7 - polar coordinate tool and some shading and po... by William Goodwin
Egg No. 7 - polar coordinate tool and some shading and polishing.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 04, 2013
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Peppermint shrimp in branching vase sponge lit from exter... by William Goodwin
Peppermint shrimp in branching vase sponge lit from exterior with video torch - no crop.
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A nicely done "frame in a frame" and the Bokeh works well.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 03, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A Peppermint Shrimp constantly in motion within this Bran... by William Goodwin
A Peppermint Shrimp constantly in motion within this Branching Vase sponge, lit from the exterior by a video light. No crop. Bonaire, 75 fsw.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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This Purple Mouth Moray was content to spend its days bei... by William Goodwin
This Purple Mouth Moray was content to spend its days being cleaned by the numerous attendants in the Brotula's cave. Tori's Reef, Bonaire.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 26, 2012
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Smooth Trunkfish with Scarlet Striped Cleaner Shrimp at T... by William Goodwin
Smooth Trunkfish with Scarlet Striped Cleaner Shrimp at Tori's. No crop.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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The iconic salt mounds on Bonaire during wind reversal/st... by William Goodwin
The iconic salt mounds on Bonaire during wind reversal/stoppage last October.

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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A Black Brotula at Tori's on Bonaire. That's a Purple Mou... by William Goodwin
A Black Brotula at Tori's on Bonaire. That's a Purple Mouth Moray behind it.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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There are several arresting views in the flat south of Bo... by William Goodwin
There are several arresting views in the flat south of Bonaire. This is one. That's an osprey on the obelisk.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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Tube anemone with shrimp - Lembeh. by William Goodwin
Tube anemone with shrimp - Lembeh.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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On top of the world! Lembeh Strait. by William Goodwin
On top of the world! Lembeh Strait.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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This "Solar-Powered" nudibranch has an Emperor Shrimp hit... by William Goodwin
This "Solar-Powered" nudibranch has an Emperor Shrimp hitchhiker, an arthropod more frequently found on echinoderms. Lembeh Strait.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Small Ornate Ghost Pipefish with backlighting. Lembeh Strait by William Goodwin
Small Ornate Ghost Pipefish with backlighting. Lembeh Strait
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date posted posted: Monday, June 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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This sneaky-looking little devil just looks like trouble.... by William Goodwin
This sneaky-looking little devil just looks like trouble. Spiny Devilfish, Lembeh
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date posted posted: Friday, June 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Two frogfish backed up to an elephant ear sponge in Lembe... by William Goodwin
Two frogfish backed up to an elephant ear sponge in Lembeh Strait.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 22, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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A cuddly little Leopard Toadfish. Four miles offshore fro... by William Goodwin
A cuddly little Leopard Toadfish. Four miles offshore from Seaside, Florida Panhandle. 80 fsw.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 02, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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Glass Eye Snapper with tail & fins backlit. One of the de... by William Goodwin
Glass Eye Snapper with tail & fins backlit. One of the denizens of understructure of the Aquarius undersea habitat. 60 fsw. Conch Reef off Key largo.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 02, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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In air but definitely not "Topside." Taken inside the Aqu... by William Goodwin
In air but definitely not "Topside." Taken inside the Aquarius undersea habitat/laboratory. This is the bunk "room" where six aquanauts sleep for ten nights during saturation research missions. Often one of the Goliath groupers will peek in. 55 fsw.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 01, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Taken at the Aquarius undersea habitat/laboratory diving ... by William Goodwin
Taken at the Aquarius undersea habitat/laboratory diving with the sponge research team in June. This is one of the resident Goliaths - like a big dog. 55 fsw at Conch Reef off Key Largo
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date posted posted: Monday, August 01, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
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I was at Aquarius to photograph and video the sponge rese... by William Goodwin
I was at Aquarius to photograph and video the sponge research for my forthcoming book on sponges. Here is a set of thermisters measuring outflow from a cluster of tube sponges. Looks like a sponge ICU. 65 fsw, Conch Reef, Key Largo.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 29, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United States
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The entrance slot to the moon pool of Aquarius, the world... by William Goodwin
The entrance slot to the moon pool of Aquarius, the world's only operational undersea habitat. Key Largo, ca. 50 fsw. When entering, I had to literally shoo the fish out of my way.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 29, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United States
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Close focus wide-angle of juvenile Queen Triggerfish look... by William Goodwin
Close focus wide-angle of juvenile Queen Triggerfish looking just precious. Buccaneer Reef, Cayman Brac
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 30, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Storm approaching the Pool at Bucaneer, Cayman Brac by William Goodwin
Storm approaching the Pool at Bucaneer, Cayman Brac
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 30, 2010
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Shrimpers idled by the BP Oil Spill at Bayou la Batre in ... by William Goodwin
Shrimpers idled by the BP Oil Spill at Bayou la Batre in south Alabama. Leica D-LUX 4
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 09, 2010
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Sunrise from the Sun Dancer off Terneffe Atoll. by William Goodwin
Sunrise from the Sun Dancer off Terneffe Atoll.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 08, 2010
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date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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