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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Jim Chambers

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Juvenile Yellowtail Damsel.
A tiny (1 cm) juvenile Highhat. This is one of the toughest photos I've ever taken. I wasn't sure if it was a Highhat or a Spotted Drum, but Paul Humann ID'ed it for me. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.

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Great natural history shot Jim. One for the photo library!
Three-in-one! A Peppermint Shrimp inside a Sponge Brittle Star inside a Yellow Tube Sponge. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
Wormsnail hole, about 2.5 cm. Nikon D100 with 60mm lens and housed SB800 flash.
Red Hind, a member of the Grouper family. Nikon D70, 60mm lens, and housed SB800 flash.
Up close and personal with a friendly Nassau Grouper. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
This Black Grouper had pulled into a cleaning station, and the little cleaner fish were already at work. Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.

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Open wide!
Nassau Grouper trying unsuccessfully to swallow a Blue Tang. The divemaster told me that eventually other predators would start nipping off pieces of the Tang. I doubt if either fish survived. Nikon N90s with 60mm lens.
Purple Spotted Sea Goddess on Little Cayman. One of the prettiest nudis in the Caribbean, this tiny critter was almost impossible to see in the viewfinder, but I got a few decent photos. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
Head-on and up close view of a little Saddled Blenny. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
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Oh you cutie
Tiny little Tobaccofish getting right up to my macro port. Reminds me of Edward G. Robinson! Nikon D70 and 105mm lens.
Manicure, anyone? Pederson Cleaner Shrimp taken with Nikon D70 and 60mm lens.
Ruby Brittle Star, central disk is about 1.5 cm. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
Spotted Spiny Lobster, one of the few that's been spotted on Little Cayman. Nikon D100 with 60mm lens.
Bluehead Wrasse. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
A nasty-looking Barracuda, and this wasn't cropped! Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.
Fairy Basslet. Nikon D100 with 105mm lens.
Whitespotted Filefish. Nikon D100 with 60mm lens.
Swimming Crinoid (Analcidometra armata), about 2 cm. Weird little critter, looks like some kind of spider, except it has too many legs. Nikon D100 with 60mm lens.
A Barred Hamlet, another of my favorite little fish. Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.
Hogfish with a freeloading Bar Jack (aka Skipjack). Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.
Juvenile Red Hind, a member of the Grouper family.
Banded Butterflyfish. Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.
Pink Anemonefish in Fiji.
Green Razorfish from Little Cayman. Nikon D100 with 60mm lens.
Coneys are common in the Cayman Islands, but the Golden variation Coney is rare. One of the prettiest fish I've seen. Nikon D100 with 60mm lens.
The colorful little Harlequin Bass is one of my favorites in the Cayman Islands. Nikon D100 with 60mm lens.
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