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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Rico Besserdich

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With love from Sharm El Sheikh :-)
Blenny...very close ;-)
Flabellina afinis
"A lonesome decompression beer" . Diving in the middle of nowhere, I only've found this beer-bottle.....unfortunetly empty ;-)
2 egyptians are feeding fish at Na'ama bay in Sharm el Sheikh. The "solid" guy became afraid of the fishes later and escaped. CANOn 40D with Sigma 10-20mm, natural light only, no strobe. Took this pic while freediving ;-)
Juvenile Squid ( 5 cm ) in a tight frame ;-)
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Anemone at night
A curious small buddy...we call them "honey-fish" ;-) CANON 40D with 60mm makro, 2 x Sea&Sea YS110@.
Blenny V2. Tiny small fish that lives in the wooden frame of our jetty; 1 meter below surface ;-)
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"Hey, what's cookin' ?" Small Blenny, shot from down to up ( the blue in the background is from the sky ). CANON 40D, 60mm makro. F8 , 1/90 sc., ISO 125
Common Sea-Turtle ( Caretta Caretta ) as shot 3 hours ago :-)
Just for the colours :-))
The girl in red
Pregnant shrimp. 60mm makro with +1 diopter. 2 x YS110@ strobe. night-dive. Size of shrimp . 2,5 cm. pic cropped to wide-screen format.
Amphoras & Divers
Kalmar ( Squid )
Mediterenean reef on a wavy afternoon. CANON 40d with Sigma 10mm, ike housing, magic filters.
Shrimp ( 3 cm ), nightdive shot. That was a fast moving nervous small buddy, but finally I got him ;-) 60mm makro lens and + 1 dioptren diopter.
girl in red dress is ascending
Rockfish-Portrait
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"Just Bubbles". CANON 40D with Sigma 10-20mm, magic filters - ambient light only.
Self timer picture ( yes, it's me ! ). Was fun to manage all in 7 seconds :-))
Anemone at night-dive. CANON 40D, Ike housing, IKE Ds125 strobe, 60mm makro lens.
Star-Fish
Don't come closer !!
sea shell close-up
"Chain of Fools". CANON 40D, 1/90s, F:13, ISO: 125, 60mm macro lens, + 1 diopter, 2 x sea&sea ys110@. Nightdive shot.
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