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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Marc Damant

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A Sculpin in the fresh and salt water interchange makes for a dizzying view behind.
A tiny broke back shrimp on a piece of bark. 100mm macro and +10 diopter.
Canon100mm macro with +5 diopter.
A tiny snooted back lit Frogfish.
Do you ever get the feeling that something is behind you in the water! A shallow dive at Norris Rocks Vancouver Island with a plethora of Sea Lions!
A face full of whiskers on the surface just off Norris Rocks Vancouver Island Canada!
"Downward frog" A play on the downward dog pose in yoga this Giant Frogfish was perfectly balanced on a cluster of tube sponges waiting for a meal to swim by!
A Whip Coral shrimp shot with a 100mm macro and a plus 5 diopter.
Fishing Master!
A tiny Flamboyant Cuttlefish floating to me on a dusk dive!
A tiny Painted Frogfish snooted !00mm macro plus 5 diopter.
At home in a shell. A Coconut Octopus emerges from the sand in its home a shell in two halves.
Pygmy Cuttlefish a master of disguise shows off when moving from a sponge hidding place. Canon 1oo mm macro +5 diopter.
Whip Coral Monster. 100mm macro +5 diopter.
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" A Bad Hair Day " we found this Hairy Frogfish at about 40 ft and it allowed me to set up four strobes 2 behind it to give length and detail to all it projections and two in front to let us see its tiger stripes and face!
Sometimes something to distract the sea lions was enough to get a picture. My wife was just rattling her muck stick along the rock wall and made me think of a conductor with her choir!
I have been trying hard to get a good photo of a Banded Pipefish but when the guide pointed out this little 4cm baby it needed my 100mm macro lens plus my plus 5 diopter to bring out its true beauty.
Open Up and Say Ahhhh!
A face full of whiskers!
A Sea Lion defends itself against an intruder into its personal space!
The clear cold waters just off Vancouver Island hold many a wonder and playground for all divers. This dive the Sun shone above while the Sea Lions frolicked below with us!
Clear winter waters and the sun above a mooring rope full of delicate anenomes.
We always try and be respectful of wildlife in our interactions but sometimes it interacts with us without any effort. This Giant Pacific Octopus moved out of its liar to jump on this divers head. Tokina 10-16mm on Canon T2I in a Aquatica housing.
Giants Below! A Great Atlantic Hammerhead glides above the sand mere inches from the bottom.
Peek a boo! A close up of a Ruby Red Octopus as it uses its arms to cover up. An amazing cephalopod full of texture and color.
Over the Moon! Diver checking out the view of a Moon Jelly rising up from the depths off Vancouver Island!
A Emerald Sea Siren. The Stellar Sea Lion swimming in the cold clear winter water off Vancouver Island Canada. Canon T2i with Tokina 10-17mm and twin D1 sea and sea strobes.
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