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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Dawn Thomas

24 Entries Found
Tiger moray taken with Olympus E-PL3 using kit lens 14-42mm. Settings were 14mm, ISO 200, -1EV, f4, 1/30.
Taken at Los Roncadores, El Cabrón, Gran Canaria in November.
Northern Cyprus - Taken with a Panasonic Lumix TZ3 Compact. IS0100, 4.6mm0EV, F/8, 1/1600. I like that it looks as though these divers are being hauled to the surface in some kind or rescue but they are really just hang in about for their safety stop
Cardinal Fish at Inland Sea, Gozo. Morning dive. Photo taken with Canon PowerShot G12, internal flash, ISO250, 30.5mm, 0EV, f/4.5, 1/60.
Juvenile Dusky Grouper resting on a rock in the tunnel at the Inland Sea, Gozo. ISO 250, 30.5 Mmm, 0 EV, f/4.5, 1/60 with flash.
Moray eel in Mallorca - Panasonic Lumix TZ3, ISO 250, 13.7 mm, 0EV, f/4.7, 1/30.
Small File Fish sheltering under a marker buoy during our safety stop at 5m. Panasonic Lumix TZ3 ISO 100, 7.7mm, 0EV, F/4.1, 1/40 with flash, AWB
Squirrel Fish - Canon PowerShot G12, ISO250, 25mm, f/4.5, 1/60, 0.3EV, internal flash.
Grouper on the Zenobia Wreck, Larnaca, Cyprus. Canon PowerShot, ISO80, 6.1mm, -0.7EV, f/2.8, 1/60 with flash.
Sea Anemone in a rockpool - Canon PowerShot G12 taken at dusk from above the surface and using a flashlight for lighting. ISO125 13.8MM -1.3EV f/3.5 1/160 The pool was only a few centimetres deep.
Red Sea Clown Fish at Home - Canon PowerShot G12, ISO 125 f/3.5 1/160, with flash.
North Cyprus silhouette - taken August 2011 - Thanks to Xenia for being in this shot. Camera was Panasonic Lumix TZ3.
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Two types of nudibranch in one shot - the Spotted Chromodorid (aka Leopard Sea Slug) and a Flabellina. Canon Sureshot G12, ISO 250, flash, f/3.2
Taken on the Straights of Tiran in April 2012. I think this is Tuna but please correct me if I'm wrong. Canon PowerShot G12, no flash, ISO 100, f/2.8
Anemone fish at home.
Hawksbill Turtle off Yolanda Reef, Red Sea.
This was taken in a rock pool at dusk using torchlight to illuminate the subject as using a flash caused glare on the surface of the pool. This tiny nudibranch is clinging to the undersurface of the pool feeding and measured about .5cm length.
Squid in Green Bay - this squid was watching me watching it and was gradually drifting closer and closer for a look before it went away. Photographed using a Panasonic Lumix TZ3 in underwater mode, without flash.
Magnificent Anemone, Anemone Fish and Fire Coral - Photo taken April 2012, Sharm El Sheikh. Canon G12, underwater setting with flash.
Squid at night in stand off pose.
Moray Eel at the Inland Sea on Gozo, Maltese Islands.
Sea Hare swimming on the P31 Wreck of Comino, one of the Maltese Islands.
"Can You See Me Now?" Seagrass Pipefish - found hiding in sea grass in Green Bay, Protaras, Cyprus this little guy got brave and decided to poke it's head out. When it is amongst the grass it is very difficult to see.
Mudskipper and Giant Barnacles.
Mudskippers on the shore at Sharks Bay, Sharm El Sheikh, Red Sea.
 
 
 
24 Entries Found