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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Chase Darnell

359 Entries Found: Page 5  of  14
"Sun Shower"
"Hammer Encounter"
A Hammerhead comes in for a close look.
"Triple Fin Pose"
The Triple Fin Blenny has become one of my favorite macro subjects. Very colorful and cooperative making it a good subject to work on different compositions with.
"Swarm"
White Tip Reef Sharks on the hunt.
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"Out and About"
A Gaudy Clown Crab out of his hole.
"Hammer Time"
Dancing Hammerheads over a sandy bottom!
"Hammer Train"
Hammerheads coming in for a closer look!
"Marble Top"
A Large Marble Ray swimming across the bottom.
"Sleek"
A Hammerhead comes by for a closer look at Dirty Rock, Coco's Island Costa Rica.
"Lookout"
A dive master stands on the swim platform of a boat tied up above the Kittiwake.
"Surface Time"
A large Hawksbill catching a breather at the surface.
"Floating"
Divers passing a sun lit gorgonian.
"Look into my Eyes"
A close up of a Lobster in the swim through at Creole Cliff.
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"Dive"
A Hawksbill Turtle dives down from the surface with the sun at his back.
"High Five"
A Hawksbill Turtle throwing up his fin in the shallows on the North Wall.
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"Smile"
These guys have huge personalities. I spent a good 30 minutes with this one and it felt like we were playing a game. Really entertaining to photograph.
"Rave"
A very colorful Triple Fin Blenny portrait. These small fish have excellent color, but what I really liked about the subject was the color background of algae this guy chose to post up on.
"Open Wide"
A Red Lip Blenny standing his ground on the South Side of Grand Cayman.
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"Vibrance"
Possibly the most vibrant critter I have seen in Cayman.
"Stack School"
Grunts stacking up at La Mesa.
"Playground"
A Green Sea Turtle swims around in the shallows just off of Spotts Beach.
"Floating"
Jelly in the Mangroves.
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"Hairy Face"
A portrait of a Neck Crab sitting on a purple rope sponge.
"Two Worlds"
I saw this upside down Jelly pulsating close to the surface while on a paddle in the mangroves. I love how close to the surface he was for this shot.
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"Crazy Eyes"
Close up of a Blenny. Achieved with Subsea +10 and +5 stacked on a 100mm macro lens.
"Orange Crush"
I loved the colors that this Triple Fin had chose to sit around,
"Goldy"
This golden fish was so small. It is sitting on a Purple Rope Sponge on the edge of the wall.
359 Entries Found: Page 5  of  14