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Underwater Photo Contest | Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)

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shots taken using ambient light i.e. unlit by flash or continuous lighting like HID but filters on the lens are allowed if declared
Taken at Manado, Indonesia
Blue Spot Butterfly Fish, Ningaloo Reef
I shot this image of a West Indian Manatee at Blue Spring State Park in central Florida. Fortunately, is was a clear sunny day so there was plenty of ambient light available for good exposure.
Horse eye Jacks taken on the Lesleen "M" Wreck in St. Lucia, Caribbean with IXUS 400
roatan, sony p9....
These little, green creatures hid well inside the coral whenever I approached. By hovering motionless over the corals, I was able to lure them out and managed to get a few pictures before they retreated into hiding.
Belize- Aquarium - in about 10 meters
Olympus 300
Shark at rest, taken at Sipadan, East Malaysia with a Canon A40
A ray of sun shines down a hole in the coral reef top, illuminating the coral growth beneath. Wingate reef, right outside the harbour of Port Sudan. Powershot A70 with manual adjustment of white balance.
Coral head on southeast slope on Sanganeb, outside Port Sudan. Natural light only, Powershot A70. Manual adjustment of white balance. The wall slopes steeply to 40 meters - then to 650 meters.
a little pond in the bush in fernie bc canada
Trumpet. Diving in Morrocoy Park, Venezuela.
JUNGLE THROUGH THE WATER.Taken whilst diving in the Cenotes in the Yucatan jungle, Mexico Feb.2005. The water is a mixture of sea and sweet water, which gives this picture an opaque look.
Looking at me. The picture was taken with a C-765 housed olympus. A little curious fish trying to figure out what I was doing there.
A huge coral taken on a drift dive from Ras Bob to Ras Rani. Sharm - Red Sea. Canon Powershot S40. WP-DC300 housing.
Turtle at Manado, Indonesia. Swam like hell to catch up with this magnificent and graceful giant.
sony point and shoot, utila honduras
Sunlight and shades in the Verzasca river - Switzerland - Nikon F100 - 16mm Nikkonor - no strobes
This grand ol' man of the sea allowed me to hang with him for 20 minutes on my 50th dive in Turks and Caicos! Olympus c5060 camera
This lovely French Angel in Turks and Caicos was shadowing a huge turtle and was busy feasting on the turtle's coral crumbs. I took this photo with an Olympus c5060 5.1 megapixle digital.
Table Coral at Saganeb South, Port Sudan. 30 feet depth, natural light only. The size of the red grouper in the upper right corner gives an indication on the siize of the coral. Canon Powerhot A70.
manihi atoll, the pass.
this guy took our breath away , the first time we ever saw a manta up close. sea & sea 5000
Giant Manta at Sha'ab Rumi outside Port Sudan. The diving depth was 32 meters, so this is close to the absolute limit for natural light photography. Camera: Canon Powershot A70 in original housing. The "wingspan" of the manta was about 12 feet.
Alex under the ice, in a fresh water lake i Vagnhärad, south of Stockholm. When the sun shines at the snow on the ice it works as a gigantic fluorescent lamp and everything under the ice gets very light.
An angel
Belize, S-50 cannon housing, natural light, no strobe
Lemon Fish guarding its nest at Saganeb, outside Port Sudan. Natural light with manual setting of white balance on diveslate. September 2003. Camera: Canon Powershot A70 with original UW house.
Natural LIght. I have a photography studio, and we was playing with a single 36" Silver/Whiter reflector for bounce lighting.. It worked will in shallow waters. This photo is at 30 feet, and the settings on the camera is 1/80 sec @ 5.6 using a D100
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