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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
This image is Knobby Coral, the color and texture were interesting and caught my eye from a distance. This image was taken during a dive off Roatan.
another seahorse - trying to eye me off
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Snail taking a peek.
Shrek
Lovely giant frogfish on the North side of Nusa Penida.
Olympus E330, 14-54mm, 1 Ikelite DS125 flash
Little white froggie hangout in the coral.
No trout pout here, only my sweet lips. :-)
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Harlequin shrimp
Red sea octopus face
Anyone got a really big tub of butter?
The Dahlia brings some colour in our grey waters.
Spotface Moray Eel.
1. dive of the trip. Flashsystem didn't work, so had to open up the aperture to get a shot. Funny enough I somehow like the result. Will definately play more around with aperture settings in the future.
105 mm Macro
Different angle.....
Arrow Crab hanging upside down from a sponge. Shot on Kodachrome 25 using a Nikonos RS and 50 mm lens with twin Ikelite SS 200's in May 2009 under the pier in Frederiksted St Croix.
Hoo Hoo
Nikon D200 , 105 micro, twin strobo
Komodo 2009
I never realized until now how difficult it is to photograph a white fish. First round produced "snowballs" - blown-out at any setting. Had to resort to all sorts of tricks to finally get some decent shots of "Snowball." Frog fish, Bonaire, 75 fsw
Funny haircut..
Bat fish
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"SHADOW"
A West Australian seahorse under the Ammo Jetty, south of Perth WA. This little guy was hiding behind some weed but I got a shot when he popped out. My first dive with my new twin Inon Z240's and my fifth dive with my new Nikon D300.
Soft coral goby..... Fuji S5 Pro/105 VR
Popov's Island
Off bata Filipines.. teh stone fish!
seahorse at local dive site
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Deep Purple.
Soft Coral close-up
Sharm el Sheikh
Pink on Pink.
lovely tube worms, we've always called them Christmas tree worms
Wakatobi
A young white frogfish meets a grizzled ol' octopus. 75 fsw, Bonaire.
Sideways Peppermint Shrimp in Branching Vase Sponge... 55 fsw, Bonaire
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