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Underwater Photo Contest | Topside (above water but marine related)

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shots above the surface. Can be on land but with relevance to the marine environment
Longtail boat on the Chao Phraya river.
'Sunset Over Bali' on a live-aboard to Komodo (Canon G9, Speedlite 420ex)
shortlistedShortlisted!
last citizens of a paradise
another breathtaking sunset in Similan...
Post sunset, long exposure - from the shores of Anilao
nikon d2x 10,5 mm no strobes
My wife and daughter enjoying the last sunset of our recent Curacao visit.
Crocodrile of the Coba Lagoon (Mexico).
Carefree in Bonaire - my daughter getting her feet wet at the Windsock dive site
THE WRECK AND THE DIVER SNORKELING
osprey eating parrot fish
Fisherman
water chalets, Maldives
This exhausted shrimp was trying to climb up one of the mooring ropes of our liveaboard one evening to get out of the current and away from predators... I'm sure it would have made a tasty meal for something if it lost its grip...
Iguana, dive boats, a morning full of promise... Bonaire
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009

Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

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There's always a topside shot to be had between, or before, dives!
time for a sunset dive in Similan!
shortlistedShortlisted!
some more hermits at Pavones, Costa Rica
Twin twisters
Birds
MY SON WAKEBORDING " BACKROLL"
Young future-diver with canoe in tow. The image was taken during a visit to the Russell Island group aboard Bilikiki.
An apnea diver contemplates what he is about to do. Morrison's Quarry, Quebec, Canada. Minolta x700 camera with 19mm Vivitar lens and Fuji 200 ASA film.

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a nicely composed shot that tells a story. You don't need to live by a coral reef to be an u/w photographer, but it helps!
Colombia - Cartagena
Baby Dock at Captain Don's Habitat, Bonaire. Footprints telling a tale...
Sullivan bay. Santiago. Galapagos. S5PRO, 18-200mm.
fiddler crab in mangrove swamp
"Big Blue Blues" On that day and the next 3, because of a cold front, the diving boats stayed beached...One of the DMs had just the right instrument to express everybody's feelings...
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