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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Brian Mayes

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Close-up of Kuiter's Weedfish (Heteroclinus kuiteri) by Brian Mayes
Close-up of Kuiter's Weedfish (Heteroclinus kuiteri)
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 12, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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"OK, I'm ready for my close up." .................Tiny 1... by Brian Mayes
"OK, I'm ready for my close up." .................Tiny 15mm Western Cleaner Clingfish (Cochleoceps bicolor)
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2010
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A great study in depth of field - and orange. The popular vote has it this month!
73 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Dragon au naturale. by Brian Mayes
Dragon au naturale.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 3, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Green eyed monster. (Nectocarcinus sp.) by Brian Mayes
Green eyed monster. (Nectocarcinus sp.)
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 3, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Being pretty in pink, doesn't always mean you stand out. ... by Brian Mayes
Being pretty in pink, doesn't always mean you stand out. This pair of Noumea haliclona are about 10mm long and difficult spot on their pink sponge food source.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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According to the Aussies, these Filefish are wearing leat... by Brian Mayes
According to the Aussies, these Filefish are wearing leather jackets.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 29, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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What's the matter, haven't you seen a whistling cowfish b... by Brian Mayes
What's the matter, haven't you seen a whistling cowfish before...... Shaw's Cowfish (Aracana aurita) - male.
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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It takes keen eyes to spot a Tassled Anglerfish (aka Tang... by Brian Mayes
It takes keen eyes to spot a Tassled Anglerfish (aka Tangler) and this is one of the easy ones.
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 28, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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I lifted a metal plate and found this octopus looking aft... by Brian Mayes
I lifted a metal plate and found this octopus looking after her eggs. Carefully put the plate back down, but discovered on subsequent dive 2 days later, some moron had turned the plate over and left it with eggs and octopus exposed to die. :-(
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010

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date posted posted: Saturday, March 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) at Flinders Pi... by Brian Mayes
Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) at Flinders Pier, Victoria. From this angle it looks like it would make a good catapault. ;-)
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010
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Brian, off you go around the World to all the best dive spots. You come back with all this superb stuff and only post two in one month! Talk about pacing yourself Young Man!
54 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 27, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Commensal Shrimp (Hamodactylus noumeae).....Canon G9, int... by Brian Mayes
Commensal Shrimp (Hamodactylus noumeae).....Canon G9, internal flash & Inon UCL-165's
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Head of the beast! .....Nudibranch (Bornella stellifer)..... by Brian Mayes
Head of the beast! .....Nudibranch (Bornella stellifer).....Canon G9, internal flash & Inon UCL-165
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Porcelain Crab (Porcellanella sp.) possibly commensal wit... by Brian Mayes
Porcelain Crab (Porcellanella sp.) possibly commensal with the purple sea pen.......Canon G9 with internal flash and Inon UCL-165's
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Durban Hinge-Beak Shrimp (Rhynchoinetes serratus).....Can... by Brian Mayes
Durban Hinge-Beak Shrimp (Rhynchoinetes serratus).....Canon G9 internal flash and Inon UCL-165's
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Tiny soft coral crab eating a shrimp. by Brian Mayes
Tiny soft coral crab eating a shrimp.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Urchin Shrimp (Allopontonia iaini) sifting for food at th... by Brian Mayes
Urchin Shrimp (Allopontonia iaini) sifting for food at the bottom of a fire urchin.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Tiny Porcelain Crab (Petrolisthes sp.), Canon G9 (interna... by Brian Mayes
Tiny Porcelain Crab (Petrolisthes sp.), Canon G9 (internal flash) & Inon UCL-165's
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Tiny Biglip Goby (Pleurosicya labiata), Canon G9 (interna... by Brian Mayes
Tiny Biglip Goby (Pleurosicya labiata), Canon G9 (internal flash) & Inon UCL-165's
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The gaze of a Common Seahorse (Hippocampus taeniopterus) ... by Brian Mayes
The gaze of a Common Seahorse (Hippocampus taeniopterus) close-up, Canon G9 (internal flash) & Inon UCL-165's
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Clown Triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum), Canon G9 (i... by Brian Mayes
Clown Triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum), Canon G9 (internal flash)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Tiny 5mm juvenile Bandtail Frogfish (Antennatus tuberosus... by Brian Mayes
Tiny 5mm juvenile Bandtail Frogfish (Antennatus tuberosus). FF, no crop, Canon G9 (internal flash) & Inon UCL-165's.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Tiny 11mm Pseudosimnia sinensis, according to Debelius "O... by Brian Mayes
Tiny 11mm Pseudosimnia sinensis, according to Debelius "One of the most beautiful egg cowries" and only found on zoantharians. FF, No crop, Canon G9 (internal flash) & Inon UCL-165's.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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No trout pout here, only my sweet lips. :-) by Brian Mayes
No trout pout here, only my sweet lips. :-)
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Clownfish eggs. There's always one or two that stand out ... by Brian Mayes
Clownfish eggs. There's always one or two that stand out from the crowd.
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You have to zoom this shot to 'get it' otherwise it looks a featureless jumble. You'll see what I mean. It's a cracker from that man Mayes...
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Tiny 10mm nudibranch (Thorunna florens) by Brian Mayes
Tiny 10mm nudibranch (Thorunna florens)
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Maybe this Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus) picked ... by Brian Mayes
Maybe this Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus) picked the wrong colour crinoid to hide in?
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Transparent variant of juvenile ornate ghost pipefish (So... by Brian Mayes
Transparent variant of juvenile ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus). I think they start out transparent and as they get older acquire their colour to match their surroundings, but cannot change this colour later.
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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