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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Debbie Wallace

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Diving off the coast of Jupiter, FL we were diving with a... by Debbie Wallace
Diving off the coast of Jupiter, FL we were diving with a group of lemon sharks who followed us to the surface. The seas were flat calm so decided to do some split shots of the sharks and boat.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2019
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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I was photographing a VERY large school of barracudas whe... by Debbie Wallace
I was photographing a VERY large school of barracudas when I panned to the left to see a female whale shark entering the school....was magical
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2019
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A very large female hammerhead shark comes straight up to... by Debbie Wallace
A very large female hammerhead shark comes straight up to me allowing me to wait for just the right moment to capture this image.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 5, 2019
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic Bahamas
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This large female tiger shark came close enough to my dom... by Debbie Wallace
This large female tiger shark came close enough to my dome port that she deployed her nictitating membrane at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
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date posted posted: Friday, December 28, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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While at Tiger Beach, Bahamas, I happened to capture this... by Debbie Wallace
While at Tiger Beach, Bahamas, I happened to capture this lovely female tiger shark in the backdrop of a beautiful sun ball...
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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I found this beautiful host anemone with a very cooperati... by Debbie Wallace
I found this beautiful host anemone with a very cooperative anemone fish in the last few minutes of a dive in Lembeh.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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This large female tiger shark was approaching me and star... by Debbie Wallace
This large female tiger shark was approaching me and started to deploy the nictitating membrane since she was so close to my dome port. I was lucky enough to capture her with the sun ball behind her.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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I captured this lovely female sand tiger shark effortless... by Debbie Wallace
I captured this lovely female sand tiger shark effortlessly gliding in front of me amid the controlled chaos of a not-yet-formed bait ball.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 9, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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I encountered this large school of spade fish while ascen... by Debbie Wallace
I encountered this large school of spade fish while ascending from the wreck of the CaribSea in North Carolina and were quite tolerant of my presence.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 9, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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I captured a female sand tiger shark in a not-so-closely ... by Debbie Wallace
I captured a female sand tiger shark in a not-so-closely formed bait ball as she effortlessly glided through the mass.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 7, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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I was fortunate enough to capture this lovely great white... by Debbie Wallace
I was fortunate enough to capture this lovely great white shark as she was gliding by basking in the sunbeams...
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date posted posted: Friday, August 3, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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I happened to catch this diver and lone silky shark with ... by Debbie Wallace
I happened to catch this diver and lone silky shark with the backdrop of the sunball at just the right time.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 2, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Usually sandbar sharks are extremely elusive as they are ... by Debbie Wallace
Usually sandbar sharks are extremely elusive as they are shy, however, on this particular dive, the sandbars were coming in HOT! This female came right up on my dome along with her entourage.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 28, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This large female tiger shark was coming right up to my d... by Debbie Wallace
This large female tiger shark was coming right up to my dome port in this image and I was fortunate enough to capture her with a beautiful sun ball in the background.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 28, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This beautiful female tiger shark is pretty much a celebr... by Debbie Wallace
This beautiful female tiger shark is pretty much a celebrity at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas. She loves the paparazzi and our dome ports!
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 22, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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While at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas, we generally keep al... by Debbie Wallace
While at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas, we generally keep all our attention on the tiger, hammerhead and bull sharks. This poor grouper kept coming up as if to say "I need some love too!!"
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 22, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This "tiger mug" shot was taken at Tiger Beach in the Bah... by Debbie Wallace
This "tiger mug" shot was taken at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas. She is a gorgeous large female that is quite curious with cameras and loves to see her reflection in my dome port!
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 21, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This toothy American alligator was very tolerant of me a... by Debbie Wallace
This toothy American alligator was very tolerant of me and my camera, allowing me to get quite close to obtain this shot in the Florida Everglades.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 21, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This very large female tiger shark is a resident of Tiger... by Debbie Wallace
This very large female tiger shark is a resident of Tiger Beach in the Bahamas. She is QUITE the diva!
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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This is a well-known female great Atlantic hammerhead sha... by Debbie Wallace
This is a well-known female great Atlantic hammerhead shark in Tiger Beach and is nicknamed "Patches" (aka Scylla.) I happened to catch her swimming directly overhead in a glorious sun ball.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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"My BEST side!!" This gorgeous female sand tiger shark c... by Debbie Wallace
"My BEST side!!" This gorgeous female sand tiger shark came within a few feet of me then instantly veered off to her right; I think she was making sure I captured her "best" side!
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"Out of the pack" - I really had this image or something ... by Debbie Wallace
"Out of the pack" - I really had this image or something very similar to it in my mind during this particular dive with the sand tiger sharks, when I turned my head to see it in actuality!! Lucky me!!
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Wonderful wide angle shot with great lighting and composition
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This is a lovely female sand tiger shark inside the bigge... by Debbie Wallace
This is a lovely female sand tiger shark inside the biggest bait ball I've ever seen!! The ball was so thick that it was like night inside!! I came face to face with one of these beauties, so was lucky enough to capture this image.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"Schools of schools" - this is a beautiful female sand ti... by Debbie Wallace
"Schools of schools" - this is a beautiful female sand tiger shark and her bait fish entourage approaching the HUGE bait ball.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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