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Underwater Photo Contest Entries From Mexico

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"Pet me!"
Had a real poser at Suwannee Reef in La Paz, Mexico.
Nikon 17-55mm
Nikon D2Xs Subal
"He bit me!"
Nikon D2Xs Subal
Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8
Waited at the bottom of a crack in the rocks for these two playing cubs to move in close. 45 minutes later...
Grand Cenote near Tulum Mexico, is really a wide angle subjuct but no marine life. Nikonos V 20mm lense
Great White Shark cruising past. Black & White film.
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more scary in B&W ?
'Where are all the turtles gone'?
This was taken on a barrier island near Lopez Mateos where several turtles wash up daily as a result of bycatch.

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The subject here is sad
Banded Coral Shrimp, Housed Canon S30 with internal flash. Taken in Cozumel, Mexico.
Urchin, it's whats for dinner! Taken in Cozumel with a housed Canon S30 and internal flash. It only took about 15 seconds to pull all the spines and clean out the shell.
From the Chacmol Cenote (Cave). Dome port used.
this is inside the cenote, it was dark but not pith black as you were ina group of 4 all with torch light, taken with a dc 500 reefmaster with no flash.
Diver with Curious Sea Lion - Taken in Sea of Cortez (Mexico) at San Pedro Island near Guaymas.
Painted greenling having a siesta on a starfish in La Bufadora, MX. Canon 350D/60mm/Ikelite DS-125/HID Light Cannon 100.
Sea urchin macro - looks dangerous, no? Photo taken in La Bufadora, MX. Canon 350D/60mm/Ikelite DS-125/HID Light Cannon 100.
'MR. TOAD' A VERY reclusive creature indigenous only to the waters in the vicinity of Cozumel. Rarely seen free swimming - thus this nice mug shot. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Paradise island
Yellow Dorid (I think) nudibranch. Photo taken in La Bufadora, MX w/ Canon 350D/60mm lens/Ikelite DS-125 strobe/HID Light Cannon 100.
Humpback whale mother and calf,Revillagigedo Is.,Nikon F90x in aquatica housing,Nikon18-35 zoom lens
Cenotes in the Yucatan penninsula
Sun Rise on Sea of Cortez, at Palmas de Cortez near Cabo Pumo. Sony PC 350
hammerhead shark ,Revillagigedo Is.Nikon F90x camera in Aquatica housing.18x35 Nikon zoom lens
Mayan blue cenote...taken with no stobes at the moulth of the cave looking at the surface. Enjoy
Spanish Shawl Nudibranch - La Bufadora, MX. Canon 350D, 60mm lens, Ike DS-125 strobe, HID Light Cannon 100. Shot in strong current while holding on for dear life trying to get the shot smile
Spanish shawl nudibranch. Photo taken in La Bufadora, Mexico. Canon 350D 60mm w/ Ike DS-125 strobe & HID Light Cannon 100.
Lobster taken in Cozumel with the marine park they are plentiful.
Nikonos V 28mm lense
Mexico cenote labna-ha. this was a 10 second exposure no strobes. huge underwater cave system below this dry portion of the cave.
A starfish holding on for his life (to kelp) during some significant current in La Bufadora, Mexico. Canon 350D w/ 60mm lens, Ikelite housing w/ Ike DS-125 strobe and HID Light Cannon 100. I laughed underwater - he looks a bit human, doesn't he?
Giant sloth bones in kolimba cave
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2006

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Them bones, them bones... Good natural history shot. We've not seen this subject before
Three Moray Ells at Sand Falls, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Nikonos V 28 mm Lense
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