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Broad head cuttlefish
Octoporn. I would have preferred a different category for this image, but these mating Octopus blend into the reef and rock so well that the image is too busy. I used brushes to try and obliterate the rocks and release the Octopus from them..
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Napoleon snake eel (Lembeh)
Peek a boo! A close up of a Ruby Red Octopus as it uses its arms to cover up. An amazing cephalopod full of texture and color.
Mantaray looking me, Socorro Mexico
Safety Stops were mind blowing
We arrived just in time to capture the beautiful light shafts filtering into the cave from the afternoon sun.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
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Awesome composition of the freediver with the sun rays. Excellent photo.
Light Play. That highlight is the sun coming through the scupper on the boat.. it danced
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Green Sea Turtle from this afternoon in Hawaii
Squid on Safety Stop, Chuuk
White eyes, inky black
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2016
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A truly unique shot for many reasons. Getting so close to sharks is a special moment itself. The shark almost seems like a ghost. The movements are nicely captured through the turbulences/reflection at the surface. Well deserved winner.
Squid with reflection
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2016
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The reflection on the calm surface is just perfect and so is the lighting and the colors. Amazing shot!
Silky shark at nigth, San Benedicto Mexico
Up for Air
Amazing Mantaray with jacks, Socorro Island Mexico
Canyon of death. (trying to set a mood there :-)
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A Lemon Shark checking out my camera
Fumizuki Destroyer, Chuuk
Soft Coral Crab, nightdive at Shinkoku Maru, Chuuk
Red Lips Batfish, Marshall Island
Inside Kensho Maru, Chuuk
A chance encounter with the rare Rough Toothed Dolphin while photographing Humpbacks in Tonga.
Over the Moon! Diver checking out the view of a Moon Jelly rising up from the depths off Vancouver Island!
True colors. No PS here, the light on the background sharks has passed through water enough to absorb the warm colors, giving a cool blue caste. The close shark not so.. it could be balanced in LR but I like the contrasting colors and odd lighting.
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And another "R2D2" one, Fujikawa Maru, Chuuk
"Humu Humu Party"
A Emerald Sea Siren. The Stellar Sea Lion swimming in the cold clear winter water off Vancouver Island Canada. Canon T2i with Tokina 10-17mm and twin D1 sea and sea strobes.
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