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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Dragos Dumitrescu

38 Entries Found: Page 1  of  2
Octopus wants to FIGHT!! Canon 6d, 100mm macro, InonZ240
Devil Scorpionfish hiding in the dark.
Nemo team guarding the fortress.
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"The world is mine!" - said the sand perch to the blue ringed octopus.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2017

Final RoundThrough to 2017 awards final round judging
Tube anemone and juvenile fish. Canon 6d , 100mm macro, 1/160, F16, Iso 50
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Harlequin Shrimp with a bite of red seastar. Canon G12, 1/200, F8, Iso100
Goby, Canon 6d,100mm, Inon UCL 6+, Inon Z240
1/100, F16, Iso50, click here
Hypnotic. Pygmy seahorse looking straight into the camera. Canon 6D, 1/160,F18, Iso125
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Egg Cowrie in the coral with open polyps, Canon 6d, 1/100, F10, Iso100
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2017
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2017 awards final round judging

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Wonderful and also unique shot of a cowrie in a starry night.
Shaun the Sheep in the Sunset. Canon G12, 1/1250, Iso80, F8
Messiah. A common seahorse descending from heaven. Canon 6D, Inon Z240.
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Skeleton shrimps in disco light.
Blue Ring Octopus playin' ball. Blue Ball.
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Nemo Vortex (Amphiprion ocellaris)
Philippines, Canon 6d, 16m, Inon z240
Iso125, F22, 1/15
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White juvenile frogfish under the tubeworm. Canon g12, inon s2000
Crab hiding on the green coral. Canon G12,Inon diopter, Inon s2000 strobe
Octopus hunting in a metal treasure chest. Canon g12, one inon s2000
Beautiful Nemo in its green anemone, swimming and yawning.
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Fimbriated Moray shouting:"Back off!" . Canon G12, Inon S2000
Not easy to get the Clark's cleaning! Canon g12, inon S2000
Yellow Ornate Ghost Pipefish blending in. Canon G12, Inon S2000
Hairy Froggie, Canon G12, Inon S2000
Harlequin crab, Canon g12
Yawning froggie having fun in the dark. Canon G12, Inon S2000
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Frog fish hunting in the dark. Canon g12. Inon s2000
Happiness of diving, Canon G12, Internal flash
Pipefish hiding in the algae in the Black Sea
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