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You talkin’ to me? Photo taken on night dive in Cozumel with Fuji Finepix S2 in Aquatica housing, dual SB-105 strobes.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006
24 votes

Curious sea monster, up close and too personal.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Wednesday, October 16, 2013
23 votes

Say hello to my little friend. Diver and friendly green moray, Stingray City. Photo taken with Fuji Finepix S2 in Aquatica housing, Nikon 12-24 lens, dual SB-105 strobes.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Tuesday, March 7, 2006
22 votes

A beautiful invader. We dived in Turks 3 years ago and didn't see one lion fish. This year we saw them on every dive.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Tuesday, August 24, 2010
22 votes

Close encounter with a skeptical turtle, big island of Hawaii. Fuji Finepix S2 in Aquatica housing.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Monday, March 1, 2010
21 votes

Framed! Interesting symmetry and play of light around the diver in this cavern. Fuji Finepix S2, dual SB-105 strobes.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Thursday, August 24, 2006
20 votes

Underbelly of the beast. Magnificent animal.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Friday, July 19, 2013
20 votes

Smiling green moray, Cayman Islands. Photo taken with Fuji Finepix S2 in Aquatica housing, Nikon 12-24 DX lens, twin SB-105 strobes.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Friday, February 10, 2006
19 votes

Friendly whale shark with snorkelers, Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Fuji Finepix S2, aquatica housing, dual SB-105 strobes.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008
19 votes

Here's lookin' at you kid. Wary fish in the Caribbean.
By Stuart Spechler
posted Wednesday, August 18, 2010
18 votes
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Close encounter. Curious tiger shark and equally curious... by Stuart Spechler
Close encounter. Curious tiger shark and equally curious young diver.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 11, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Beautiful tiger shark fly-by in the Bahamas. by Stuart Spechler
Beautiful tiger shark fly-by in the Bahamas.
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date posted posted: Monday, October 18, 2021
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Young diver petting a lemon shark. The shark sat on the ... by Stuart Spechler
Young diver petting a lemon shark. The shark sat on the sea floor for several minutes and actually leaned in to be petted several times before swimming away.
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 14, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Tiger sharks coming and going. by Stuart Spechler
Tiger sharks coming and going.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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The eye of the tiger. These magnificent animals are as c... by Stuart Spechler
The eye of the tiger. These magnificent animals are as curious about us as we are about them.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2021
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Incoming predators on the prowl. by Stuart Spechler
Incoming predators on the prowl.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2020
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic Bahamas
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Young diver with photobomber. Awesome experience! by Stuart Spechler
Young diver with photobomber. Awesome experience!
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date posted posted: Monday, November 11, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Bahamas
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A young diver awed by a photobombing shark. What a wonderful dive!

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Young diver interacting with a large school of curious At... by Stuart Spechler
Young diver interacting with a large school of curious Atlantic blue tang. They suddenly surrounded our group for no apparent reason.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Close encounter in the Bahamas. by Stuart Spechler
Close encounter in the Bahamas.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2019
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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A young diver (my granddaughter) couldn't be happier to b... by Stuart Spechler
A young diver (my granddaughter) couldn't be happier to be surrounded by sharks on Stuart Cove's shark dive in Nassau.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 12, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Two beautiful predators on the prowl in the Bahamas. We ... by Stuart Spechler
Two beautiful predators on the prowl in the Bahamas. We saw sharks on every dive in the Bahamas last week. Fantastic!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 7, 2019
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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In the movie ‘Jaws’, the character Quint says, “The thing... by Stuart Spechler
In the movie ‘Jaws’, the character Quint says, “The thing about a shark - it's got lifeless eyes, black eyes like a doll's eyes.” I don’t think so. This magnificent shark’s eyes look very alive, focused, and interested. Beautiful creatures!
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date posted posted: Monday, August 5, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic Bahamas
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Am I gorgeous or what? A well-camouflaged Hawaiian frog f... by Stuart Spechler
Am I gorgeous or what? A well-camouflaged Hawaiian frog fish waiting for a meal to float by.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Diver cautiously approaching a beautiful but unwelcome in... by Stuart Spechler
Diver cautiously approaching a beautiful but unwelcome invader in the Caribbean.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 7, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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Can I help you? Hawaiian turtle under Mala pier. by Stuart Spechler
Can I help you? Hawaiian turtle under Mala pier.
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 17, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Beautiful Hawksbill turtle in flight entertaining divers ... by Stuart Spechler
Beautiful Hawksbill turtle in flight entertaining divers and snorkelers. This shot was taken on a spectacular shore dive in Maui, within 100 years of the beach.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Get out! Reclusive white tip reef shark, less than thril... by Stuart Spechler
Get out! Reclusive white tip reef shark, less than thrilled to have visitors, hiding under the rubble of Mala pier in Maui.
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Ran into this beauty coming around a corner, just enough ... by Stuart Spechler
Ran into this beauty coming around a corner, just enough time for a focused photo. Magnificent animal! Great dive!
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 5, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Bahamas
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On a great drift dive, this beautiful turtle didn't seem ... by Stuart Spechler
On a great drift dive, this beautiful turtle didn't seem at all leary of divers. Just doing his thing in Cozumel.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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A very focused diver slowly ascending from the depths. H... by Stuart Spechler
A very focused diver slowly ascending from the depths. He appears to have been on some sort of secret ops mission.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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A very friendly hogfish hogging the camera. by Stuart Spechler
A very friendly hogfish hogging the camera.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Friendly sea otter just chillin' in the chilly waters of ... by Stuart Spechler
Friendly sea otter just chillin' in the chilly waters of the Gulf of Alaska. Life is good when your belly is your dinner table.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 20, 2015
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Gulf of Alaska United States
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A focused diver in good focus. Beautiful diving in Turks... by Stuart Spechler
A focused diver in good focus. Beautiful diving in Turks and Caicos.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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A beautiful intruder in the Caribbean. by Stuart Spechler
A beautiful intruder in the Caribbean.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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This majestic turtle followed us for some time and was no... by Stuart Spechler
This majestic turtle followed us for some time and was not at all shy about having his picture taken.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 28, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Whoa! Where did that come from? Very friendly and curio... by Stuart Spechler
Whoa! Where did that come from? Very friendly and curious hawksbill sea turtle joined our dive group for several minutes before swimming away.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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