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large, brightly colored fish eating anemone. Although these are known to only live on rocks, this massive guy was found on a sandy floor. After the dive I talked to one of the local dive shop owners, he told me that the anemone is around 200 yrs old
By Joe Platko
posted Monday, March 30, 2009
38 votes

Shot of an anemone found off South Monastery Beach in Carmel, Ca. This was one of the better dives I've had there in awhile, with the vis around 40 ft. The shot was taken with a canon a570, single inon d-2000s strobe and inon fisheye lens
By Joe Platko
posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009
28 votes

neon shrimp/ common shrimp that was found at lovers point in monterey, ca. vis that day was only around 10 ft so the entire time i decided to shoot macro. shot with a canon a570is and inon close up lens, and a single inon d-2000 strobe
By Joe Platko
posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008
22 votes

HOLY $#!& my friend getting extremely excited about finding a large lingcod at the end of our dive at south monastery. you can see his expression a little bit better when viewed large
By Joe Platko
posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009
19 votes

aggressive cabezon I came across while diving at Monastery Beach in Carmel, Ca. I think he saw his reflection in the inon fisheye lens because rather than swim away from me he started sizing up the camera.
By Joe Platko
posted Sunday, November 22, 2009
19 votes

Feather duster worm found while snorkeling just south of the Tugboat in Curacao. This was shot by a canon a570 while in macro mode and using an additional inon macro lens. No cropping was used
By Joe Platko
posted Friday, January 16, 2009
17 votes

After 3 years of waiting I finally got to shoot a stinging nettle bloom in Monterey, although I wasn't able to get a backlit shot like i wanted due to weather issues. But it sure was fun diving with jellyfish all around you
By Joe Platko
posted Sunday, September 13, 2009
17 votes

kelp beds of Monastery Beach at a time when there was finally almost no surge
By Joe Platko
posted Monday, October 20, 2008
16 votes

My friend checking out a rock wall near the Breakwater in Monterey, Ca. Despite the storm that had been hitting us for the past couple of days, the vis was around 50 ft., so I was excited to try out my new inon fisheye lens for the first time.
By Joe Platko
posted Sunday, January 25, 2009
16 votes

wide angle shot of a nice stalk of kelp using my new inon ufl-165 lens. The vis on this day was supposed to only be around 10 ft, but we somehow got lucky and got around 30. this was taken off the known breakwater in Monterey
By Joe Platko
posted Tuesday, February 3, 2009
16 votes
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lingcod that was resting on the a rock during our dive of... by Joe Platko
lingcod that was resting on the a rock during our dive of northern monastery beach, ca. i was actually sad to realize that my housing had fogged up after i took the shot, but it didnt blur it as bad as some of the other shots.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 17, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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this was shot at monastery beach looking up through the k... by Joe Platko
this was shot at monastery beach looking up through the kelp, then later I played with the levels and selective coloring in photoshop
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Very curious seal that checked us out at the beginning of... by Joe Platko
Very curious seal that checked us out at the beginning of our dive at Monastery Beach, Ca. This was taken right past the break point so unfortunately there was a lot of seaweed and other debris floating around
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date posted posted: Monday, October 27, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Moon Jelly being lighted by a sun ray coming through the ... by Joe Platko
Moon Jelly being lighted by a sun ray coming through the kelp at Monastery Beach, just south Carmel, Ca. Used a single inon d-2000s strobe to light the jelly. Shot with a canon a570is
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 25, 2008
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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kelp beds of Monastery Beach at a time when there was fin... by Joe Platko
kelp beds of Monastery Beach at a time when there was finally almost no surge
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 20, 2008
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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ringed snail crawling over a bunch of little cup corals r... by Joe Platko
ringed snail crawling over a bunch of little cup corals right next to the Breakwater at Monterey
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Found this small sculpin underneath a pipeline that ran o... by Joe Platko
Found this small sculpin underneath a pipeline that ran out from the shoreline. I was suprised he actually let me get this close to get the shot
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Kelp beds This shot was taken near the Breakwater in mon... by Joe Platko
Kelp beds
This shot was taken near the Breakwater in monterey, ca.
this was taken around 20 ft down as I was descending with a canon a570is w/o a strobe. I loved how the light changed to an eery green as you went down below the kelp.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 9, 2008
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Junk while diving in Curacao we came across a bunch of o... by Joe Platko
Junk
while diving in Curacao we came across a bunch of old garbage that was thrown into the ocean. Coral had actually started to grow on the lawn chair.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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neon shrimp/ common shrimp that was found at lovers point... by Joe Platko
neon shrimp/ common shrimp that was found at lovers point in monterey, ca. vis that day was only around 10 ft so the entire time i decided to shoot macro. shot with a canon a570is and inon close up lens, and a single inon d-2000 strobe
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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seahorse found during trip to curacao by Joe Platko
seahorse found during trip to curacao
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date posted posted: Monday, September 8, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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shot of the colorful reef found at Curacao. This was take... by Joe Platko
shot of the colorful reef found at Curacao. This was taken about 50 ft. down with a canon a570is and single d-2000 strobe.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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puffy; found off Curacao. I wanted to get the cool reflec... by Joe Platko
puffy; found off Curacao. I wanted to get the cool reflection in his eye as he was swimming by.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Tiny crab found on a giant anemone off the island of Cura... by Joe Platko
Tiny crab found on a giant anemone off the island of Curacao.
taken with a canon a570is using an inon close up lens
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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