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Kulau, PNG; Housed Nikon F, 24mm Kikkor Lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Thursday, January 23, 2003
184 votes

Shinkoku Maru, Truk Lagoon, Housed Nikon F, 24mm Nikkor lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Tuesday, January 21, 2003
95 votes

Always look over your shoulder! Silvertip Shark; Manus, PNG; Housed Nikon F, 24mm Nikkor Lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Friday, February 7, 2003
94 votes

Fish eye view; Palau; Eastern Caroline Islands; Housed Nikon F, 24mm Nikkor Lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Friday, February 14, 2003
89 votes

Kelp, Catalina Island, California - Housed Nikon F, 55mm Auto Nikkor Lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Friday, March 21, 2003
89 votes

Sea Lions, Sea of Cortez, Housed Nikon F, 24mm Nikkor Lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Tuesday, March 18, 2003
85 votes

Sea Snake, Cebu Sea, Housed Nikon F, 55mm Auto Micro Nikkor Lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Wednesday, March 26, 2003
83 votes

Conger Eel; Roatan; Housed Nikon F, 55mm Auto Micro Nikkor Lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Tuesday, February 18, 2003
82 votes

Queen Angel, Little Cayman Island; Housed Nikon F, 55mm Auto Micro Nikkor Lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Monday, March 24, 2003
79 votes

Honolulu sunset; Nikon F - 24mm lens
By Rick Tegeler
posted Friday, April 18, 2003
70 votes
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'FLASH GORDON' A classic (still holding up well... IMHO) ... by Rick Tegeler
'FLASH GORDON' A classic (still holding up well... IMHO) from 1973 - Shinkoku Maru, Truk. Note the flash bulbs! Well known German u/w photographer - arnd Rodiger. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 19, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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'LATE AFTERNOON JELLY' Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Ni... by Rick Tegeler
'LATE AFTERNOON JELLY' Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Cebu Sea. Enjoy!
47 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 18, 2006
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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'TIGHT SQUEEZE' Anchored over a very shallow balmy in sea... by Rick Tegeler
'TIGHT SQUEEZE' Anchored over a very shallow balmy in search of banded sea snakes. Very happy the tide was 'in'! Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 12, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Philippine Sea
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'KINGPOST' Foward kingpost (both sides) on the Shinkoku M... by Rick Tegeler
'KINGPOST' Foward kingpost (both sides) on the Shinkoku Maru, Truk Lagoon. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 11, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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'CROWN' Part of the life cycle...unfortunately in some in... by Rick Tegeler
'CROWN' Part of the life cycle...unfortunately in some instances for some reefs. Noused Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Friday, November 10, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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'HAWK' Yellow nose hawk fish in the protection of an anem... by Rick Tegeler
'HAWK' Yellow nose hawk fish in the protection of an anemone. Housed Nikon f: 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 9, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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'SCALLOP' If you can't be slowly sneaky, you gots to be h... by Rick Tegeler
'SCALLOP' If you can't be slowly sneaky, you gots to be have time to wait them out in order to catch them fully open. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'WINDJAMMER' Diver exploring the deep 'Windjammer' wreck ... by Rick Tegeler
'WINDJAMMER' Diver exploring the deep 'Windjammer' wreck on Bonaire. Sometimes I find black and white creates the better selection for drama and mood. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Monday, November 6, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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'JUVENILE' Sweet lips youngster. You don't often see them... by Rick Tegeler
'JUVENILE' Sweet lips youngster. You don't often see them this young - very unique colour scheme. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjly!
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 5, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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'WIRE' Another of those astounding abstracts of symmetry ... by Rick Tegeler
'WIRE' Another of those astounding abstracts of symmetry offerd to us by Ma Nature within her coral kindoms. Wire coral. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 4, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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'MUM N Jr' Cruising the wreck at the Kulau, East New Brit... by Rick Tegeler
'MUM N Jr' Cruising the wreck at the Kulau, East New Britain, PNG. Sorry about the backgroun, but rarely you get two semi-posing the right direction. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 3, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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'SOFT CORAL STUDY' Close up and personal with soft coral ... by Rick Tegeler
'SOFT CORAL STUDY' Close up and personal with soft coral polyps. Balicasag Island, PI. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor Lens, Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 2, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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'BOUQUET' Looking just like a floral bouquet this colony ... by Rick Tegeler
'BOUQUET' Looking just like a floral bouquet this colony of soft coral is fully 'bloomed' voraciously feeding in the plankton-rich waters of Kimbe Bay. Walindi, West New Britain, PNG. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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'RABAUL ZERO' Almost fully intact Zero in Simpson Bay, Ra... by Rick Tegeler
'RABAUL ZERO' Almost fully intact Zero in Simpson Bay, Rabaul. Natural light at 140' in 'gin clear' water. Little or no coral as no current in the flooded caldera. Had to snorkle out then drop in on it. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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'RED MOOD' Red sea whips, night dive, Kimbe Bay. Walindi ... by Rick Tegeler
'RED MOOD' Red sea whips, night dive, Kimbe Bay. Walindi Plantation, Ingles Shoal, West New Britain, PNG. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor Lens. Enjoy!
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 30, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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'Rock Island Sunset' What else can you say? D100; 18-70mm... by Rick Tegeler
'Rock Island Sunset' What else can you say? D100; 18-70mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 29, 2006
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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'ZEBRA FIREFISH' Known by a variety of names throughout t... by Rick Tegeler
'ZEBRA FIREFISH' Known by a variety of names throughout the Tropic, I particularly think this one fits this image of this fish. Taveuni, Fiji. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 28, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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'MR. TOAD' A VERY reclusive creature indigenous only to t... by Rick Tegeler
'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!
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date posted posted: Friday, October 27, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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'KELP GARDEN' As most of us know, diving in frigid water ... by Rick Tegeler
'KELP GARDEN' As most of us know, diving in frigid water is almost another sport; low viz; turbidity; currents, etc. However, it does have wonderful benefits and splendid marine life and growth. Coronados Islands; Housed Nikon F; 24mm lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 26, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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'Devil's Kitchen' Once the most beautiful city in the So.... by Rick Tegeler
'Devil's Kitchen' Once the most beautiful city in the So. Pacific in 1994 was flattened by the duel erruptions of Vulcan and Tuvurvur. This image is from what was the end of the runway - about as close to a working volcano as one would like to get.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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'CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER' Oceanic Silvertip. New Hanover I... by Rick Tegeler
'CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER' Oceanic Silvertip. New Hanover Island, PNG. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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'PRETTY IN PINK' Pink anemone fish. Ingles Shoal, Walindi... by Rick Tegeler
'PRETTY IN PINK' Pink anemone fish. Ingles Shoal, Walindi, PNG. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Monday, October 23, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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PIGGY BACK' Actually a barnacle growing on the back of a ... by Rick Tegeler
PIGGY BACK' Actually a barnacle growing on the back of a kelp snail. Coronados Islands. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 22, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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'FAMILY PORTRAIT' Typical! Just when I had 'em all perfec... by Rick Tegeler
'FAMILY PORTRAIT' Typical! Just when I had 'em all perfectly posed, Jr. over on the right... moves. Sweet Lips. Maldives. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 21, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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'KELP' Often I am stunned at the incredible symmetry I se... by Rick Tegeler
'KELP' Often I am stunned at the incredible symmetry I see in our underwater world. The plant manufactures CO2 and fills its globes with it to allow its fronds to float. Cortez Bank, Channel Islands, California. Housed Nikon F; Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Friday, October 20, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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'SPANISH DANCER' Red Sea beauty - night dive. Housed Niko... by Rick Tegeler
'SPANISH DANCER' Red Sea beauty - night dive. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 19, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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'FUJI BRIDGE' Natural light inside the Fujidawa Maru brid... by Rick Tegeler
'FUJI BRIDGE' Natural light inside the Fujidawa Maru bridge - metal remains of thw wheel in foreground - surrounded by resident silversides. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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