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Flatworm in
By Rico Besserdich
posted Friday, November 4, 2011
91 votes

Squid. Settings : F16, 1/160 sc. , ISO 100, 1 x Ikelite Ds125 strobe in TTL mode ( center spot measuring ) , 60mm EF-S makro lens on Canon 40D.
By Rico Besserdich
posted Saturday, May 28, 2011
87 votes

While I tried to capture a shot of these juvenile squids near to the diving platform, a curious guest is watching me and wonders what the heck I am doing there ;-) The lights on top are reflections of my strobe lights on water surface.
By Rico Besserdich
posted Wednesday, October 19, 2011
80 votes

Dakota C-47. That was a bit
By Rico Besserdich
posted Wednesday, November 9, 2011
77 votes

just for fun ;-)
By Rico Besserdich
posted Monday, October 10, 2011
73 votes

Patrol Boat 119 - I took this shot 13 minutes after this new shipwreck touched oceans ground. Lots of dirt & dust clouds....the ship's stern was totally covered by a sand cloud that time. Ambient light shot, converted to B/W.
By Rico Besserdich
posted Tuesday, June 28, 2011
71 votes


By Rico Besserdich
posted Saturday, October 8, 2011
70 votes

Vertigo :-)))
By Rico Besserdich
posted Thursday, June 9, 2011
69 votes

Pepper Muray Eel......I hear someone whispering in my ears
By Rico Besserdich
posted Tuesday, March 22, 2011
66 votes


By Rico Besserdich
posted Tuesday, August 16, 2011
65 votes
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Diamond Shrimp having a small snack at night by Rico Besserdich
Diamond Shrimp having a small snack at night
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Wreck of an greek cotton freighter, Kas/Antalya - Turkey.... by Rico Besserdich
Wreck of an greek cotton freighter, Kas/Antalya - Turkey. CANON 40D, Ike Housing, Ike Ds125 strobe, Sigma 10-20mm lens.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Just Bubbles.... by Rico Besserdich
Just Bubbles....
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Cornet Fish by Rico Besserdich
Cornet Fish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Night Princess ( Polycyathus ). Night dive shot. Original... by Rico Besserdich
Night Princess ( Polycyathus ). Night dive shot. Original size is about 4 cm. Canon 40d with Ikelite housing, 60mm canon macro lens, 1x Ikelite Ds125
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Happy freediver :-) by Rico Besserdich
Happy freediver :-)
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 21, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Turtle against the sun. Olympus CW 7070 by Rico Besserdich
Turtle against the sun. Olympus CW 7070
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date posted posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Eye of an octopus ( octopus vulgaris; common octopus ). C... by Rico Besserdich
Eye of an octopus ( octopus vulgaris; common octopus ). Canon 40D, Ikelite DS125 strobe & Canon 60mm EF-s macro lens.
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Flying Flatworm ( Nightdive ) by Rico Besserdich
Flying Flatworm ( Nightdive )
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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A 1,5 cm small "friend". Took me ages to take at least on... by Rico Besserdich
A 1,5 cm small "friend". Took me ages to take at least one good pic of him, because he was swimming around all the time & looking to me like he say "don't you dare !!" ;-) CANON 40D, 60mm macro lens, IKELITE DS125
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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CANON 40D, 60mm CANON Makro lens, Ikelite Housing + IKELI... by Rico Besserdich
CANON 40D, 60mm CANON Makro lens, Ikelite Housing + IKELITE DS125 strobe. Kas/Antalya 2008
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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This happens, if you have your 60mm macro lens prepared f... by Rico Besserdich
This happens, if you have your 60mm macro lens prepared for a photo dive : Always the big buddies are coming by, then ;-) Anyway: I hope, that's the right category - close up shot of a common sea turtle ( caretta caretta ).
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Phylangia colony ( sorry, I've found only the latin name ... by Rico Besserdich
Phylangia colony ( sorry, I've found only the latin name for it ). From the diveplace "Canyon" ( left side of the wall at 12,1 meter depht ) in Kas/Antalya - Summer 2008. Thanks for looking at it :-)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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"Dutchess of York", a shipwreck near Kalkan in Turkey. Si... by Rico Besserdich
"Dutchess of York", a shipwreck near Kalkan in Turkey. Since a lot got broken there, I decided to shoot just a small part and some nice blue with a diver in a distance. Depht was 47 meter.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Flabelina Afinis by Rico Besserdich
Flabelina Afinis
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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I unfortunetly don't have much to say about this...I just... by Rico Besserdich
I unfortunetly don't have much to say about this...I just like it ;-)
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Horozbina. A 5 cm small buddy, who is usually extremly "n... by Rico Besserdich
Horozbina. A 5 cm small buddy, who is usually extremly "nervous" and therefore difficult to shoot. If you are looking close enough, there are even in the mediterranean nice motives to find ;-)
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 7, 2010
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Baby barracudas in an late afternoon dive. by Rico Besserdich
Baby barracudas in an late afternoon dive.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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The "Skydiver". Swimming with the camera below this small... by Rico Besserdich
The "Skydiver". Swimming with the camera below this small squid made the photo possible. I took it in 2009 in Kas-Antalya (Turkey)
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 6, 2010
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the Lady in Red. Another result of an "marathon-like" mod... by Rico Besserdich
the Lady in Red. Another result of an "marathon-like" model uw photo-session ;-)
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 5, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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It was a great underwater photo session, when I worked wi... by Rico Besserdich
It was a great underwater photo session, when I worked with my turkish girlfriend Seda on freediving wide angle photos. While I was scubadiving, she was freediving. On later afternoon she managed to "bend" herself around the sun....a amazing moment
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 5, 2010
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