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Trigger fish defending its nesting area, Sipadan. I still have the teeth marks in my fins from this guy...! Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing with INON UFL-165AD Fisheye lens and Ikelite DS51 substrobe.
By Garnet Hooper
posted Friday, May 1, 2009
26 votes

This photo shows that although British vis isn't always great, the underwater scenery can be!! The bryozoan Pentapora foliacea surrounded by Jewel anemones and sea beard. Fuji e900 with INON UFL-165AD fisheye lens, Ikelite housing & DS51 substrobe.
By Garnet Hooper
posted Wednesday, May 6, 2009
17 votes

Diver next to the port side prop of the Salem Express. Taken with a Fuji e900 compact camera in an Ikelite housing and Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens, using natural light.
By Garnet Hooper
posted Wednesday, June 3, 2009
17 votes

Divers on the Salem Express. Taken from the bow with a Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing with Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens, using natural light.
By Garnet Hooper
posted Thursday, June 4, 2009
17 votes

Vegetarian Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina)! Subject approx 3cm (1.2 inches). Taken with Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing on Manual (inc focus) with Ikelite DS51 substrobe using stacked INON UCL165AD lenses. This image has not been cropped.
By Garnet Hooper
posted Tuesday, May 5, 2009
16 votes

Portrait of a Connemara clingfish (Lepadogaster candollei) perched on Pentapora foliacea. Taken with a Fuji e900 compact camera in Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe using 2 stacked INON UCL-165AD Close-up lenses.
By Garnet Hooper
posted Monday, June 29, 2009
15 votes

Close-up of a Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) taken during a night dive in a kelp bed at Millport, Scotland, using a Nikon V and strobe.
By Garnet Hooper
posted Thursday, December 11, 2003
14 votes

Blue-spotted Stingray in flight on the Thistlegorm at night. This image is
By Garnet Hooper
posted Saturday, June 6, 2009
14 votes

Close up shot of an octopus (Octopus vulgaris) at Les Deux Freres, using stacked INON UCL 165 macro lenses with a Fuji e900 compact in an Ikelite housing and Ikelite DS51 substrobe.
By Garnet Hooper
posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009
12 votes

Another Pentapora, surrounded by the sponge Hemimycale columella, and a sea rose (nudibranch egg string). Fuji e900, Ikelite housing and DS51 stobe, and INON UFL-165AD fisheye lens.
By Garnet Hooper
posted Thursday, May 7, 2009
12 votes
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17 Entries Found
Octopus displaying (aggression?) as it comes out of it's ... by Garnet Hooper
Octopus displaying (aggression?) as it comes out of it's hiding place.This image is "as taken" - no editing. Fuji e900, f7 and 1/125sec, Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe plus Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 8, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Anemones on a lone whip coral in a sand desert. This imag... by Garnet Hooper
Anemones on a lone whip coral in a sand desert. This image is "as taken" - no editing. Fuji e900, Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe plus Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Portrait of a Connemara clingfish (Lepadogaster candollei... by Garnet Hooper
Portrait of a Connemara clingfish (Lepadogaster candollei) perched on Pentapora foliacea. Taken with a Fuji e900 compact camera in Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe using 2 stacked INON UCL-165AD Close-up lenses.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Blue-spotted Stingray in flight on the Thistlegorm at nig... by Garnet Hooper
Blue-spotted Stingray in flight on the Thistlegorm at night. This image is "as taken" - no editing. Fuji e900, Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe plus Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 6, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Divers on the Salem Express. Taken from the bow with a Fu... by Garnet Hooper
Divers on the Salem Express. Taken from the bow with a Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing with Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens, using natural light.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 4, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Diver next to the port side prop of the Salem Express. Ta... by Garnet Hooper
Diver next to the port side prop of the Salem Express. Taken with a Fuji e900 compact camera in an Ikelite housing and Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens, using natural light.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Another Pentapora, surrounded by the sponge Hemimycale co... by Garnet Hooper
Another Pentapora, surrounded by the sponge Hemimycale columella, and a sea rose (nudibranch egg string). Fuji e900, Ikelite housing and DS51 stobe, and INON UFL-165AD fisheye lens.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 7, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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This photo shows that although British vis isn't always g... by Garnet Hooper
This photo shows that although British vis isn't always great, the underwater scenery can be!! The bryozoan Pentapora foliacea surrounded by Jewel anemones and sea beard. Fuji e900 with INON UFL-165AD fisheye lens, Ikelite housing & DS51 substrobe.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Vegetarian Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina)! Subject appr... by Garnet Hooper
Vegetarian Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina)! Subject approx 3cm (1.2 inches). Taken with Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing on Manual (inc focus) with Ikelite DS51 substrobe using stacked INON UCL165AD lenses. This image has not been cropped.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Trigger fish defending its nesting area, Sipadan. I still... by Garnet Hooper
Trigger fish defending its nesting area, Sipadan. I still have the teeth marks in my fins from this guy...!
Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing with INON UFL-165AD Fisheye lens and Ikelite DS51 substrobe.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Divers in the sun...! Fantastic vis at Sipadan... Taken ... by Garnet Hooper
Divers in the sun...! Fantastic vis at Sipadan...
Taken with a Fuji e900 in an Ikelite housing using natural light and with an INON UFL-165AD Fisheye lens
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on the prow... by Garnet Hooper
Crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on the prowl. Fuji e900 on macro setting with Ikelite housing and Ikelite DS51 substrobe
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Starfish taking it easy... Fuji e900 on macro setting in ... by Garnet Hooper
Starfish taking it easy... Fuji e900 on macro setting in Ikelite housing with ikelite DS51 substrobe
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Close up shot of an octopus (Octopus vulgaris) at Les Deu... by Garnet Hooper
Close up shot of an octopus (Octopus vulgaris) at Les Deux Freres, using stacked INON UCL 165 macro lenses with a Fuji e900 compact in an Ikelite housing and Ikelite DS51 substrobe.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Scorpion fish at the Brothers, Les Sablettes in the South... by Garnet Hooper
Scorpion fish at the Brothers, Les Sablettes in the South of France, using stacked Inon UCL 165 lenses and Ikelite D51 substrobe.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Close-up of a Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) taken d... by Garnet Hooper
Close-up of a Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) taken during a night dive in a kelp bed at Millport, Scotland, using a Nikon V and strobe.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 11, 2003
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Common Prawn (Palaemon serratus) taken at night in Millpo... by Mr Ken Cameron
Common Prawn (Palaemon serratus) taken at night in Millport, Scotland, using a Nikon V with close-up lens and strobe
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 11, 2003
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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