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Moorea, French Polynesia. Sunrise, last day before Tahiti from the pool.
By Christopher Ward
posted Wednesday, December 28, 2005
16 votes

Seahorse. Almost the entire night dive was spent looking for turtles when this little guy darted out between two fronds before latching on. Fuji s2 60mm/dual strobes-Photoshop-hue/saturation and converted to sepia.
By Christopher Ward
posted Thursday, December 30, 2004
15 votes

Anacapa Island, CA. Harbor seals dove up and down the lanes of kelp while we photographed them, chewing on our flippers when they got close enough. I waited for a pair to come down between the rows when this one popped up from below. 60mm lens.
By Christopher Ward
posted Monday, November 29, 2004
7 votes

Moorea, French Polynesia. Blacktip sharks surrounded us just outside the wave break. We counted 30 in the photos after the dive. This is inside the circle, looking out at the divers before the lemon sharks cruised in. 18mm dual flash.
By Christopher Ward
posted Monday, June 20, 2005
7 votes

Tunnels, Kauai. Another view of the resident white tip reef shark in the cleaning station of endemic Hawaiian cleaner wrasse, Labroides phthirophagus. Shot crawling into the cave at the drop off just west of the entrance to Tunnels (the pine lane).
By Christopher Ward
posted Saturday, November 27, 2004
6 votes

Key Largo, FL. An impressive school of Atlantic Spadefish in the Marine Sanctuary. Nikonos V 20mm, one 105 flash.
By Christopher Ward
posted Thursday, September 1, 2005
6 votes

Moorea, French Polynesia. More black tip sharks in about 10' of water, standing on the bottom, no tank. Fuji, dual strobes, 18mm.
By Christopher Ward
posted Saturday, November 5, 2005
6 votes

Phuket, Thailand. Lionfish spines. Fuji, 60mm, single strobe.
By Christopher Ward
posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005
6 votes

Moorea, French Polynesia. Black tip shark during deco stop, natural light, 9 AM.
By Christopher Ward
posted Sunday, December 25, 2005
6 votes

Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Eagle Ray on a drift dive. They started at 90 feet and rose to us before splitting off. 18mm.
By Christopher Ward
posted Thursday, June 30, 2005
5 votes
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54 Entries Found: Page 1  of  2
Phi Phi, Thailand. Lionfish macro, love the blurred spines in the background. Fuji.
Key Largo, FL. Molasses Reef, "Barney." Nikonos, 20mm, 105, Kodak 200.
Florida. Atlantic Dolphins.
Moorea, French Polynesia. Panoramic of Moorea from the air. The actual photo is 10' wide.
Moorea, French Polynesia. Sunrise, last day before Tahiti from the pool.
Florida. Atlantic dolphin pod, 10'.
Moorea, French Polynesia. Black tip shark, deco stop.
Moorea, French Polynesia. Black tip shark during deco stop, natural light, 9 AM.
Florida. Natural light. Atlantic dolphin males chase female.
Florida. Atlantic dolphins 2, 15' of water.
Leafy Seadragon 2.
Moorea, French Polynesia. Lemon Shark and fast pilot.
Leafy Seadragon.
Moorea, French Polynesia. Only had time for one shot with the 18mm...felt like a lemon shark macro. Fuji, 18mm, dual strobes.
Moorea, French Polynesia. Wrasse and Lemon Shark skating the bottom. 18mm, fuji, dual strobes.
Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Lemon shark chase. Fuji, 18mm, dual strobes.
Phuket, Thailand. Lionfish spines. Fuji, 60mm, single strobe.
French Polynesia. Deco stop, black tip sharks circle. This is similar to a sepia entry, but the blue was too rich to change. Fuji, no strobes.
Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Stilt huts, 87 degree water, sharks and rays everywhere...
Moorea, French Polynesia. More black tip sharks in about 10' of water, standing on the bottom, no tank. Fuji, dual strobes, 18mm.
French Polynesia. Fringe reef, flying from Tahiti to Bora Bora. Fuji, 18mm.
Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Black tip sharks join the divers on descent. Fuji, 18mm.
French Polynesia. After lunch on a isolated motu, we stood in the water and played with the rays. Looks like a flipped skirt.
French Polynesia. Safety stop with the black tip sharks watching overhead. Sunlight, fuji, 18mm.
French Polynesia. Large Lemon sharks come up from the deep along the channels, this time hopping over from the far one to the one I was in. 18mm, fuji, dual strobes.
French Polynesia. Playing on the bottom with black tip sharks buzzing. Moorea, outside the west channel, early morning. Fuji, dual strobes and sunlight.
Florida. Atlantic dolphins circle 15' down. Natural light, Fuji, 18-70mm.
54 Entries Found: Page 1  of  2