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Cuttlefish found at Rainbow Reef, Russell Island Group, Solomon Islands.
By Allan Vandeford
posted Monday, April 14, 2008
37 votes

El Boiler divesite at San Benedicto Island in the Revillagigedos Archipegalo off the western Mexico coast.
By Allan Vandeford
posted Wednesday, March 5, 2008
31 votes

Market Day aboard Bilikiki at the Florida Island Group, Solomon Islands.
By Allan Vandeford
posted Saturday, February 23, 2008
30 votes

Grinning Lemon Shark at Tapu divesite near Bora Bora, Tahiti
By Allan Vandeford
posted Friday, March 7, 2008
27 votes

Joyful Youth. Competition and playful opportunities abound when Bilikiki ties up at Anuha Village in the Russell group of the Solomon Islands.
By Allan Vandeford
posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008
24 votes

Takin' a break. Near Barracuda Point, Mary Island, Solomon Islands.
By Allan Vandeford
posted Saturday, March 15, 2008
24 votes

Image taken at San Benedicto Island in the Revillagigedos Archipelago from the Solmar V liveaboard. The divesite was El Boiler.
By Allan Vandeford
posted Sunday, June 15, 2008
24 votes

Standing on the sandy flats adjacent to the Russian Destroyer off Cayman Brac. Most fantastic day in years with dead calm water and visibility near 200 feet, WOW!
By Allan Vandeford
posted Sunday, January 1, 2012
22 votes

Lemon Shark at Tapu divesite near Boro Bora.
By Allan Vandeford
posted Saturday, March 8, 2008
21 votes

Manta night dive near Kailua Kona Int'l Airport from Kona Aggressor. We were graced with twelve mantas on his evening.
By Allan Vandeford
posted Thursday, October 29, 2009
20 votes
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Diver at Randy's Gazebo,Little Cayman. by Allan Vandeford
Diver at Randy's Gazebo,Little Cayman.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 8, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Friendly Grouper at Randy's Gazebo, Little Cayman. by Allan Vandeford
Friendly Grouper at Randy's Gazebo, Little Cayman.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 8, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Seascape at Randy's Gazebo, Little Cayman. by Allan Vandeford
Seascape at Randy's Gazebo, Little Cayman.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 1, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Standing on the sandy flats adjacent to the Russian Destr... by Allan Vandeford
Standing on the sandy flats adjacent to the Russian Destroyer off Cayman Brac. Most fantastic day in years with dead calm water and visibility near 200 feet, WOW!
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 1, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Exceptional color at Coral Corner in Fiji. Image taken w... by Allan Vandeford
Exceptional color at Coral Corner in Fiji. Image taken w/ Canon 5D in an Aquatica housing and Canon 16-35mm wide angle lens.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Image taken at Coral Corner w/ Canon 5D in an Aquatica ho... by Allan Vandeford
Image taken at Coral Corner w/ Canon 5D in an Aquatica housing and Canon 16-35 mm wide angle - 31 mm at f2.8.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Coral Reef on the third day of our late September, 2010 v... by Allan Vandeford
Coral Reef on the third day of our late September, 2010 visit. Canon 5D w/ 16-35mm telephoto in an Aquatica housing.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 31, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Image from Samu Reef, Fiji on the second day of the trip ... by Allan Vandeford
Image from Samu Reef, Fiji on the second day of the trip onSept. 26, 2010. Canon 5D w/ 16-25 mm wide angle in an Aquatica housing.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 31, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Fantasy of flight. by Allan Vandeford
Fantasy of flight.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Manta night dive near Kailua Kona Int'l Airport from Kona... by Allan Vandeford
Manta night dive near Kailua Kona Int'l Airport from Kona Aggressor. We were graced with twelve mantas on his evening.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Frogfish performing a power-stretch in heavy surge near K... by Allan Vandeford
Frogfish performing a power-stretch in heavy surge near Kailua Kona, Hawaii.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Young future-diver with canoe in tow. The image was take... by Allan Vandeford
Young future-diver with canoe in tow. The image was taken during a visit to the Russell Island group aboard Bilikiki.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 17, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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Wakatobi takes pride in conservation and protection effor... by Allan Vandeford
Wakatobi takes pride in conservation and protection efforts. Here is an image of Denise's Pygmy Seahorse found on the Wakatobi "house reef." Image taken with a Canon 5D and Canon 100mm macro lens and Tamron 2x teleconverter.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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I sited this Mantis Shrimp scurrying across the sand near... by Allan Vandeford
I sited this Mantis Shrimp scurrying across the sand near Magic Pier in Buton, South Sulawesi. He dove into his hole turned and posed for several minutes.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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I had just taken a photo of a nudi when I looked down and... by Allan Vandeford
I had just taken a photo of a nudi when I looked down and much to my surprise found this beauty draping its head across my knee.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Eye to eye with the elegance and grace of the black manta... by Allan Vandeford
Eye to eye with the elegance and grace of the black mantas of Revillagigedos (Socorro) Islands. Image taken at El Boiler divesite off San Benedicto Island at a depth of approx. 30 feet.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Colorful Toby found at Asphalt Pier in Buton, South Sulaw... by Allan Vandeford
Colorful Toby found at Asphalt Pier in Buton, South Sulawesi.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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The Pelagian liveaboard seen from shore at Wakatobi Resor... by Allan Vandeford
The Pelagian liveaboard seen from shore at Wakatobi Resort with Sawa Island in the background.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Detail image of the Papuan Scorpionfish. Several were ob... by Allan Vandeford
Detail image of the Papuan Scorpionfish. Several were observed around Wangi Wangi, Hoga and Karang Kaledupa.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 8, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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A view of the strikingly healthy coral life at approximat... by Allan Vandeford
A view of the strikingly healthy coral life at approximately 30 ft on Blade divesite of Karang Kaledupa, near Wakatobi Resort.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 7, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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While diving in the Solomon Islands we are often visited ... by Allan Vandeford
While diving in the Solomon Islands we are often visited by the beautiful and inquisitive children in their tiny dugout canoes. Their blonde and red hair along with the rich dark skin make their appearance curiously striking.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 6, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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Carpet or Crocodile Flathead? You be the judge. Image t... by Allan Vandeford
Carpet or Crocodile Flathead? You be the judge. Image taken near Magic Pier, Buton, South Sulawesi. The crocodile flatheads in this area seemed to have more prevalent blue pattern than others I have visited.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 5, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Night dive at Magic Pier, Buton, South Sulawesi. The col... by Allan Vandeford
Night dive at Magic Pier, Buton, South Sulawesi. The colorful Rigid Shrimpfish were continually in our lense while we attempted to photograph the elusive Mandarin Dragonet.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 4, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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The staff returns a dive vessel at days end. The sunset ... by Allan Vandeford
The staff returns a dive vessel at days end. The sunset views from the Jetty Dropoff Bar at Wakatobi Resort remain a fond memory of our visit.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Speckled Sandperch. While diving from Pelagian off the c... by Allan Vandeford
Speckled Sandperch. While diving from Pelagian off the coast of Wangi Wangi we encountered many of these little guys. Mostly found in rubble or on the sandy bottom they are very skiddish and thereby difficult to photograph this close.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Image taken at San Benedicto Island in the Revillagigedos... by Allan Vandeford
Image taken at San Benedicto Island in the Revillagigedos Archipelago from the Solmar V liveaboard. The divesite was El Boiler.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 15, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Black Tipped Reef Shark encounted at Tapu divesite off Bo... by Allan Vandeford
Black Tipped Reef Shark encounted at Tapu divesite off Bora Bora.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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