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New Growth. Kelp at Anacapa Island. Image shot with Canon Digital Rebel and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite Housing. Shot at f/7.1 and 1/160 second.
By Douglas Klug
posted Thursday, March 12, 2009
39 votes

Tiny Teeth. This
By Douglas Klug
posted Sunday, March 29, 2009
33 votes

Lipstick. An adult Treefish hovers off the bottom at Anacapa Island. Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT with 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite housing in natural light. Shot at f/2.8 and 1/320 seconds.
By Douglas Klug
posted Tuesday, March 31, 2009
33 votes

Master of the Forest. A Black Sea Bass (Giant Sea Bass) emerges from the kelp Forest at Anacapa Island. An old capture from 2004 using my Nikonos V and 15mm lens in natural light. Shot at f/4 and 1/60 seconds.
By Douglas Klug
posted Thursday, March 26, 2009
31 votes

Snug Fish. A gopher rockfish hides while wrapped in a leaf of kelp at Anacapa Island. Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite Housing with Natural Light. Shot at f/6.3 and 1/60 second.
By Douglas Klug
posted Monday, March 30, 2009
31 votes

Welcome to California. The
By Douglas Klug
posted Thursday, May 7, 2009
30 votes

Sunflare. A glimpse of the sun through the kelp forest at Anacapa Island from 2001. Shot with a Nikonos V and 15mm lens in natural light at f/5.6 and 1/80 second.
By Douglas Klug
posted Friday, March 27, 2009
29 votes

Sea Scape. This view of the reef at Anacapa Island includes an ochre star set against the kelp forest on a clear day. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 10-22mm in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
By Douglas Klug
posted Sunday, November 13, 2011
29 votes

Inspection Pass. A Great White comes up close for a peek. Shot with Canon Digital Rebel in Ikelite Housing and 10-22mm zoom in natural light.
By Douglas Klug
posted Thursday, November 3, 2011
28 votes

Squiggles. This small juvenile horn shark made a close pass at my camera lens as it fled. Shot with a Canon digital rebel and 10-22mm in Ikelite Housing with Dual DS51 strobes.
By Douglas Klug
posted Sunday, November 27, 2011
28 votes
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Dental hygiene. A demonstration of symbiosis on Anacapa I... by Douglas Klug
Dental hygiene. A demonstration of symbiosis on Anacapa Island's reefs in the Channel Islands National Park. This is a California moray and its attendant red-rock shrimp.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Color. A Spanish Shawl nudibranch brightens the reefs at ... by Douglas Klug
Color. A Spanish Shawl nudibranch brightens the reefs at Anacapa Island. Shot with a Canon t4i and 100mm f/2.8 lens in Ike housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Crowned. Black dorid nudibranch's like this have been a r... by Douglas Klug
Crowned. Black dorid nudibranch's like this have been a rare find in years past at Anacapa Island. This year there are literally dozens of them. Shot with a Canon t4i and 100mm f/2.8 in Ikelite housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Golden Spots. This California blue doris nudibranch is a ... by Douglas Klug
Golden Spots. This California blue doris nudibranch is a signature species for southern California's Channel Islands. Shot with a canon t4i in Ike housing with a snooted DS 51 strobe and 100mm f/2.8 macro lens.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Sunburst Over A California Reef. The clear winter water a... by Douglas Klug
Sunburst Over A California Reef. The clear winter water and bright sun at Anacapa Island in the Channel Islands National Park. Shot with a Canon T4i and 10-22mm in an Ikelite housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 27, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Gliding Over The Reef. I caught this California Bat Ray ... by Douglas Klug
Gliding Over The Reef. I caught this California Bat Ray as it soared just over the reef by lying quietly in its path until it came to me. Shot with a Canon T4i and 10-22mm in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 26, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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California Kelp Forest Color. This Spanish Shawl nudibran... by Douglas Klug
California Kelp Forest Color. This Spanish Shawl nudibranch glows out of the darkness. The nudibranch is lit with a snoot using a Canon T4i with 100mm macro and a snooted DS51 strobe.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Safety in the Spines. This tiny juvenile garibaldi is a c... by Douglas Klug
Safety in the Spines. This tiny juvenile garibaldi is a colorful, cold-water damselfish that will someday grow into one of the largest damselfish species found anywhere.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Arc. A tiny, stripped juvenile trumpet fish poses for the... by Douglas Klug
Arc. A tiny, stripped juvenile trumpet fish poses for the camera. Shot with a Canon T4i and 100mm f/2.8 macro in an Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2015
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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glowing on the kelp A rare Santa Barbara Janulos nudibran... by Douglas Klug
glowing on the kelp A rare Santa Barbara Janulos nudibranch crawls across a thick leaf off kelp. Shot with Canon t4i an 100mm f/2.8 lens using Ike Housing and dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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The eyes have it. A ubiquitous Spanish shawl nudibranch ... by Douglas Klug
The eyes have it. A ubiquitous Spanish shawl nudibranch on the reef at Anacapa Island. Shot with Canon T4i an 100mm f/2.8 macro in Ikelite housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Perfectly poised trio. California sea lions frolic in th... by Douglas Klug
Perfectly poised trio. California sea lions frolic in the blue water at the Channel Islands. Shot with Canon 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite Housing using dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2015
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Best friends. Sea lions frolic together at Anacapa island... by Douglas Klug
Best friends. Sea lions frolic together at Anacapa island. Taken with a Canon T4i and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite housing with dual ds51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Out Of The Light. This harbor seal bursts from the kelp c... by Douglas Klug
Out Of The Light. This harbor seal bursts from the kelp canopy in a burst of sunlight. Taken with a Canon T41 and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 26, 2014
date posted category: Temperate Waters
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Out of the Light. A green turtle dives from the sunburst ... by Douglas Klug
Out of the Light. A green turtle dives from the sunburst off the island of Maui, Hawaii. Taken with Canon t4i in Ikelite housing using 10-22mm zoom and dual ds51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Dancing in the Breeze. This harbor seal glides effortless... by Douglas Klug
Dancing in the Breeze. This harbor seal glides effortlessly in a screaming current that has the kelp blown over sideways. Taken with Canon T4i in Ikelite housing with dual DS51 strobes and 10-22mm WA zoom.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 19, 2014
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Color from the sand. This Mantis Shrimp checks out its su... by Douglas Klug
Color from the sand. This Mantis Shrimp checks out its surroundings. Shot with canon t4i and 100mm f2.8 in Ike housing with dual ds51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Burst. New growth kelp shot against the kelp forest. Use... by Douglas Klug
Burst. New growth kelp shot against the kelp forest. Used a Canon t4i and 10-22 in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 23, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Hello there!. I love to try and fill the foreground on th... by Douglas Klug
Hello there!. I love to try and fill the foreground on these sunburst shots. This kelp rockfish moved in and did the job for me! Shot with Canon t4i and 10-22mm with dual ds51 strobes in ikelite housing.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 14, 2014
date posted category: Temperate Waters
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Close and Far. A view of sunlight cascading through the ... by Douglas Klug
Close and Far. A view of sunlight cascading through the kelp forest. Shot with Canon T4i and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 20, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Hey buddy, know a good dentist? This massive California s... by Douglas Klug
Hey buddy, know a good dentist? This massive California sheephead comes in for some CFWA work. Shot with a Canon t4i and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite Housing using dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 15, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Best Friends At Play. A pair of California sea lions chas... by Douglas Klug
Best Friends At Play. A pair of California sea lions chase one another at Anacapa Island in the Channel Islands National Park. Shot with Canon Rebel t4i and 10-22mm in Ikelite Housing using dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 6, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Close-up and colorful. Southern California's signature fi... by Douglas Klug
Close-up and colorful. Southern California's signature fish caught with a canon t4i and 10-22mm in Ike housing using dual ds51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 15, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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eye to eye shrimp. Harlequin with divers eye in backgroun... by Douglas Klug
eye to eye shrimp. Harlequin with divers eye in background. Shot with Canon t4i and 100mm f/2.8 in Ike housing using dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 14, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Eyeing Colors. A diver with a close-up encounter of a Spa... by Douglas Klug
Eyeing Colors. A diver with a close-up encounter of a Spanish Shawl nudibranch. Shot with Canon Digital Rebel T4i with 100mm f/2.8 macro in Ikelite Housing and using dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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close-up encounter. A junior diver inspects a pustule nu... by Douglas Klug
close-up encounter. A junior diver inspects a pustule nudibranch off the shores of Maui, Hawaii.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Did you say cow? A manatee at the central Florida's Cryst... by Douglas Klug
Did you say cow? A manatee at the central Florida's Crystal River. Shot with a Canon Rebel t4i and 10-22mm zoom. natural light.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 27, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: United States
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