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Video Underwater Photo Contest Entries From Micronesia (3)

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2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire.  This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away.  Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (2 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch 
( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024
(Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Monday, December 23, 2024
0 votes

Pterois miles
Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted 09:21 CST Today (10 hours ago)
0 votes

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689 Entries Found: Page 3  of  26
Cloudburst desaturated
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
3rd place Monthly HotShots
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Excellent capture of the shark and perfectly clear water & sky! Great shot.
Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame. (cutting it close on the 50% part, but its macro)
Precision Glass. Last light for sunset splits
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Fisheye view
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Was it Jaws 3 or 4 where it ate the Helicopter? I layered this mainly because with refraction at the waterline the body didn't line up nicely, but a little Gin made the drone sound fun. The untouched version is in the over/under category..
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Big round World. 1/13th second shutter spin. F-22 at 8mm with TTL lighting.
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Busy scene
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Tickle me Elmo. Mantas sometimes hover over the cleaning stations as the fish come up to clean them. They seem to like the bubbles sensations-but not here- this guy was nipped by a false cleaner and shot off.
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"they told me this shoot would be catered?.."
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Wagon Train
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Purple Mountain Majesty
Close focus wide angle
Starburst silhouette- flash filled
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Last light.
The Lovers.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2016
3rd place Monthly HotShots
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Beautifully composed and elegantly edited. Most romantic shark photo I've ever seen!
Octoporn. I would have preferred a different category for this image, but these mating Octopus blend into the reef and rock so well that the image is too busy. I used brushes to try and obliterate the rocks and release the Octopus from them..
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Light Play. That highlight is the sun coming through the scupper on the boat.. it danced
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Squid on Safety Stop, Chuuk
White eyes, inky black
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2016
Winner Monthly HotShots
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
A truly unique shot for many reasons. Getting so close to sharks is a special moment itself. The shark almost seems like a ghost. The movements are nicely captured through the turbulences/reflection at the surface. Well deserved winner.
Up for Air
Canyon of death. (trying to set a mood there :-)
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Fumizuki Destroyer, Chuuk
Soft Coral Crab, nightdive at Shinkoku Maru, Chuuk
Inside Kensho Maru, Chuuk
True colors. No PS here, the light on the background sharks has passed through water enough to absorb the warm colors, giving a cool blue caste. The close shark not so.. it could be balanced in LR but I like the contrasting colors and odd lighting.
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And another "R2D2" one, Fujikawa Maru, Chuuk
Busy zone
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