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Porcelain Crab in Anemone, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji (Nikon F4, Aquatica housing, 105mm Macro, Fuji Velvia 50)
By Andrew Dawson
posted Thursday, February 3, 2005
53 votes

Damselfish, Fiji (Nikon F4/105mmMacro/Velvia)
By Andrew Dawson
posted Tuesday, December 2, 2003
24 votes

Cownose Rays, Galapagos Islands (Nikon F4, 24/2.0, Aquatica housing, no strobes, Provia 100)
By Andrew Dawson
posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006
24 votes

Anemone Mouth, British Columbia (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia 50)
By Andrew Dawson
posted Sunday, February 20, 2005
16 votes

Pugnacious Aeolid crawls over Sand Tube Worms, San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
By Andrew Dawson
posted Saturday, June 24, 2006
15 votes

Pink Anemonefish, Fiji (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes)
By Andrew Dawson
posted Monday, April 11, 2005
12 votes

Fiji Reef  Nikon F4, 18mm, Aquatica, Ikelite strobes
By Andrew Dawson
posted Wednesday, June 6, 2001
11 votes

Mantis Shrimp, Fiji (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia 50)
By Andrew Dawson
posted Friday, March 11, 2005
11 votes

Horned Nudibranch--San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
By Andrew Dawson
posted Monday, June 26, 2006
11 votes

Spotted Dolphins, Bahamas  Nikon F4, 18mm, Aquatica
By Andrew Dawson
posted Wednesday, June 6, 2001
9 votes
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White Speckled Nudibranch (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
It's nudibranch month! I see gills but is it really a nudi!
Kelp Greenling--near Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Manta Ray, San Benedicto Island (Nikon F4, 18mm/3.5, Aquatica housing, no strobes, Provia F)
Three-Spot Dascyllus, the "other" anemonefish-- Wailigi Lala, Fiji (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Garibaldi Portrait No. 420--Anacapa Island, CA (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Island Kelpfish, hiding in kelp holdfast--San Miguel Island, CA (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Hunter the Aqua-Dog, taken in pool while doing camera tests (Nikon F4, 18mm/3.5, Aquatica housing, no strobes, Provia 100)
Painted Turtle in Vermont farm pond (Nikonos V, 28mm u/w Nikkor, no strobe, Provia F)
Juvenile Whale Shark, Cocos Island (Nikon F4, 24mm/2.0, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Provia 100)
Nudi Party, with ghost guest in b/g (no digital trickery, I promise)--Beqa Lagoon, Fiji (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Orange Plumose Anemones, British Columbia (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Reef Sharks around the "Chum-sicle", Walker's Cay, Bahamas (Nikon F4, 18mm/3.5, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Provia F)
Parrotfish Mouth, with shrimp perched on his nose--Little Cayman (Nikon F4, 60mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Grouper in the Tunnel of Love (Nikon F4, 18mm/3.5, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Provia F)
Manta Ray, halfway through a barrel-roll in front of me--San Benedicto Island (Nikon F4, 18mm/3.5, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Provia F)
Pugnacious Aeolid and Corynactis anemones--San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Teeth of the Great Barracuda (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Juvenile Hermit Crab in soft coral--Beqa Lagoon, Fiji (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Red Algae--San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Theo's Wreck (Nikon F4, 18mm/3.5, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Provia F)
Horned Nudibranch--San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Pugnacious Aeolid crawls over Sand Tube Worms, San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Salp Colony--shot upwards with the sun as backlight; Anacapa Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Reef Shark with boat overhead, Walker's Cay (Nikon F4, 18mm/3.5, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Provia 100)
Cocos Island, after one of the frequent rain showers (Nikon F4, 28-85zoom, Provia 100)
Cownose Rays, Galapagos Islands (Nikon F4, 24/2.0, Aquatica housing, no strobes, Provia 100)
Horn Shark Eye, taken on night dive in California Channel Islands (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia 50)
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