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Southern Stingrays cruising over a shallow sand bar to the North of Grand Cayman.  The split is part photoshop manipulated to correct some dome splashing in the heavy swell.
By Paul Colley
posted Wednesday, February 23, 2011
62 votes

Cardinalfish brooding eggs: 60mm lens with +3 diopter.
By Paul Colley
posted Monday, June 6, 2011
47 votes

Barracuda school with one Great Barracuda interacting with the school of smaller ones; not sure what this behaviour was.
By Paul Colley
posted Monday, August 19, 2013
47 votes

Southern Stingray passing under a dive boat
By Paul Colley
posted Monday, February 14, 2011
45 votes

My first encounter with a stunning silky shark.
By Paul Colley
posted Saturday, December 14, 2013
45 votes

Split level shot of a Southern Stingray off the coast of Grand Cayman
By Paul Colley
posted Wednesday, February 2, 2011
43 votes

Natural light monochrome of the USS Kittiwake
By Paul Colley
posted Friday, April 1, 2011
42 votes

This is the newly-sunk wreck of USS Kittiwake in the Cayman Islands.  Shot with a 10-17mm lens in clear water, you can see the wreck from bow to midships.
By Paul Colley
posted Monday, January 31, 2011
40 votes

Ascension Island Black Durgon.  This Trigger Fish looks almost jet black at a distance, but close up is a riot of colour.
By Paul Colley
posted Sunday, November 20, 2011
40 votes

Red Sea reef at dusk.
By Paul Colley
posted Thursday, November 7, 2013
39 votes
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308 Entries Found: Page 8  of  12
Sponges & diver
Stingray & dive boat. 10-18mm lens with red filter.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Golden phase Rough Head Blenny. 60mm lens with +5 diopter (and some cropping).
shortlistedShortlisted!
Natural light & red filter shot of the sociable stingrays off Grand Cayman
A 'spin shot'; the background blur was produced in-camera by using a slow shutter speed whilst rotating the camera.
The newly-sunk wreck of the ex-USS Kittiwake. Natural light image using a 'magic' red filter.
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
It's good to see a virgin wreck
This image is a lucky shot, but I love it - the choppy conditions kept washing water high up the housing dome, but although only half the Stingray is showing, I think it looks like it is surfing the wave. Natural light with 'Magic' red filter.
Yellow sponges
CFWA of yellow & red sponges set against the glorious blues looking up from Babylon, the Cayman dive site well known for its amazing colours.
Southern Stingray. Natural light with red filter
The eye of a Conch peeking out from his shell
Southern Stingrays cruising over a shallow sand bar to the North of Grand Cayman. The split is part photoshop manipulated to correct some dome splashing in the heavy swell.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2011

Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging
Southern Stingray passing under a dive boat
shortlistedShortlisted!
Silhouette of a Barracuda lurking at the entrance to a swim-through
Split level shot of a Southern Stingray off the coast of Grand Cayman
shortlistedShortlisted!
A juvenile Southern Stingray resting on sand to the North of Grand Cayman
A golden phase Rough Head Blenny taken with a 60mm lens and +5 diopter
This is the newly-sunk wreck of USS Kittiwake in the Cayman Islands. Shot with a 10-17mm lens in clear water, you can see the wreck from bow to midships.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2011
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
It's nice to see a new wreck
Schooling Squirellfish at the base of a small wreck, taken with a digital compact camera (Sea & Sea DX8000G) fitted with an external wide angle lens.
Female Anthias
Soft corals on Jackson Reef
An old Moray Eel under the wreck of a barge in Egypt.
Close up of a Hermit Crab. 60mm macro with +3 diopter
Male Anthias, 60mm macro lens with +2 diopter
Diver framed against the bowsprit mounting taken from inside the wreck of the Carnatic. 10-17mm lens.
Shot from inside the wreck of the Carnatic with a school of Glass Fish. 10-17mm lens at widest setting.
Close up of dive buddy on final ascent from a Red Sea dive. 60mm macro lens.
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