Red Anemone at Big Drop Off Palau using NikonD80 + 60mm macr

california lobster at neptune's finger, Cabo San Lucas

Commerson's Frogfish blending in with the reef ....as always

Pink Anemone Fish in Micronesia ©Amanda Cotton

Another eye abstract but this time, it's the sleepy eye of a cuttlefish! I'm surprised I didn't scare him away!

Stone Fish at neptune's in Cabo San Lucas

A hard coral up close, my first try on doing underwater abstracts

A pipefish on a feather duster just under the dock. Nikon D80 + 60mm macro

Cowfish

kelp beds of Monastery Beach at a time when there was finally almost no surge

eye to eye

A cute cuttlefish shot under the dock. Taken with NikonD80 + Nikon 60mm Macro + Single Ikelite ds51

Sunrise in the Galapagos

The Napoleon at Blue Corner is very friendly. It seizes every oportunity for a photoshoot. This one was shot in ambient light, with just the 18-55mm kit lens.

SeaStar lunching on Crab. Poor vis, subject spotted with little time to compose before silting enveloped scene. Using Olympus C-7070, PT-027 housing & dual SeaLife digital flash--ss-1/30, f# 5.6, ISO 80, metr. centre weighted, wb man(cloudy)

Wire coral goby near Pu'u Alai, Maui

Coral growth on a wreck in Truk Lagoon

White tip reef shark, This one has a hook in the mouth and is trailing fishing line. Good thing the hook will rust out and free the line. This photograph was taken as the shark swam under a ledge with my Canon 20D W/18-55 mm lens.

Taken at Pincher's Cove using Sigma 15mm FE with the Magic Filter at 30ft.

Bow of the Shinkoku Maru with dive buddy. Ship sunk by American aircraft, February 1944 during the attack on Truk Lagoon.

Garibaldi of Channel Islands, California. ©Amanda Cotton

This was taken with my old Canon A70 during our safety stop at Saies Corner, Palau. My divemaster friend was blowing bubble rings, and this particular ring perfectly framed him
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A very pretty flatworm taken at Ulong Channel with Nikon D80 + 60mm macro + single Ikelite DS51

Truk Lagoon (Chuuk), Micronesia. Gas Mask sits on the deck below the forward mast of the Nippo Maru wreck. ©Amanda Cotton
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Space is tight! California Sea Lions crowd a dock in the harbor at Moss Beach, California Coast.
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Coral Reflections on a calm morning

Human Skull. Human remains lay deep inside the Heian Maru wreck in Truk Lagoon (Chuuk). ©Amanda Cotton