Two giant mantas flying.

Waiting for pick-up. Photo taken off Orchid Island, Taiwan.

Head shot of 2 inch long shrimp on dusk dive on Mandarin Fish Wall, Yap.

Photo taken in late afternoon with only natural light of the GROTTO POOL.

One of the locals at the start of Peleliu Express in Palau where the Pacific Ocean and the Philippine Sea meet.

" ALL IS CALM, ALL IS BRIGHT "
photo taken at dawn while in the water next to the dive boat in TRUK LAGOON above one of the premier WWII wrecks.
Merry Christmas from CHUUK!

Whitemouth Moray Eel - Eel is being cleaned by a small wrasse that looks like it might be getting at that hard-to-reach spot underneath that feel so good when it gets done like one can't do for one's self.

Christmas Jelly.
I had wanted some peanut butter and jelly for Christmas eve.
I found the jelly – now I’m off to search for the peanut butter.
Image made 12-24-06

Banc de bécunes - Manihi pass - Tuamotu archipelago

Octopus atop a beer mug, photo taken at Manado Bay, Indonesia.

"THE DAWN OF A NEW DIVE"
Photo taken with my old Nikonos V and 15mm lens of diver underwater at half exposure, then rewind the film by 1 frame and shoot an awesome sunrise at half exposure, and then you have a below/above photo! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Truk Lagoon Diver, Natural Light

Morey eel.

Scarface. This whale shark has a big scar above the mouth, maybe from an early encounter with the most dangerous predator; men.

'From my house... to yours...' Wishing you all the happiest and most prosperous holiday season and 2007. My Christmas wish/hope is that we use our multitude of talents to put strong effort into the protection of our ocean environments. Enjoy!

" GROTTO POOL " a nice view looking up into the Grotto cave, you can see the neon blue sky and white clouds above the water in this shot.

Beauty and the beast, Blue Corner, Palau. (closeup wide angle)

Soft coral landscape, enjoy, Merry Christmas.

" put the hammer down! ".

greetings to all the underwater photography.com fans,
cheers - old ma

Soft coral. Merry Christmas to all!

Up close and personal with a Titan Triggerfish. Yikes!
Shortlisted!

Clown fish

ArcEye Macro. Photo taken in Haleiwa, HI. I found this Arceye Hawkfish sitting on top of a cluster of pink coral about 10 ft deep.

A tiny Magenta Dottyback looking very sad and dejected. Canon A70...............PS. I'm sure a vote would cheer him up, it also wouldn't do me any harm too. Doh!, reduced to begging, whatever next!

Pale Pink soft coral surrounede by croinoids. Nokonos V 28mm lense

this happens once a year off lands end in cabo.fish as far as you can see