Airplan Wreck, Turkey.

Remainings of an italian bomber aircraft in 66 meters depht.

Don't worry....he is just doing fine and having fun ;-) From my recent yacht race shooting. 400mm tele-lens, "boosted" to 800mm with Sigma converter. With crop factor (1,6 ) = 1280mm in total . A "shaky mess"..to say so ;-)

Mine ????

Racing Sailboat. It's not only the boat's name....the crew is "extreme" as well ;-) Noone dared to sail yesterday with +3 meter waves and "Beaufort" wind level. 8,5. But they did....and so did I :-))

"Flabellina Afinis" Nudi :-)

Fishing Boats in the light of the sunset :-)

"Inside the wreck"
( Coastguard Patrol Boat No 119 in Kas/Turkey ).
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Through to 2011 awards final round judging

Amphoras and Rico... Thanks to Rico Besserdich for modelling. Taken with Nikon 10,5mm and Sea&Sea YS-110 srobe.

"Foot Fetish" ;-)
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"Harmony"
I've just liked the colour and the lines :-)

Airplane wreck in natural light ( no strobe ). Canon 40D, Sigma 10-20mm with "magic filters" attached.
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...can someone please tell the Divemaster, that he forgot his socks on the boat ???"

"Sea of gold"
While sunset light turns the water surface into a pleasing "sea of gold", a fisherman is heading home with his small boat.
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this photo was shot using the underwater mode of canon g11 like others. and edited with Picasa. thanks for your suggestions.

Yacht race rehearsal ( and me behind them, following in a small RIB ).

Sunset at the bay of Izmir with some fishermen heading home with their boats. 10 minutes to walk from my home...that's my everday's "relax walk" :-)

"The city is hungry"
Close to sunset; while the 4,5 million people city of Izmir ( in Turkey ) prepares for dinner, those 2 fishermen in their small boat are still not done with their hard job. Urban comfort v/s struggle of life.....

"A female freediver bends around the sun"
This is a overhauled version of one of my most favourite uw photos. Hope you like it :-)
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Melibe: this photograph taken by arif cem in natural zone. no pick, no carry to surface. This sea slugs DO swim below water surface. this photo was shot using the underwater mode of canon g11. and edited with PICASA. thanks for your suggestios.

"ready to broadcast" ;-)

"Jump & Run" . From a poolshooting ( as training & preparation for a uw fashion shooting job ) this summer.

Melibe fimbriata

"Lightning Squids V-3"
3 juvenile squids ( one of them is feeding ) just a few centimeter below water surface. On the jetty, a man is watching me....wondering what's happening there ;-)

My 5 years old son who loves diving and waiting for grow up quickly to be a scuba diver

Just a tube worm...

"Lightning Squids V-2" A man standing on the jetty watches me while I am busy with my shooint of the 4 juvenile squids that swam just a few centimeters below surface. Reflections came from my 2 strobes; their light got reflected by water surface.