Peixe Soldado

A curious hawksbill

Up close and personal with a friendly green turtle (as seen through a Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens)

Nice diver with a wreck as background

Anemone fish

Natural light at the Aliwal Shoal. Great visibility (around 10 meters), but it's a one shoot picture, because of the huge current that day

Blue and yellow and...

Oceanic Black Tip backlight

Two Clown triggerfish getting a bit territorial and chasing past a surprised surgeonfish.

Two Two bar Clown fish at their anemone with recently laid egss in the foreground. the eggs become darker as the mature

In the north Ari Atoll small stingrays came close to shore, an excellent opportunity for practicing over-under shots

Painted face
Shortlisted!

I was recovering from a shooting a whip coral goby in a strenuous position when I saw this interaction just a bit above me. The Angelfish kept returning even when the wrasse was nipping it a bit painfully from time to time.

A golden Nembrotha, Nembrotha aurea on Hotspots reef.

Two Yellow (Cubic) boxfish swimming in almost a mirror image in a pocket on Rooneys, Sodwana
Shortlisted!

Nosestripe anemonefish or skunk clownfish

I love the way that light changes the scene underwater from a drab blue grey to these contrasting bright colours. Horseshoe Hawkfish in coral

Thresher shark

Mantas in Hanifaru Lagoon, Maldives
Shortlisted!
Through to 2016 awards final round judging

A tiny wreck at 35 meters
Shortlisted!

Hairy squat lobster

Night dive urchin closed up for the evening , looks amazing

A blue ribbon eel shouting at me to keep my distance.

Leaf scorpion fish

Anemonefish

Lovely clever life

My little boy playing in the water in the Maldives