"Life on a Feather" No Cropping :o)

The culltle fish eggs in the coconut shell.
Sulawesi strait. Kungkungan Bay. Dive site : Aw-shcuks

"Egg Cargo" Banded Pipefish carrying his precious cargo of eggs :o)

Model
Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo
Manado 2008

my buddy! nikon d2x 105mm macro

"Flyover" Unusual angle of a Trumpetfish. No Cropping :o)

Lionfish resting on a fan taking with a Canon Powershot 570 and Inon D2000 Strobe

"Flying Tiger" This little fella was not staying put so caught him in flight! (Where's the box jellyfish juice when you need it!) :o)

"Oooh where did you come from?"

"Bright Eyes" Close up of a White eyed Moray No Cropping :o)

Muck dive, Lembeh, D300-60mm

nikon d2x 60mm macro 2 strobes,Manado

"Colours of the Reef" Bunaken National Park - Tokina 10-17

The magnificent Chromodoris Magnifica from Lembeh strait

"Ghostly" Ghost Shrimp No Cropping :o)

Halgerda Batangas in Lembeh strait

Taylors Eel - also known as Leopard Eel. 60mm + 2 diopter. No cropping :o)

"I Love You 2" Another angle of the heart encased pygmy :o)
Shortlisted!
Through to 2009 awards final round judging

This is a juvenile Hippocamous Bargibanti. It shared the fan with some adults and when i compared the sizes i could observe that this guy was as big as the head of the adults. This means that it is between 5 and 10 mm long.

"Out of the Darkness" at least I didn't have to contend with Box Jellyfish to get this shot :o)

Devil fish, Lembeh channel, Kunkungan Bay, Dive site:Teluk Kambahu.

"Damsel in Distress" yet another clownfish with a parasite in its mouth, I think 90% of them I saw on the last trip had this parasite which is very worrying. :o)

Cool Character! I found this guy hanging out in Lembeh. G9/ Ikelite DS 160/ UCL 165.

"Blue Ring" 60mm +2 diopter no cropping :o)

"Triple Decker" Not one but 3 Shaggy Frogfish stacked on top of each other. This group were part of a group of 7 in one spot - definately some interbreeding going on :o) No Cropping

Emperor Shrimp sitting on an egg cowry which has given such a great background. Uncropped :o)

"Roar" Lovely pink Hyppselodoris Bollockii. No Cropping :o)