‘Catch of the Day’ We often Encounter fishermen and fisher women at one of our local dive sites. Sad to see their catch in a basket while we enter for our dive

Conditions on the west side of Point Abino proved to be rough so couldn’t dive in a shallow wreck, but didn’t stop me from photographing this lovely Lighthouse.

This curious Bass greeted me as Inmade a descent. Good thing I had new camera system and lens in hand.

Smiling Divers getting ready for dive in local dive site.

Divers at the boiler on the wreck of the "Wetmore"near Tobermory. Canon 6D and 15mm lens in natural light. Colour corrected from the RAW file in PS.

Quarry Diver

Diver prepares to enter sunken boat.

Northern Map Turtle,Welland Scuba Park

A Round Goby Portrait. This specimen was spotted residing in one of the boiler tubes on the wooden Steamer ‘Raleigh’ which sank in Lake Erie over a hundred years ago.

A male Bluegill Sunfish in a local Quarry.

A male Bluegill Sunfish in local Quarry.

A Goby rests in the boiler tube of the wreck of the Raleigh in Lake Erie.

A Virile Crayfish, one of nine species found in Ontario, raises its claws in defence.

A Smallmouth Bass in the Lower Niagara River.

You're in my Space! A Northern Map Turtle takes exception to my presence underwater at the Welland Scuba Park.

Look closely: A diver penetrates a lower deck of the William Barnum shipwreck. In 1894, the wooden cargo ship sustained damage from ice and bad weather and started taking on water. Efforts to tow it to shore failed and it sank on April 3, 1894.

Diver exploring the wreck of the wooden Steamer 'Raleigh' in Lake Erie, near Port Colborne,Ontario.

"Preserved By The Cold"
A diver explores the William Barnum shipwreck. The wooden sustained damage from ice and bad weather and sank on April 3, 1894.

Over-under in front of the 40 Mile Point Lighthouse. Thanks to Becky Kagan Schott for the great modeling!

Under streaming light rays, a photographer shoots images of the stern of the Joseph S. Fay shipwreck in Lake Huron. The ship sunk in a storm when the schooner it was towing twisted, ripping off the stern of the Fay.
Shortlisted!

A free diver explores the stern of the Joseph S. Fay shipwreck in Lake Huron, Michigan.

A Round Goby resting on the bottom of the Niagara River

A Bluegill Sunfish photographed in local Quarry near Lake Erie in Southern Ontario.

A view of the Niagara II, sunk near Fathom Five National Marine Park,Tobermory,Ontario

A Bluegill sunfish models for a portrait in a local Quarry close to Lake Erie.

Divers explore the upper sections of the Niagara II near Tobermory. Canon 6D, 15mm lens, manual exposure in natural light. Colour corrected in PS from the RAW file.

Rebreather diver at the boilers of the wreck of the Rothesay, near Prescott. Canon 6D, 15mm lens, manual exposure in natural light. Colour corrected in PS from RAW file.