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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Susannah H. Snowden-Smith

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"Peeking Amphipod" - Look closely: an amphipod peeks over... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Peeking Amphipod" - Look closely: an amphipod peeks over the edge of a hydroid. Framed against a sparkly homemade background I made. The background was held by my dive buddy, no sea life was touched.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Enlarge to see detail: I used a remote strobe to light up... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Enlarge to see detail: I used a remote strobe to light up this scene inside the galley of the Kittiwake shipwreck. I wanted to add some depth to the shot, so used a tiny bit of strobe to illuminate the rusted table in the foreground.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 3, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Evening Romance" Two hamlets in a spawning clutch on ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Evening Romance"
Two hamlets in a spawning clutch on Grand Cayman.
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wonderful behavioral shot
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Something different: special technique circular shot with... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Something different: special technique circular shot with Tokina 10-17mm and cropped sensor! Colorful feather duster worms and fire coral in front of the wheelhouse of the Doc Polson shipwreck.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 29, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Buzzing The Tower" - A giant loggerhead in flight. I sw... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Buzzing The Tower" - A giant loggerhead in flight. I swam hard to catch up to this beauty and get this shot.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 26, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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“Smokestack Silhouette” - A diver is framed within the sm... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
“Smokestack Silhouette” - A diver is framed within the smokestack on the Kittiwake shipwreck.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 22, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Grand Cayman - The compass on the Kittiwake, which is lev... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Grand Cayman - The compass on the Kittiwake, which is level to the seabed, shows just how much the Kittiwake is lying on its side. Model: Alice Gostick
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date posted posted: Friday, January 19, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Divers explore "Orange Canyon", a dive site named for its... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Divers explore "Orange Canyon", a dive site named for its gorgeous, bright orange elephant ear sponges. I dialed up the shutter speed a bit to make the blue a darker shade, in order to provide more contrast against the orange.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 15, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Beneath Flooding Light, Nature's Ballet" - A pair of gre... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Beneath Flooding Light, Nature's Ballet" - A pair of great hammerheads cross paths under sunbeams.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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"Electric Yellow" - Detail of a queen angelfish's scales ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Electric Yellow" - Detail of a queen angelfish's scales and pectoral fin.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Christmas Double Exposure" - Teaching myself double expo... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Christmas Double Exposure" - Teaching myself double exposures in camera. Whoo hoo! I shot consecutive photographs in multiple exposure mode.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Psychedelic Hydroids" - A pair of hydroids photographed ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Psychedelic Hydroids" - A pair of hydroids photographed against a homemade background. No Photoshop. The background was held by my dive buddy and did not touch any sea life.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Icarus" - In early morning light, a hawksbill turtle is ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Icarus" - In early morning light, a hawksbill turtle is cast in silhouette as it cruises over Grand Cayman's deep wall.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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“Ghost Ship” - The ex-USS Kittiwake appears as if from a ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
“Ghost Ship” - The ex-USS Kittiwake appears as if from a ghostly fog. I also call this "Kittiwake In High-Key".
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 14, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Black Beauty" - Because of the seahorse's dark color, I ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Black Beauty" - Because of the seahorse's dark color, I chose to silhouette it with backlight, and frame it within the brightly-colored sealife it was hiding in.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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“Swarm” Silversides look like a swarm of bees as they ra... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
“Swarm”
Silversides look like a swarm of bees as they race into a swim-through.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Christmas Comparison" - I photographed these same Christ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Christmas Comparison" - I photographed these same Christmas tree worms as an example for single strobe position. Shot with identical settings but moving the strobe further back to create more shadows, and hence, texture!
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Dolphins In High-Key" - Spotted dolphins frolic in the w... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Dolphins In High-Key" - Spotted dolphins frolic in the waters of Bimini, Bahamas
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Sun rays spread behind a manatee in early-morning light w... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Sun rays spread behind a manatee in early-morning light while trees are visible through the Snell's window.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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"Exiting The Maze" - A Caribbean reef shark threads throu... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Exiting The Maze" - A Caribbean reef shark threads through a coral maze and out into open sand.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Wide Angle Snoot - Photograph #3: Third in a series of im... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Wide Angle Snoot - Photograph #3: Third in a series of images where I'm experimenting with wide angle snoot technique. A lobster is illuminated by my snoot, while intentional light bleed from my strobe provides 3-D light on the edge a sponge.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 10, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Wide Angle Snoot - Photograph #2: Second in a series of i... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Wide Angle Snoot - Photograph #2: Second in a series of images where I'm experimenting with wide angle snoot technique.
A green moray eel is isolated by strobe light as it hides in an overhang on the East side of Grand Cayman.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 10, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Wide Angle Snoot - Photograph #1 - First in a series of i... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Wide Angle Snoot - Photograph #1 - First in a series of images where I'm experimenting with wide angle snoot technique. Here, a cluster of sponges are illuminated and isolated by a single strobe as a school of fish race over the reef.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 8, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"A Sweet Moment" A manatee calf looks up at the camera... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"A Sweet Moment"
A manatee calf looks up at the camera as another one nurses on mom. Photographed at Three Sisters Spring in Crystal River on Tuesday.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 3, 2017
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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"Sunrise Manatee" A manatee is bathed in sun rays in t... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Sunrise Manatee"
A manatee is bathed in sun rays in the Crystal River. Photographed at first light.
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Beautiful composition and lighting
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 1, 2017
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Hydroid In High Key Always looking for a unique and ar... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Hydroid In High Key
Always looking for a unique and artistic way to shoot familiar subjects smile
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date posted posted: Friday, October 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Sponges In 3-D" Sponges pop off the screen. Double exp... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Sponges In 3-D"
Sponges pop off the screen. Double exposure on a single frame. Shot in camera on the multiple exposure setting.
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date posted posted: Monday, October 23, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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