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Underwater Photo Contest Entries From The Caribbean Sea

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Stingray Sandbar is a special place to photograph on Grand Cayman! I have lots of photographs to go through from shooting there the other day, here’s one to start.
A Nurse Shark on the prowl.
"Navy Night" - Carrie Dutchak surfaces following a dusk dive. The lights of Grand Cayman glow behind her.
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"Chiaroscuro" - I photographed this arrow crab using one strobe to give strong shadows and light. The title is a reference to the Italian word for this kind of lighting, found in Renaissance paintings.
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Magnificent lighting and spot on focus.
French Angelfish, Belize
Caribean Reef Sharks, Gardens of the Queen Cuba
"Sweep And Swirl"
Sponges and gorgonians swirl. I photographed this image using a slow shutter speed while simultaneously swimming forward, zooming the lens and spinning the camera. No Photoshop.
Amazing Cahuama in the Reef, Half Moon Caye Belize
Adolescent male and calf. taken under government permit
"Sweeping Shadows" - A brightly-colored flagfin glass blenny rests on coral. Shot with one strobe on an angle to provide texture. (No snoot.)
Dos Ojos cavern, Playa del Carmen México
image from cave diving in Mexico
The eyes have it.
Honeycomb cowfish
Silky Shark with sky, Gardens of the Queen
"On Patrol" - A Caribbean reef shark sweeps in for a closer view as it patrols a coral reef on the East End of the island.
Squid face, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
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Caribbean Reef Shark photographed on the wreck of the Austin Smith in the Bahamas.
Squids in the dark, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
"Under The Dock" - A school of needlefish race under a dock in Bonaire. Photographed with a slow shutter speed while panning in existing light. The black shadows at left are the wobbly view of the dock piling seen through the water.
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Spermie taken under permit
Shark in Snell's window
Reef shark shot at Tiger Beach.
Hammeread Throat
A real close up view of a hammerhead shark's throat with parasites in it.
Shark and Boat, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
tokina 10-17 fisheye and good luck
Physalia in open water
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