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Underwater Photo Contest | Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)

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shots taken using ambient light i.e. unlit by flash or continuous lighting like HID but filters on the lens are allowed if declared
Rush Hour
april 3rd was indeed a jelly day around Bida Nok & Bida Nai (Phi Phi Island, Thailand)
A porcupine fish on the Marsa Abu Dabbab field of sea grass; Canon 720is, red filter & a bit of cropping
jelly, jelly, JELLY!!!!
Late afternoon light - Fesdu house reef, Maldives. Canon G9 / Ikelite housing & wide angle lens.
Wreck of Jura in Lake of Constance, Switzerland.
This wooden decked passenger paddle steamer collided in dense fog with the Swiss ship "Stadt Zürich" and sank minutes later near Bottighofen on the Swiss side of the Lake Constance on 12 February 1864
Taken in Hawaii of a floating leaf on the surface - I free dove down and on my way up took this image which shows the underwater shot, reflections of the leaf floating on the water and the sky..
Dragon au naturale.
just everywhere today!!!
Flooded Amber quarry
Dancing mantas - Donkalo/manta point, Maldives. Canon G9 / Ikelite housing & wide angle.
Bumpheads overhead. A cloudy day and terrible viz (for Sipadan) but i still like the sillouettes. All these guys are about a metre long. A great dive smile
" The Glider" (Manta birostris)
The Chase
Underwater model shooting together with mermaid Nadine (underwater-model.com) in the deep blue of the beautiful ocean of bohol, philippines.
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not just a gratuitous nipple shot (though I admit it does help getting you a hotshot!)
Fishes. Canon Ixus 980, W20 Ikelite.
Mantas - Donkalo/Manta point, Maldives. Canon G9 / Ikelite housing.
Rhincodon typus big grin
Batfish over a shallow submerged reef. Natural light with magic red filter.
Trumpetfish
Redtooth triggerfish, Hafsa Thila, Maldives. Canon G9 / Ikelite housing & wide angle lens.
This is a fine example of a Captain going the extra mile. He made sure the Blue Marlin swam away safely!
Hawk fishes
Giants
300lb Blue Marlin successfully released off the coast of Cap Cana
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A crinoid (or sea lily)
Natural light shot swimming through a narrow channel near the azure window off the island of Gozo, near Malta.
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