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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
Giant Manta at Sha'ab Rumi outside Port Sudan. The diving depth was 32 meters, so this is close to the absolute limit for natural light photography. Camera: Canon Powershot A70 in original housing. The "wingspan" of the manta was about 12 feet.
Alex under the ice, in a fresh water lake i Vagnhärad, south of Stockholm. When the sun shines at the snow on the ice it works as a gigantic fluorescent lamp and everything under the ice gets very light.
An angel
Belize, S-50 cannon housing, natural light, no strobe
Lemon Fish guarding its nest at Saganeb, outside Port Sudan. Natural light with manual setting of white balance on diveslate. September 2003. Camera: Canon Powershot A70 with original UW house.
Natural LIght. I have a photography studio, and we was playing with a single 36" Silver/Whiter reflector for bounce lighting.. It worked will in shallow waters. This photo is at 30 feet, and the settings on the camera is 1/80 sec @ 5.6 using a D100
Green turtle at South Point, Sipadan, Malaysian Borneo. Taken w/ Canon Ixus 500.
Spinner dolphins taken in La Perouse Bay, Maui. Dolphin in foreground is playing with the seaweed on his flipper. Shot snorkeling.
Whale shark gently gliding under surface - Nikon F100 - 16mm Fisheye
Grand Cenote, Tulum, Mexico
Natural Light, no strobes 1/160 second @ F6.3
Saipan Tuna - Saipan Grotto
Olympus Stylus 300
Seychelles Whale Shark encounter
Icelandic Aquascape
A group of Atlantic spotted Dolphins off of Bimini
manihi lagoon. i spooked this guy by approaching him from behind, so he did a 360' around me before
" flying " off . sea & sea 5000.
I used a Nikonos V with a 15mm lens to capture this shot of a graceful manatee coming up for air at Blue Springs State Park in central Florida.
taken right under our moored boat on a shallow reef dive outside the pass in manihi
Snack Time!
Grand Cayman, Stingray city
Housed S-50/Cannon housing
Moorish Idol at Filitheyo, Maldives. Taken while snorkeling, with an Olympus C5050Z.
Golden Crinoid in Sponge on the atolls of Belize
Plongée sous-glace et dans une rivière de montagne - Verzasca - Suisse.
Freediver in Crete
Ex. 1/400 s
F 4
Iso 64
No Strobe or Filters
Barracuda in the blue: Tavolara Island, Sardinia.
Titan Trigger Fish doing a dance while feeding.
Taken while snorkeling at Filitheyo, Maldives, in natural light, with an Olympus C5050Z.
Taken while snorkeling at Filitheyo, Maldives, using an Olympus C5050Z.
Curious little spotted trunkfish kept following me around. smile
"Honu in the Light" Taken in Haunama Bay, Hawaii while snorkeling.
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