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Underwater Photo Contest | Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)

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Shots that have been digitally edited outside of the camera for creative reasons (not brightness/contrast etc.) in a program like PhotoShop
Diver over reef. photoshop
Northern Marianas-ROTA-- COMPOSING > submarine/divers - Nik.RS
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2003

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Editor's Comment
Well, it is in the fantasy category!
Free-diver, Mozambique.The skipper came down to 30 m without fins and gracefully floated back to the surface. Nikon CP 5000.
Komodo Island, Manta Alley, Titan D100, 17-35mm zoom with dome port, Sea&Sea300 strobe matching natural light all manual settings
Roll Tide Roll!
this overunder justs jumps out when using rose tintied spectacles for under water split, unusaul effect keeping some reality
This image was made on the same day as a full lunar eclipse , the moon was shot that evening and the scooter diver the next day . sodwana bay, south africa
Found in the Read Sea :-)
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2003

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At first I saw the humor, then the irony - global multi-national corporations will go anywhere they can make a buck with no thought for the environment. Boycott them!
Shark -- Henry Doorly Zoo -- Omaha, NE
Waterbaby Ellie, 5 months old, diving during swim lesson, taken in the Links Health Club swimming pool, Port Douglas, Nth Queensland, Australia with Nikonos 5, 35mm lens + sea & sea strobe
Duel image, backdrop from the Red Sea, baby is a pool shot

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stop me if you've seen this one before - but still impressive if reworked well
Angelfish
Parazoanthus axinellae
Siluette
Caribe
Nassau gruper
Alien
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2003

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Editor's Comment
This is my favorite of Sergios' fantasy shots
tre pesci
acetabularia
Shinkoku Maru, Truk Lagoon, Housed Nikon F, 24mm Nikkor lens
4 Of A Kind, Nikon CP5000
pollution stop
gorgonia
grouper in red
grouper
Tunaburn
Vertigoat

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You could almost achieve this in camera (long exposure, spin camera, rear curtain sync) which is what probably makes you look twice
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