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Underwater Photo Contest | Wide Angle - Marine Life

18728 Entries Found: Page 490  of  694
wide angle shots with no divers in frame
This photo of a Red Hind was taken in Cozumel during a week of diving in 2006. I used my DC 500 w/ dual strobes and wide angle lens to capture this photo.
Corals - Dendronephthya sp.
One last mant pic from Kona
Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbriocota- Brown shells with yellow-brown, fan like markings and overlapping shell plates.
Cozumel 08
School of snappers
Soft Coral
Sometimes, you find one that we have not managed to mess-up. Even the common sea fan can be perfect (even if the shot is not)!
very close encounter with a minke whale, taken in the far northern great barrier reef
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Binke shoots a Minke (sorry Steffan, couldn't resist it) Wow, you must have been close!
Diagonal butterfly fish looks closely at red sea octopus
Just gliding thru clear water, this young turtle makes his way across the reef in Cozumel. This photo was taken a few years, while diving in Cozumel.
Sharp tail eel, D300, Sigma 14mm, twin D125 strobes
Fish
A warm welcome from school of Red Anthias.
Barracuda. Dibba rock, Fugeira, UAE.
Nurse Shark at Patillas, Puerto Rico. Canon G9 in Patima Housing.
Annie, pregnant with her first; Curacao "Dolphin Academy" Canon Digital rebel, 18-55 zoom, Ikelite 125 and Nikonos SB 105 (slave)
I'm a bit turtle mad! I stalked his guy with my buddy in hot pursuit of me! Took a few minutes but he finally posed for the camera-probably to get rid of me. Cayman turtles are great to photo as they are used to divers. S-life Dc600 w/ strbe @ 60ft.
"Gently Sleeping" This large Southern Stingray relaxed in front of the Sea Viking off Nassau. I was able to fire off several shots of this big animal without disturbing him.
Curious bunch of Oriental Sweetlips taken in Maldives, with Olympus SP 350, two Inon strobes
2 way street
This was a really cool Hawksbill turtle - as big as I have seen. Using a DC600 S-life I snapped 6 photos, and this is the best. I have not retouched it at all as I would probably muck it up! I was within about 2 ft. of this guy (who was easy 2ft long
"With Ease"
Blue Sea Star reaching for the sun on a Bunaken reef. Nikon D200 10.5 FE.
Scorpionfish with Fusiliers above. Olympus SP350, inon strobe, inon fisheye lens.
Baa Atoll, Maldives
Blue spotted Ray at the housereef El Quadim, Canon S70
This turtle doesn't think much of me. Steve's Bommie, Great Barrier Reef.
Some groupers chased this guy from his hiding place and I just happened to be there. Octi found another crevice and packed himself in.
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