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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Chad Ordelheide

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Hypselodoris Bullockii from Anilao! by Chad Ordelheide
Hypselodoris Bullockii from Anilao!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Nudibranch with Hydraulics Nelson Bay, Australia by Chad Ordelheide
Nudibranch with Hydraulics
Nelson Bay, Australia
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Australia
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Pajama Squid strutting it's stuff at the Pipeline, NB. by Chad Ordelheide
Pajama Squid strutting it's stuff at the Pipeline, NB.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Okenia atkinsonorum sponge cruising at Nelson Bay! by Chad Ordelheide
Okenia atkinsonorum sponge cruising at Nelson Bay!
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Australia
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Finally a Harlequin in our own back yard! by Chad Ordelheide
Finally a Harlequin in our own back yard!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Chelinodura hirundinina surprise appearance :-) by Chad Ordelheide
Chelinodura hirundinina surprise appearance :-)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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A surprise Micromelo Encounter by Chad Ordelheide
A surprise Micromelo Encounter
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Nudibranch at the Watering Hole. by Chad Ordelheide
Nudibranch at the Watering Hole.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 23, 2010
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Club O...Those who know, go! by Chad Ordelheide
Club O...Those who know, go!
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 22, 2010
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Business end of a Trigger. He was very interested in in... by Chad Ordelheide
Business end of a Trigger.
He was very interested in in my camera...or fingers. I never new they had fuzzy lips!
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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A pretty specimen found at Outhouse Dive site..don't ask :-) by Chad Ordelheide
A pretty specimen found at Outhouse Dive site..don't ask :-)
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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A Blue Blenny for the new year! by Chad Ordelheide
A Blue Blenny for the new year!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Colman Shrimp on a Fire Urchin...Not Cropped :-) by Chad Ordelheide
Colman Shrimp on a Fire Urchin...Not Cropped :-)
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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I'm scared of heights!!! Taringa halgerda, Anilao Philip... by Chad Ordelheide
I'm scared of heights!!!
Taringa halgerda, Anilao Philippines.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A very small juvenile Frogfish from Anilao, Philippines. by Chad Ordelheide
A very small juvenile Frogfish from Anilao, Philippines.
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Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Favorinus Sp. found on Glossodoris eggs which I believe t... by Chad Ordelheide
Favorinus Sp. found on Glossodoris eggs which I believe they eat! Canon A640 and Custom 20x Macro.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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I hadn't seen a Smiling Blenny for a while so I obliged w... by Chad Ordelheide
I hadn't seen a Smiling Blenny for a while so I obliged with one of my own. I only cropped a few pixels... ;-)
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Zebra Moray getting acquainted with my Macro Lens. by Chad Ordelheide
Zebra Moray getting acquainted with my Macro Lens.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Trinchesia yamasui from Anilao. A fun find at the end of ... by Chad Ordelheide
Trinchesia yamasui from Anilao. A fun find at the end of the trip!
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Spiral Shell searching the sand on an Anilao Night Dive. by Chad Ordelheide
Spiral Shell searching the sand on an Anilao Night Dive.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Chambered Nautilus at Big Drop-off by Chad Ordelheide
Chambered Nautilus at Big Drop-off

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another subject guaranteed in Palau
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Palau
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Glossodoris rufromarginata cruising over a sea squirt. Ca... by Chad Ordelheide
Glossodoris rufromarginata cruising over a sea squirt. Canon A640
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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One of Tulambens many Pygmy Seahorses, holding on tightly... by Chad Ordelheide
One of Tulambens many Pygmy Seahorses, holding on tightly to his Gorgonian. Canon A640
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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My donation to the many Ghost Pipefish photos. Canon A640... by Chad Ordelheide
My donation to the many Ghost Pipefish photos. Canon A640, Tulamben
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A Whip Coral Xeno Crab. Just of the Liberty Wreck in Tula... by Chad Ordelheide
A Whip Coral Xeno Crab. Just of the Liberty Wreck in Tulamben, Bali. Canon A640
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Glossodoris cruenta. A great find in the last few minutes... by Chad Ordelheide
Glossodoris cruenta. A great find in the last few minutes of our last dive in Lombok.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2009
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Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

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nudi of the month!
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A pair of Colemen Shrimp nestled in their colorful Anemone. by Chad Ordelheide
A pair of Colemen Shrimp nestled in their colorful Anemone.
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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