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Underwater Photo Contest Entries From Cayman islands

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'Fireworm Sunball'
This banded coral shrimp was buried in the lilac vase sponge and I had to contort myself to capture the image. I love the way the sponge looks like soft fabric.
'Guardian of the Reeeeeeeef' - unable to control his buoyancy a diver plummets towards the Guardian. Shot taken for the article 'How Not to Rock the Boat' by Drew Mcarthur, published DIVER magazine, August 2015.
The North Wall of Grand Cayman is spectacular! At depth, everything loses color and these sponges appeared a muted greyish-pink. I knew they had to be more colorful. A burst from my strobes revealed the stunning, bright purple.
Swollen-claw Mantis he was very friendly i have the d50 with the 105mm on f stop was 22 shutter was 250 with ys-d1 strobe x2 in an ikelite housing.
was a drift dive from Bonnie's Arch to Light House
Hypnotizing eyes of a mantis shrimp
Rough back shrimp in front of colourful sponge
Stern of the USS Kittiwake
— Subal housing, Canon 5Dmk2, Canon EF 8-15mm fisheye lens @ 15mm, f13, ISO400, 1/100s, natural light
Backlinghting the filefish illuminating the skeletal bones and using just enough front lighting to light up the eye.
A pelican is oblivious to what's happening in the background.
Corkscrew anemone providing home and shelter to different species, and many times they co-exsist in harmony.
The USS-Kittiwake is one of my favorite dives. Every time I descend on it, the variety of light, sealife, conditions... inspire a photo!
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
'Mouthful'...A blenny hunting bloodworms by night. This was a special capture as the blenny was lightning fast, in order to get the bloodworm in its mouth required preemptive firing at just the right moment! Luckily one came out just right smile
A mantis shrimp peeping out of its hiding place before making a dash for the nearby rocks.
A pregnant spotted cleaner shrimp
'Holding On' - image of an urchin bumblebee shrimp in b/w
Adorable roughhead blenny!
I used f/2.8 to focus on just the blenny's eyes and cirri (horns), making them pop against the background.
Cruising the reef
Subal underwater housing, Canon 5D m2, Canon EF8-15mm@ 15mm, f16, 1/160s, ISO200, available light
Chain Moray in East End
Rippled sunlight shimmers on a stingray. Photographed on a wavy day at Stingray Sandbar.
"Lookout"
A dive master stands on the swim platform of a boat tied up above the Kittiwake.
"Surface Time"
A large Hawksbill catching a breather at the surface.
Itsy bitsy sea spider
"Floating"
Divers passing a sun lit gorgonian.
"Look into my Eyes"
A close up of a Lobster in the swim through at Creole Cliff.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Bi-colour - purple tip anemone with back and fill light
"Dive"
A Hawksbill Turtle dives down from the surface with the sun at his back.
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