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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Frank Schneider

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Xeno Crab on Whip-Coral.
Nikon D2Xs in Seacam housing + Seacam flash.
Divespot Shaab Rumi/Sudan; Precontinent II, Cousteau-house from 1963. Nikon D2Xs, Nikon Zoom AF 12 - 24 mm; 2 flashes: Seacam Seaflash 150 TTL, Seacam flash Mini 100. Model: Karin.
Precontinent II is one of my absolute topspots worldwide!
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2009
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This is how you shoot models. It's the top people's vote for the month too. The people have good taste!
F4 Phantom, Subic bay/Philippines, -44 m (152 ft). Nikon D2Xs, Nikon fisheye 10,5 mm in a Seacam-housing with Seacam Miniflash 100. Model: Tanja.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009
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nice aircraft wreck Frank
Diver with Turtle, Muscat, Oman. Nikonos RS, UW-Zoom 20-35 mm, flash Nikon SB104. Model: Ursula
"Baby 's got blue eyes..." - Nikon D2Xs, Seacam housing, Nikon Zoom 12 - 24mm, Flash Seacam Miniflash 100 (manual setting). Model: Tanja. THIS IS NO PHOTOSHOP IMAGE!
"LIGHTSHOW" - Indoor-Shooting with a Nikon F3 in a Hugyfot-housing, Nikon 24 mm, Flash Hartenberger 250 TTL - Model: Ira
Girl with softcoral - Nikon D2Xs, Seacam-housing, Nikon Zoom 12-24 mm, Flash Seacam Mini100 (manual setting) - Model: Tanja
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just look at that old US divers mask. You can't get them any more but they were the classic mask for photography. Add a beautiful model, foreground interest, tilt the head. This shot was not an accident!
"SNAP-SHOT!"
Done during a shark-feeding on the Bahamas with Stuart Cove's.
Feeder and photographer with chain-gloves. So please...
DON'T TRY THIS IN YOUR BATHTUB AT HOME. :-))) - Nikon D2Xs/Seacam, Nikon Zoom 12-24 mm, Nikon SB105
Sharks surrounding a diver - real photo, no photoshop-trick... The image was done at the Bahamas, dive spot was "shark wall" (from Stuart Cove's). Thanks to Ursula, the model and Erwin Moss, our dive buddy for the shooting from click here
Red frogfish and photographing diver; Sabang beach, shallow water, Nikonos RS, Fisheye, Flash Nikon SB104 - Model: Leda
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2006

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Now here's a shot that should be on the cover of a diving magazine
"The winner takes it all!" Wide angle close up of carribean reefsharks, taken an armlength away, but without chaingloves...
 
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