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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Becky Kagan

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14 foot Tiger shark checks out a diver off the West End of Grand Bahama. You just have to have so much respect for these sharks!
A Lemon shark cruises near the surface with a bunch of hitchikers!
Respect. This large 14 foot female Tiger shark cruised by my camera at least 3 times coming so close I could touch her. She slowed down every time to check me out then went on her way. Such beautiful animals.
Diver checks out the massive cavern at Buford spring, a hidden freshwater sinkhole in swamp of FL. It looks like a puddle on the surface but underneath opens up into a whole new world!
I was diving from another boat and taking my time shooting pictures on the wall when I looked up to see another boat had obviously dropped off divers, all i could think was SWIM AWAY SWIM AWAY!
The image of a leaf on a journey through a freshwater creek in Pennsylvania, turned upsidown for effect.
Alex swimming around in Jackson blue's cave enterance in Marianna FL.
Spearfishing in the Dry Tortugas. Swimming through a school of permit.
Everyone says this looks like doom, or something out of a sci-fi movie. This was taken in the moulth of a cave, a freshwater spring where the red tannic water is mixing with the clear spring water.
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an open water diver decends down into the moulth of a freshwater cave. Its the middle of the day and the strong sunlight can just penetrate the river water mixing with the fresh spring water.
The red tannic river water makes an amazing view from below when it mixes with crystal clear spring water.
underwater canyons....
My dive buddy entering Buford spring out in the swamp in Florida. Neat dive, long walk thru muck to get there but the reward is so worth it!
Skin diver glides down to check out a resting manatee in Crystal river FL
My buddy swims around an upsidown zero from WWII in 30ft of water in Truk Lagoon
Chuuk lagoon inside th Heian Maru shooting projectiles still sitting on carts from WWII
Wine and Sake bottles scattered across the cargo hold of the Fujikawa in Chuuk Lagoon. Used a 150 watt HID to light it up..no strobes
WWII upsidown Japanese zero with my buddy Roy shooting some video of it in Chuuk Lagoon.
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Final RoundThrough to 2007 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
Nice piccy from Chuuky Becky (sorry couldn't resist it!)
Brian swimming down to get a closer look at a manatee in Crystal river!
Love is in the water!!! Crystal river manatees
Happy Holidays from the Chanukkah/Christmas crayfish!!!! Oh and he had help from his little ISO Elves in their workshop in the north HOLE ! =)
beautiful fiji
My buddie Dave squeezing his video camera through a restriction in Cow springs cave. I was even more contorted to take this photo in such a tight spot. used 2 strobes to light him, and we did get got good video too!!!
Mayan blue cenote...taken with no stobes at the moulth of the cave looking at the surface. Enjoy
Mexico cenote labna-ha. this was a 10 second exposure no strobes. huge underwater cave system below this dry portion of the cave.
Giant sloth bones in kolimba cave
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2006

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Editor's Comment
Them bones, them bones... Good natural history shot. We've not seen this subject before
The wreck of the Sea Viking in Nassau.
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