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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By John M Akar

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Jelly - intersting question but is a close shot taken wit... by John M Akar
Jelly - intersting question but is a close shot taken with a wide-angle lens, wide angle or macro?
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date posted posted: Friday, October 6, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Aladdins Cave - Fethiye. Like being in a cathedral by John M Akar
Aladdins Cave - Fethiye. Like being in a cathedral
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 5, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Ionian Sea Turkey
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Net wall - discarded net on a reef in Turkey. thankfully ... by John M Akar
Net wall - discarded net on a reef in Turkey. thankfully nothing caught in it!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Rambo - duck dive in natural cavern. by John M Akar
Rambo - duck dive in natural cavern.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 3, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Reef - top of reef in Turkey or is it the moon?? by John M Akar
Reef - top of reef in Turkey or is it the moon??
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date posted posted: Monday, October 2, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Clown peep. Been a while since a clown was on! I miss them by John M Akar
Clown peep. Been a while since a clown was on! I miss them

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We get so many clownfish so a new treatment is worth noting
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Lord of the rings. Several gos later! by John M Akar
Lord of the rings. Several gos later!
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date posted posted: Monday, September 25, 2006
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Coral lobsters - interstingly enough, you'll notice one's... by John M Akar
Coral lobsters - interstingly enough, you'll notice one's a leftie and the other's a rightie! I wonder why?
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 14, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Ceratosoma trilobatum - Thanks Brian! by John M Akar
Ceratosoma trilobatum - Thanks Brian!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Crocodile head - smiler. Canon 300d by John M Akar
Crocodile head - smiler. Canon 300d
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Banded sea serpent. Took a lot of effort to get round to ... by John M Akar
Banded sea serpent. Took a lot of effort to get round to the front of this snake and wait! Balsted thing kept changing its mind and direction. Patience definitely a plus when shooting snakes!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 11, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Morays - The one in the bottom right looks so dumb by com... by John M Akar
Morays - The one in the bottom right looks so dumb by comaprison to his fierce mate!
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date posted posted: Friday, September 8, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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I'm so pretty! One-eyed flatwish, I wonder how the it los... by John M Akar
I'm so pretty! One-eyed flatwish, I wonder how the it lost the other one. Of course it could have been a very long wink!!
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 7, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Beautypuss. This is the equivalent of the octopus sitting... by John M Akar
Beautypuss. This is the equivalent of the octopus sitting on its front porch. The bottle was its home. We waited but it wouldn't go back in although it came teasingly close
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 5, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Praying xeno - cannon 300d. I think this one is saying - ... by John M Akar
Praying xeno - cannon 300d. I think this one is saying - "please let this be the last photo today!"
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 4, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Giant Mantis eyes. Canon 300D. This mantis was clearing i... by John M Akar
Giant Mantis eyes. Canon 300D. This mantis was clearing its burrow of coral rubble. My word it was huge!!

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Watch out, these guys eat cameras for breakfast!
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Emperor shrimp - Canon 300D. There were two running aroun... by John M Akar
Emperor shrimp - Canon 300D. There were two running around the cucumber but couldn't both of them in frame at the same time so decided to focus on the one
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date posted posted: Monday, August 14, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Commensal shrimp - canon 300D. Another colour I've never ... by John M Akar
Commensal shrimp - canon 300D. Another colour I've never seen before
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 10, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Just started learning colour - Canon 300D. This little fe... by John M Akar
Just started learning colour - Canon 300D. This little fella must have been a coule of days old as this was the best colour display it was able to achieve
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 3, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Crinoid shrimp. Canon 350, 50 mm macro and 2 x Woody. I a... by John M Akar
Crinoid shrimp. Canon 350, 50 mm macro and 2 x Woody. I always find it aazing how these shrimp take on the colours of the crinoids they live in
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 1, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Two's always good company. Canon 300D, twin Inon. Had to ... by John M Akar
Two's always good company. Canon 300D, twin Inon. Had to hang upside down to get these nudis (Chromidoris I think) orientated right

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Nudi cuddle!
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Yellow thorny seahorse. Canon 10D. by John M Akar
Yellow thorny seahorse. Canon 10D.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 10, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Curves and volcanoes. Canon 300D. Matching outline by John M Akar
Curves and volcanoes. Canon 300D. Matching outline
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 9, 2006
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Wonderpus. Canon 300D. 50mm macro. Count the legs! someon... by John M Akar
Wonderpus. Canon 300D. 50mm macro. Count the legs! someone got a good snack
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 6, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Monday morning! Canon 300D, 50mm copact macro. God I know... by John M Akar
Monday morning! Canon 300D, 50mm copact macro. God I know how he feels!!
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Angel - canon 10D 24mm wide angle. Took some time witht t... by John M Akar
Angel - canon 10D 24mm wide angle. Took some time witht the sun overhead but finally got the silhouette avoiding bloom
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A simple, yet effective silhouette
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Indonesia
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Clown and parasite (in mouth) - Canon 10D. poor thing! TaBob by John M Akar
Clown and parasite (in mouth) - Canon 10D. poor thing! TaBob
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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