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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Brian Mayes

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"Warning over 18's only, close your eyes if you are under... by Brian Mayes
"Warning over 18's only, close your eyes if you are under 18";-)..... Mating allied cowries (Pseudosimnia sinensis)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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"Look into my eyes.......you are feeling sleepy.....vote ... by Brian Mayes
"Look into my eyes.......you are feeling sleepy.....vote for me."
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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"I love you little cuttlefish" by Brian Mayes
"I love you little cuttlefish"
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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"I spy with my little eye....." by Brian Mayes
"I spy with my little eye....."
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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I guess if you are an Emperor you have the right to eat t... by Brian Mayes
I guess if you are an Emperor you have the right to eat the others.
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51 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Commensal Urchin Shrimp (Allopontonia iaini) with eggs. U... by Brian Mayes
Commensal Urchin Shrimp (Allopontonia iaini) with eggs. Usually found at the bottom of fire urchins feeding on detritus in the sand.
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date posted posted: Monday, October 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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My first Xeno Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) head close... by Brian Mayes
My first Xeno Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) head close up. They appear to remove polyps from their host whip coral and attach the polyps on to their shell for camouflage. I'm amazed the polyps don't die...Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 lenses, Full Frame
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Look into my eyes.....you are feeling sleepy........you ... by Brian Mayes
"Look into my eyes.....you are feeling sleepy........you will vote for me"......Canon G9, Inon UCL-165 lenses, full frame
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) close-up. ... by Brian Mayes
Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) close-up. Canon G9, Inon UCL-165 lenses, full frame.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Your buddy went that way" by Brian Mayes
"Your buddy went that way"
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date posted posted: Friday, July 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"You wanna kiss?" by Brian Mayes
"You wanna kiss?"
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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One shot from a sequence (on my flickr photostream) of tw... by Brian Mayes
One shot from a sequence (on my flickr photostream) of two shrimps on two trailing nudibranchs....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 and Inon UCL-165's
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How does that man find such subjects, then shoot 'em pin sharp. Good job he has Jill as his spotter!
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Munch...munch...aha...delicious!".....Nembrotha chamberl... by Brian Mayes
"Munch...munch...aha...delicious!".....Nembrotha chamberlaini, Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 lenses.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A tiny Imperial Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) hiding un... by Brian Mayes
A tiny Imperial Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) hiding under the gills of nudibranch (Jorunna funebris)....¸> <((((º> ...Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close-up lenses.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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While photographing a tiny painted frogfish, Larry shows ... by Brian Mayes
While photographing a tiny painted frogfish, Larry shows the secrets of DIFO with his Canon G9 and stacked Inon UCL-165 close-up lenses...¸> <((((º> ....Everyone will be taking great macro from now on. ;-)
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date posted posted: Monday, June 22, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sawblade acrobats, one Sawblade Shrimp (Tozeuma armatum) ... by Brian Mayes
Sawblade acrobats, one Sawblade Shrimp (Tozeuma armatum) balances on the tail of the other. Photographing them is easy, but teaching them to be stunt shrimps is difficult. ;-) ....¸> <((((º> ....Canon G9
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Janolus species nudibranch.....¸><((((º>.....Canon G9 & I... by Brian Mayes
Janolus species nudibranch.....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 close-up lens
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That man Mayes has been away again...
51 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Tiny Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus) about the size... by Brian Mayes
Tiny Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus) about the size of a fingernail...¸> <((((º> ....Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses
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date posted posted: Friday, June 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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"I'm going to suck the life out this green ascidian"....N... by Brian Mayes
"I'm going to suck the life out this green ascidian"....Nudibranch (Chromodoris lochi)..¸> <((((º> Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close-up lenses
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Mmmmm.....this sponge smells delicious!"....Hypselodoris... by Brian Mayes
"Mmmmm.....this sponge smells delicious!"....Hypselodoris nudibranch...¸> <((((º> ...Canon G9 and stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"I spy with my little eye" an Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Sole... by Brian Mayes
"I spy with my little eye" an Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)......¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses.
74 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A tiny baby Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata), even mo... by Brian Mayes
A tiny baby Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata), even more beautiful than the adult version....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 close up lens
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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"Up periscope", Schultz's Pipefish (Corythoichthys schult... by Brian Mayes
"Up periscope", Schultz's Pipefish (Corythoichthys schultzi) pops it's head up to look around....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 close up lens.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming at Takawide 1... by Brian Mayes
Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming at Takawide 1 in Lembeh Straits.....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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I was surprised to find this tiny jawfish out in the open... by Brian Mayes
I was surprised to find this tiny jawfish out in the open. After quickly trying to dig a burrow, it resorted to this open mouth threat posture. Unless of course it's saying "OMG, I going to be on Underwaterphotograpy.com"....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Fish Tug O' War?..."You wanna piece of me?" ..¸><((((º><º... by Brian Mayes
Fish Tug O' War?..."You wanna piece of me?" ..¸> <((((º> <º)))> <....Red-Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandi), Canon G9 plus Inon UCL-165 close-up lens and cropped.
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excellent behavior shot Brian
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date posted posted: Friday, April 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Whip Coral Shrimps (Dasycaris zanzibarica)......¸><((((º>... by Brian Mayes
Whip Coral Shrimps (Dasycaris zanzibarica)......¸> <((((º> ......Canon G9 & 2 x Inon UCL-165 close-up lenses
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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