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This category shows the winning images from the monthly HotShots i.e. the Best of the Best!
Taken at Dyer Island, South Africa, which is Great White ... by Johannes Felten
Taken at Dyer Island, South Africa, which is Great White Shark territory. Because of the thousands of seals around, it was difficult getting a shot of just one by itself.
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I bet Johannes had one eye over his shoulder taking this!
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2004
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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Grey Reef Shark, Apataki Atoll, French Polynesia by Mike Veitch
Grey Reef Shark, Apataki Atoll, French Polynesia
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2004
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This is how to fill your frame with a subject!
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 30, 2004
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
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These wrasses were oblivious to my presence while fightin... by Nonoy Tan
These wrasses were oblivious to my presence while fighting over territory.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2003
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A keenly observed behavior shot
59 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 10, 2003
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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Freediving with this female whaleshark in Mozambique was ... by Andrew Woodburn
Freediving with this female whaleshark in Mozambique was a stunning experience. Sea & sea MM2 ex +16mm
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2003
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natural light shot with a human giving a sense of scale. Pleanty of Whale shark shots, this one is in the top 5%
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date posted posted: Friday, February 14, 2003
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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B24 Liberator Bomber ditched in 1944 indonesia lying @22m... by Andrew Woodburn
B24 Liberator Bomber ditched in 1944 indonesia lying @22m. All crew survived
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2003
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Here's a nice B/W fisheye shot. Not many U/W shots work looking down - here's one that does!
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 25, 2003
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Indonesia
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name/blawa, nikonosV 12mm sea&sea lenses + strobe, locati... by Peter Moses Paltinger
name/blawa, nikonosV 12mm sea&sea lenses + strobe, location/andamanen sea @ hin daeng @ lunchtime
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2002
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nice positioning pays off for Peter's shot
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2002
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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Cave,Sagres, F90x by José Augusto Silva
Cave,Sagres, F90x
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2002
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Nice atmospheric shot José
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2002
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
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Sea-Horse, Porto Alga (Polignano - Bari) Italy by Giorgio Puppi
Sea-Horse, Porto Alga (Polignano - Bari) Italy
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Here's a nice example of color contrast. Good shot Giorgio!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2002
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Diving on a rebreather at Cocos Island means the animals ... by Erin Quigley
Diving on a rebreather at Cocos Island means the animals get really close. I had to wedge myself into the rocks and out of the killer current in order to take this shot - Nikonos RS and 1 SB104
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Now this is a nice shot. Look at this guy's eye!
59 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 30, 2001
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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Garibaldi beneath kelp streamers by george perina
Garibaldi beneath kelp streamers
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George is the master of the Californian Kelp forest shot. Here's another juicy one!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2001
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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Wreck of the Giannis D can be found alongside at least 6 ... by Len Deeley
Wreck of the Giannis D can be found alongside at least 6 other wrecks on Abu Nuhas 'the reef of the seven deaths'. Northern Red Sea. Nikon F90x in Aquatica housing. 16mm lens
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2002
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This one is a nice, graphic Close focus wide angle shot
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2002
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
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Moray Eel taken on French Reef, Key Largo by Keith Hamlin
Moray Eel taken on French Reef, Key Largo
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date posted posted: Friday, June 23, 2000
date posted category: Wide Angle - Year 2000 entries
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Nudibranch , coryphella Veruca by Michael Jensen
Nudibranch , coryphella Veruca
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date posted posted: Friday, June 16, 2000
date posted category: Macro - Last years entries
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