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Feather duster.
The Calico Bass is one of the "signature" fish in the California Kelp Forests. Sought by anglers and spearfishers, they are hard to photograph. This image taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing. Natural Light.
Lighthouse reef near Key west has a substantial abundance of fish. Saw this one just after getting out the the boat.
Sleepy Shark. A hornshark rests on top of a reef in the kelp forest at Anacapa Island. Image taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite Housing with natural light.
The frogfish always gets a photographers immediate attention
Diver on the Mahi
Giant purple-striped jellyfish in the open ocean, off the coast of southern california. We are at 30m depth, with 300 meters of water underneath us. This jellyfish had it's own ecosystem of fish along with it.
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Looking at the eyes of the demon! And what pretty eyebrows she has! Hermit crab on the reef at Boynton Beach Florida.
Look closely and you can read the name of the boat, Island Ventures. Canon T2i Tokina Fisheye lens Ikelite DS-160 strobes
Crush. A green turtle off Makena Landing, Maui, Hawaii. Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT with a 10-22mm wide angle zoom in an Ikelite Housing. Image shot while free-diving without SCUBA.
My buddy Dave with the local Hawaiian spinner dolphins.
Bottlenose dolphin from the Fairwind II
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Pelagic Trigger Fish. Taken at night in the abyss, 3 miles off the Kona coast in Hawaii. Water depth below us was probably 6000 feet deep.
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N.Y. 34str.
A diver back-rolls into a different world. Taken with a Canon 20d f/4.5 @ 1/400.
Taken at night in the abyss, 3 miles off the Kona coast in Hawaii. Water depth below us was probably 6000 feet deep.
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Tam and the Turtle 2010. A Green Sea Turtle visited by snorklers at Makena Landing, Maui, Hawaii. Shot with a Canon 350D and Canon 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite Housing while freediving without SCUBA.
Taken at night in the abyss, 3 miles off the Kona coast in Hawaii. Water depth below us was probably 6000 feet deep.
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Blue Whale breach feeding off Redondo Beach submarine canyon
Whitespotted Boxfish
Reflection. Mirrors on a sunken boat at one of my favorite dive sites. Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach Florida.
Bristle Worms are abundant at Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach, Florida. Taken with Olympus Evolt E-300 and Inon Z-240 strobe.
Akule Bait Ball in Keauhou, Hi. This was taken on film with a nikonos V / 20mm sea&sea, while freediving (breath hold diving, no tanks). Depths up to 70ft.
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Up close and personal with the Blue Dragon Nudibranch in Hawaii
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Napili Bay, Maui Hawaii.
Lionfish have invaded the Keys. Patti Gross is a part of the effort to capture and kill these predators
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