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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Ellen Rierson

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I have no idea how I missed the Lion Fish when I was shooting, but I didn't see him until I loaded the photo. I hope they're aren't a lot more down there that I missed munching on the Silversides!
Cuttlefish on Wakatobi Reef - Canon T2i in Nauticam; Zen mini-dome; f/8, 1/180; Tokina 10-17mm @17; dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes
"All Smiles" Canon T2i/100mm macro; f/22; 1/125; ISO100
Kittiwake, Grand Cayman
Riot of Color - Canon T2i/Nauticam
Sponge spawning on Bloody Bay Wall - Canon T2i / Nauticam / Tokina 10-17mm
Taken in Little Cayman - Canon T2i/Nauticam/Canon 100mm macro lens
Hungry Turtle on Bloody Bay Wall - Canon T2i/Nauticam/Tokina 10-17mmm
Bloody Bay Wall / Little Cayman - Canon T2i/Nauticam/Sea&Sea YS-D1 (2)/Tokina 10-17mm @ 10mm / 1/200, f/8, ISO 200
Bloody Bay Wall in Grand Cayman. Shot with Canon T2i/Nauticam / Tokina 10-17mm
Got to spend some time with this guy in Little Cayman - Up Close & Personal. Canon T2i/Nauticam/Tokina 10-17mm
Tok 10-17, Canon T2i @ Lost Wall of East End, Grand Cayman
Taken at Stingray Sandbar in the early morning hours. Tok 10-17; Canon T2i; natural light.
Canon T2i; 100mm macro; f/32; 1/180; ISO 200; 2 Ike strobes @ full power pointed outward
Canon 100mm macro with +5 diopter. Babylon, Grand Cayman.
Friendly turtle on Cayman's East End. Shot with T2i/Tokina 10-17 FE at 17mm; 1/125; 100 ISO; f/6.3; 2 Ike strobes at about half power.
Under da boat on Cayman's East End. I started shooting this guy when he was down in a crevice and he started climbing up all the way until he got to the top of the mini-wall. It was almost like he was contemplating climbing aboard the boat!
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This was taken at the Stingray Sandbar in Cayman, with natural light and my Tokina 10-17 FE.
Grouper in Little Cayman; T2i w/ Canon 100mm macro lens; Nauticam housing; Ike strobes
Social feather dusters in Grand Cayman taken with Canon T21 in Nauticam housing; Canon 100mm macro lens.
This was taken in the Exumas in July 2012. I came across a group of tiny crabs fighting over a conch shell. It was shot with a Canon T2i in a Nauticam housing, 100mm macro lens and Ikelite strobes.
 
 
 
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