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WilliamL
Pink-eye Goby. Manado Cocotinos House Reef - Posi Posi 2, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Shot with Canon 40D, Canon 100L, Ikelite 161 x 2. Shot at 1/250 - f/10 - ISO100, Manual Mode, Manual Lighting.
Photocomp July '12 - Open
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SHAYNES
Twin Pigfish taken at the Aldermans, New Zealand. Sealife DC1200, with twin Sea&Sea strobes with a fisheye lens.
Photocomp July '12 - Novice
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RobertoE
A herd of Skeleton Shrimps. Anilao, Philippines. Canon 1000d + 2 strobe YS110alpha + 60mm Macro.
Photocomp June '12 - Novice
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J_deGuzman
Snooted Seahorse at Anilao Batangas Philippines. Nikon D300, Sea and Sea Housing, Nikkor 105mm VR macro, +5 Reefnet Subsee Magnifier/Adapater, YS-250 Strobes, Seahorn Snoot.
Photocomp June '12 - Open
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BenL
Whip Coral Goby at Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Canon 7D, Nauticam Housing, Canon 100mm IS, INON s2000 Strobes, Subsee +10 diopter, L&M SOLA 600.
Photocomp May '12 - Novice
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PaulS
A Porcelain Crab feeding at Flat Rock on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia. Canon G11 Ikelite housing DS51 strobe, x8 macro lens.
Photocomp May '12 - Open
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Andrea Pescarolo
Squid at Anilao, Philippines.Canon G10 with 10bar housing, one Sea&Sea YS 110 alpha and one Canon 430 with 10bar housing.
Photocomp April '12 - Novice
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Dieter Kudler
Yap Caverns, Yap Island, Micronesia, 10 mm, Nikon D7000, 1/400, f10, ISO 100.
Photocomp April '12 - Open
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BenL
Crinoid Shrimp at Anilao, Philippines. Canon 7D, Nauticam Housing, Canon 100mm IS, INON s2000 Strobes, Subsee +10 diopter, L&M SOLA 600.
Photocomp March '12 - Novice
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DougA
Emperor Shrimp hitching a ride at Seraya, Bali, Indonesia. Olympus e-520, Sigma 105mm, Inon z240.
Photocomp March '12 - Open
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JunT
Bright red Squat Lobsters at Anilao Philippines. Canon G12 + Inon 165 UCL.
Photocomp February '12 - Open
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LumirK
Green Moray (Gymnothorax prasinus) at The Steps, Kurnell, Sydney, Australia. Canon IXUS 105
Photocomp February '12 - Novice
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WilliamL
A Whip Goby at Odyssea Point 1, Cocotinos Resort - House Reef, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Shot taken with a Canon 40D and 2 Ikelite DS161 substrobes Canon 100mm & Subsee +10 Diopter.
Photocomp January '12 - Open
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SHAYNES
Pigfish taken at Hahei Marine Reserve, New Zealand with Sealife DC1200 with macro lens fitted and single strobe.
Photocomp January '12- Novice
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luc
A Thorny Seahorse captured in Anilao, Philippines as it moved in-between the branches of the soft coral. Photograph taken with the Canon S90 and the Sea&Sea YS-01 Strobe.
Photocomp December '11 - Novice
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LeahS
Have been thus far unable to identify this sole sp - any insight much appreciated. Taken in Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia on a night dive with Nikon d200, Hugyfot housing & Ikelite DS 160s.
Photocomp December '11 - Open
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MichaelG
Potato Cod in black and white. Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Canon 20D with 10-22mm lens at 10mm in Ikelite housing with single Ikelite DS125 strobe.
Photocomp November '11 - Open
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ChrisD
A Banded Cleaner Shrimp. This image was taken whilst diving Pulau Payar at a site called the Coral Garden out of Langkawi, Malaysia. I was using a Sealife DC1200 camera.
Photocomp November '11 - Novice
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JackieC
Juvenile Batfish taken whilst diving in Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Image taken with a Canon S90 in Canon housing with Dual Inon strobes.
Photocomp October '11 - Open
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ChrisD
A lionfish hanging out near a sponge. Tunku Abdul Raman Marine Park in Kota Kinabalu Malaysia. Sealife DC1200.
Photocomp October '11 - Novice
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steffenB
A squid at Mabul, East Malaysia. Nikon D200, Tokina 10-17mm, Aquatica Housing, Ikelite 2x 125.
Photocomp September '11 - Open
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Nick Terry
This photo of Grey Nurse Shark was taken with a Nikon D200, fish-eye lens and a Sea&Sea housing at South West Rocks, Australia.
Photocomp August '11 - Novice
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WilliamL
In the face of a Whip Goby. Shot with Canon 40D and DS 161 at Manado coastal area, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Photocomp August '11 - Open
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JagwangK
Trumpetfish at Anilao, Philippines.
Photocomp July '11 - Open
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J_deGuzman
This nudibranch is no larger than a grain of rice. It was not until I viewed the image on my laptop I realized that there was a parasite on its back. Anilao, Batangas, Philippines. Nikon D300, Sea and Sea Housing. 105mm VR, +10 Subsee Adapter.
Photocomp May '11 - Open
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WilliamL
Imperial Shrimp at Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo was taken with a Canon 40, 2 Ikelite substrobes and Canon 60mm Macro lens with Subsee +10 Diopter @ 1/250 f3.5
Photocomp May'11 - Novice
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MattT
A Juvenile Bobtail Squid taken at Rye, Victoria, Australia at night. Nikon D700 & Inon Strobes.
Photocomp April '11 - Open
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SatoshiK
Big-eye Trevally photographed at the Navy Pier, Exmouth, Western Australia. Nikon F80, Sea & Sea housing, Nikon 18 - 35 mm, Sea & Sea YS90 x2.
Photocomp April '11 - Novice
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MattC
Synchronous swimming by a pair of adolescent humpback whales is suggestive of courtship behaviour. Nikon D90, Tokina 10-17mm lens, Patima housing. Taken in Vava'u, Tonga.
Photocomp March '11 - Open
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DavidH
A Ceratosoma amoenum at San Remo Pier next to Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The dives here have been offering more and more as we dive it. Dives are limited to max 1hr due to very fast current on tidal change. Canon G10.
Photocomp February '11 - Novice
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SteveDeNeef
I saw this goby yawning on its whip coral. I approached slowly to get a head shot and was lucky enough the goby started yawning again and didn't move at all. Bohol, Philippines. Canon 7D, Nauticam housing, 100mm lens, +10 subsee diopter, 2 Inon z240 strobes.
Photocomp December '10 - Open
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MattC
Each winter in the northern Great Barrier Reef, dwarf minke whales seek out and interact with boats, divers and snorkelers. Photo taken in Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Nikon D90, Tokina 10-17mm lens, Patima housing.
Photocomp November '10 - Open
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SusanS
A playful juvenile humpback comes in close to investigate this strange visitor to its environment. Taken in Vava'u, Tonga. Camera: Sony Cybershot N-1 with Sea & Sea wide angle conversion lens.
Photocomp November '10 - Novice
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SteveDeNeef
A Peacock mantis shrimp ventured out of its hole. This kind of mantis is among the most colorful in the family. Philippines. Nikon D300.
Photocomp October '10 - Open
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David Haintz
This is the first time that I have seen and photographed a Short-head Seahorse in Victoria, Australia. It was in around 6m at Blairgowrie Pier, which is becoming a real favourite with photographers. Canon G10.
Photocomp October '10 - Novice
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DavidH
The eye of a Conch. Anilao, Philippines.
Photocomp September '10 - Open
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J_deGuzman
This is a boxer crab that holds an anemone in each pincer and uses these anemones for protection like a boxer uses his fists for protection. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
Photocomp July '10 - Open
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CarolienM
Image of a juvenile Golden Weedfish hiding in the kelp, taken at Flinders Pier, Victoria, Australia. Taken with a Olympus SP-560UZ and a single z-240 inon strobe.
Photocomp June '10 - Novice
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Sangut Santoso
This image of a garfish was taken at Bat Bitim Island, West Papua, Indonesia.
Photocomp June '10 - Open
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AlexR
A cuttlefish posing at at Poblacion I, Dauin, Philippines.
Photocomp April '10 - Novice
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Goos
A swimming flatworm, Komodo, Indonesia. Canon EOS 5D in a Seacam housing, Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro lens, Seacam Seaflash 100.
Photocomp March '10 - Open
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AmandaChen
A Spot-fin Lionfish (Pterois antennata) in the Philippines. Canon G10.
Photocomp March '10 - Novice
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TroyB
This wreck is the MV Belama, Vanuatu.
Photocomp February '10 - Novice
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J_deGuzman
Whip Coral Commensal Shrimp. Anilao, Philippines.
Photocomp February '10 - Open
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TroyB
These nudibranchs were spotted at Oak Park, Cronulla, Australia. The camera is a Panasonic Lumix ft1, Panasonic housing, no strobe.
Photocomp January '10 - Novice
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AidenD
This shot of a Pygmy Seahorse was taken just near the Victory at Tulamben in Bali, Indonesia. I finally worked out how to use a macro!
Photocomp November '09 - Novice
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BrianH
I actually had to move my camera after taking this shot of this newborn humpback whale else it might have knocked the port. Tonga.
Photocomp November '09 - Open
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LeanneA
This shot of a Blue-ringed Octopus with eggs was taken at The Pipeline, Port Stephens, Australia in 8 metres of water.
Photocomp October '09 - Open
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AidenD
This wrasse was so interested in getting in front of the camera, I had the chance to get a great snap. Flinders Reef, Brisbane, Australia.
Photocomp October '09 - Novice
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Luke B
The amazing kelp forests at Fortescue Bay, Tasmania, Australia.
Photocomp September '09 - Open
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Andro Ananda
Two clownfish capture at night. What an ideal companion. Kecil Island, Karimunjawa National Park, Indonesia.
Photocomp September '09 - Novice
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DebiH
A squid coming in close at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Photocomp August '09 - Open
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JulianG
Shovelnose Ray at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia.
Photocomp August '09 - Novice
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DavidV
While drift diving amongst countless red toothed trigger fish and masses of coral, this colourful display caught my eye.
Photocomp July '09 - Novice
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diverdave
Frogfish at Coral Bay, Western Australia. Nikon D50.
Photocomp July '09 - Open
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DavidH
Free Swimming Blue Ribbon Eel. Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Photocomp June '09 - Open
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JulianG
A little squid spoted at The Clarence (wreck), St. Leonards, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp Jne '09 - Novice
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Goos
Juvenile Squid photographed at Komodo, Indonesia
Photocomp May '09 - Open
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JunT
I don’t have strobes yet, it’s the sun rays that gave this fish a translucent effect - Olympus c765 with pt-022 case. Taken in Marinduque, Philippines in April 2009.
Photocomp May '09 - Novice
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Gudge
Red Jellyfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, April 2009 with Canon 50D & Tokina 10-17 fisheye.
Photocomp April '09 - Open
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Emma F
An itsy bitsy starfish busily growing his legs atop an urchin test. Derwent River, Tasmania.
Photocomp February '09 - Novice
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TammyG
This gorgeous nudibranch was trying to blend into the telesto coral under the Ammo Jetty at Coogee, south of Perth, Western Australia.
Photocomp February '09 - Open
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MattC
Dwarf Minke Whales may be the most inquisitive of all cetaceans, yet they are among the least understood. Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Photocomp January '09 - Open
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IsabelleD
I think this picture tells clearly enough why this little, colorful and harmless fish is called "fang blenny". Racha Yai, Phuket, Thailand.
Photocomp January '09 - Novice
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jmA
This image of a Frogfish is a tribute for Ducomi Pier, Dumaguete, Philippines that was recently repaired and upgraded.
Photocomp December '08 - Open
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PeterP
Angler Fish at East Wall, Bare Island, Sydney, Australia.
Photocomp December '08 - Novice
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JunT
I was amazed with this giant cuttlefish, it changed color several times while I was taking photos. Beer Garden, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Photocomp November '08 - Novice
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Chris
A Black-tipped Rockcod has swallowed a Swift-footed Rockcrab. Cleaner Cave, Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia.
Photocomp November '08 - Open
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Gudge
A juvenile Bangai Cardinalfish shelters in the spines of a Fire Urchin. Taken Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
Photocomp October '08 - Open
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Ad
My first time seeing a Zanzibar Shrimp (Dasycaris zanzibarica) and they are absolutely photogenic! Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
Photocomp August '08 - Novice
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Erika Antoniazzo
This shot was taken in the lake Kakaban, Borneo, Indonesia.
Photocomp August '08 - Open
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steffenB
In June - July every year the Dwarf Minke Whale migrates up North to the Ribbon Reefs in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Photocomp July '08 - Open
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VinniS
A Mantis shrimp at Lighthouse Bommie, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Taken with a Fuji F30.
Photocomp July '08 - Novice
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PeterH
Towards the end of each year up to 100 Grey nurse sharks congregate at the shallow entrance to Fish Rock Cave, South West Rocks, Australia. Finally they all posed perfectly for me.
Photocomp June '08 - Open
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RichardC
The wreck of the HMNZS Canterbury in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
Photocomp June '08 - Novice
by
oko
Stay still...... A ghostpipefish at Vistamar Beach Club, Cebu, Philippines during a night dive.
Photocomp May '08 - Novice
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Sunphol
A soft coral amongst a pristine reef, Richelieu Rock, Thailand.
Photocomp May '08 - Open
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CraigK
Whale Shark descending into the blue water at Ningaloo. Ningaloo Reef out of Exmouth, Australia.
Photocomp April '08 - Open
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LarryM
My visitor from the deep. I was amazed when I photographed this squid as he looked liked an alien. Balai, Anilao, Philippines. Olympus SP350.
Photocomp February '08 - Novice
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TammyG
My buddy and I hit the jackpot when we found this beautiful Spanish Dancer. Rottnest Island, Western Australia.
Photocomp February '08 - Open
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LINDAJ
Juvenile Orbicular Batfish at Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Photocomp January '08 - Open
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LarryM
Sunset dive when I saw this nudibranch on an elephant ear-like soft coral. Layag to Kirby's, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.
Photocomp January '08 - Novice
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MattT
Image of a Southern Blue Devil taken on Lonsdale Wall, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
Photocomp December '07 - Open
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DeanB
This photo of an egg-laying Chromodoris annulata I took on the Boonsung Wreck off the Thailand Coast.
Photocomp December '07 - Novice
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Megan
A little seahorse hiding amongst the coral in Koh Doc Mai, Thailand. taken with a Canon Ixus.
Photocomp November '07 - Novice
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J_deGuzman
A baby False Stonefish sits happily on a colorful starfish. Samal Island, Davao, Philippines.
Photocomp November '07 - Open
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AlisonS
This Green Turtle was mid-water eating a jellyfish at Flat Rock Shark Gutters, North Stradbroke Island, Australia.
Photocomp October '07 - Open
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MattT
Stingless jellyfish photographed at the jellyfish lake, Palau, Micronesia.
Photocomp August '07 - Open
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CaelumM
An unusual green Pipefish spotted off Rye Pier, Victoria, Australia. It was clinging to some kelp waiting to ambush its prey.
Photocomp August '07 - Novice
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CaelumM
Two underwater photographers were trying to track down an elusive prickly anglerfish off Portsea Pier, Victoria.
Photocomp July '07 - Novice
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DougA
A Giant Cuttlefish photographed at Shark Point, Sydney, Australia.
Photocomp July '07 - Open
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DavidR
Taken with our little Olympus Stylus 720 underwater camera, while snorkelling with our 9 year old daughter in May, Port Kembla, NSW.
Photocomp June '07 - Novice
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daveS
Diving in at the shallows of Longreach Bay at Rottnest Island, Western Australia.
Photocomp June '07 - Open
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AlexT
A small octopus warily eyeing a cyanide bottle in Anilao, Philippines.
Photocomp May '07 - Open
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LEVENTK
Life is good for a Tube-guardian Crab in the protective tentacles of commensal tube anemone. Lembeh Straith, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Photocomp May '07 - Novice
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JoyG
A Hippocampus bargibanti taken at 82 feet at Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte, Philippines.
Photocomp April '07 - Open
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CaelumM
This Weedy Seadragon was photographed off Portsea Pier, Melbourne, Australia.
Photocomp April '07 - Novice
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TammyG
This Tube Anemone was feeding on goodies floating by in the Swan River on a night dive, Perth, Western Australia.
Photocomp March '07 - Novice
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AlexT
A whole lot of Ornate Ghost Pipefish at Anilao, Philippines.
Photocomp March '07 - Open
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Brendan
Taken on a shore night dive in Port Philip Bay, Melbourne, Australia.This one is of a couple of Southern Bobtail Squids, doing the dance of love. It looked like this handsome little man had his woman swept of her feet!
Photocomp November '06 - Open
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Bonga
I took this shot of a Pink Anemonefish on 'Lamont Reef' part of the Capricorn Bunker Group, Queensland, Australia.
Photocomp November '06 - Novice
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JohnS
Shaw's Cowfish, shot with Nikon D70 at Bicheno, Tasmania.
Photocomp October '06 - Open
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DougA
A Ceratosoma amoena, taken at Bare Island, La Perouse, Australia.
Photocomp October '06 - Novice
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DougA
Shovelnose Ray at Bare Island, La Perouse, Australia.
Photocomp September '06 - Novice
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alessioV
A Mantis Shrimp, ready to protect her eggs - Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
Photocomp September '06 - Open
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JohnS
A female Shaw's Cowfish casts a shy glance at the camera. Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
Photocomp August '06 - Open
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AgnesM
A true blue Melbourne seal doing what it does best... buzzing divers, Melbourne, Australia.
Photocomp August '06 - Novice
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DougA
A Pygmy Leatherjacket at Bare Island, Sydney, Australia.
Photocomp July '06 - Novice
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peter perry
A rare Pygmy Pipehorse (Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri). Taken at Bare Island, Sydney, Australia with a Sony DSC T3 with Marine Housing. Exact location is a secret!!
Photocomp November '5 - Novice
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AdrianM
Hypselodoris bullocki taken in Redang, West Malaysia using Olympus C5060, PT020 housing and in-built flash.
Photocomp October '05 - Novice
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peter perry
Eastern Frog Fish (Batrachomoeus dubius). A face only a mother could love! Bare Island Taken with Sony T3.
Photo Comp September '05 - Novice
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Blaze
This little blenny obviously needed his passport shot taken as he was most obliging and kept very still. Taken at Two Caves on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Fuji F810 with INON Macro lens and D2000 strobe.
Photo Comp September '05 - Open
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Maxi
The picture was taken on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef With Canon Eos 1Ds 100mm Canon lens and and UK germany housing.Photocomp August '05 - Novice
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andrew read
Taken at Port Stephens, NSW, March 2005 using a Nikon D70. The Dolphin fish is a fast moving pelagic species. The photo shows off the colourful beauty of this amazing species. Photocomp August '05 - Open
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Mark Thompson
The girl has been at at divesite called Nonki out at Holmes Reef now for a few years. She has the habit of coming up to you and trying to nip your neck and slamming into the purge button on your reg. This shot was taken late last year using a Canon300D in an Ikelite housing and a single 125 strobe. Photocomp March '05 - Open
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Mark Thompson
Taken with Canon 300D in Ikelite housing using standard 18-55 lens and single Ikelite 125 strobe. Whilst only a small specimen (looks as if the little fella has just gained it's adult colours) it is still absolutely glorious. He tried to hide in a cave, but I found him. Three shots taken. This one I prefer due to the back lighting and the angle of the fish (the others are a more normal position). Photocomp Feburary '05 - Open
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Danny
Taken on the "Lena", a wreck off Bunbury, WA. Photocomp February '05 - Novice
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Davy
This photo is authentic with no photographic manipulation. Taken inside the bridge of the HMAS Swan Wreck, Dunsborough, WA. Diver is an Instructor with over 5000 dives and 26 years experience. Taken in an overhead environment at 15 meters and even with preparation and practise had an element of risk. No scuba equipment within easy reach. Three experienced back up divers just out of shot.
Photocomp November '04 - Open
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KarKaradon
This one was hiding under the bow of a wreck just off of the North Mole in Fremantle, WA. There was a fair amount of surge on this night dive. This was my 1st attempt at photography at night and only my 3rd go with my new u/w camera. Taken with an Olympus C-5060, with internal flash.
Photocomp November '04 - Novice
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Glenn Bailey
Cave Diving at Mount Gambier, South Australia. Photocomp October '04 - Open
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John Natoli
Thorny-back Cowfish behind Hugo's Trench, Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, NSW in approximately 20 meters. Shot with Olympus Mju 400D, built in flash. Photocomp October '04 - Novice
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ron.j
I found these white Jewel Anemones attached to a black coral tree on the buckets of the Coolooli, Sydney, today something I thought I would never see. Photocomp September '04 - Open
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Nat
The photo was taken at Bicheno, Tasmania at approx 30m, with a Sony 4.0 Megapixel Cybershot with no additional strobe. I started underwater photography in October 2003. Photocomp September '04 - Novice