Please share your most vivid photographs of underwater creatures

[Chasin Tales]

From a recent trip to Bonaire:

5DIII - Ikelite housing w/ DS51 strobes; 100 mm macro

 

[Chasin Tales]

And some Molly Miller portraits from Pensacola:

5DIII - Ikelite housing w/ DS51 strobes; 100 mm macro

 

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From a recent trip to Bonaire:

Great series. Nicely done.

...And welcome to CR

 

[Northbird]

Frogspawn Coral (Euphyllia paradivisa) by Tony Varela Photography, on Flickr

 

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Lovely shot Northbird

 

[ZimUW]

A couple of shots from a trip to the Red Sea (liveboard).

 

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Beautiful pictures Johan 8)

 

[mikejkay]

Hin Daeng

 

[canon_guy]

Wish I knew what this type of fish is called.

(Canon 7D + 50mm f/1.4 @ f/1.8, 1/200 sec, ISO 500)

very nice shot!!!i like it, fish with character))

 

[Coldhands]

Confession: this was taken with an Olympus E-PL2, which I use more-or-less exclusively for UW. With this system, the strobes rely on optical slave triggers that are connected to the housing by fibre-optic cables where they transmit the light from the on-board pop-up flash. Of course, when I went diving with a pair of (trained) dolphins, I neglected to raise the flash while setting up, and since the housing doesn't feature a plunger to press the button, it remained folded away, limiting me to available light.

Luckily, I managed to adapt and come away with one of my favourite UW shots, which I probably wouldn't have taken were it not for a stupid error.

Untitled by colin|whittaker, on Flickr

 

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Lovely shot Coldhands.

 

[Northbird]

Australian coral with feeding tentacles extended.


Acanthastrea Lordhowensis Coral by Tony Varela Photography, on Flickr

 

[Mantadude]

Here are some galleries of underwater photos: http://www.oceanshutter.com/f640704591

Here are some links to video I have shot also: http://www.oceanshutter.com/videos

Dustin