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Lionfish: This lionfish was spotted hovering just above a reef ledge in Puerto Galera, Philippines. Shot was taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1 with underwater housing only.
Photocomp June '11 - Novice ...; Posted by LauraC Added: 17 Jun 2011, 11:47 am GMT 1 comment Reply added: 30 Sep 2011, 9:57 pm

Please, don´t close your mouth!: A cod being cleaned at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Sea&Sea DX-2G
Photocomp June '11 - Open...; Posted by EsperanzaM Added: 17 Jun 2011, 6:08 am GMT 2 comments Last reply added: 24 Sep 2011, 2:37 am

Australia's Grey Nurse Sharks - a plight for survival: Most divers in Australia will know that the Grey Nurse Shark population is under threat of extinction within our life time.......; Posted by Tim Hochgrebe Added: 16 Jun 2011, 9:58 am GMT 1 comment Reply added: 24 Jun 2011, 4:36 pm

Paul McCartney Recruits Surf Filmmaker Jack McCoy For 'Blue Sway': A new angle on underwater videography has been realised by Jack McCoy who filmed stunning sequences of surfer from inside the waves, tracking them with the German made ultra fast sea scooter called the SEABOB....; Posted by Tim Hochgrebe Added: 15 Jun 2011, 8:50 pm GMT No comments yet

Sun God: A Weedy Seadragon taken at Flinders in Victoria, Australia. Nikon D700 in Nexus Housing.
Photocomp May '11 - Open...; Posted by MattT Added: 26 May 2011, 10:40 pm GMT No comments yet

Winking Shrimp: Commensal shrimp winking at me while feeding. Bohol Philippines. Canon G11 ys-01, Sea & Sea strobe with macro lens.
Photocomp April '11 - Novice...; Posted by Andre SnoopyM Added: 20 Apr 2011, 9:38 pm GMT No comments yet

Grapple: Portrait of a Maldives Anemonefish. Mayafushi, Maldives. Nauticam Housing, Nikon D300 DSLR/105mm lens/2 x Inon Z240 strobes.
Photocomp March '11 - Open...; Posted by DavidH Added: 12 Mar 2011, 12:33 am GMT No comments yet

Garden Eel Close-up: Garden Eel at Dauin Philippines.
Photocomp February '11 - Open...; Posted by EunJae Im Added: 01 Mar 2011, 12:54 pm GMT No comments yet

Pygmy Sea horse: A pygmy seahorse taken at Lisenung Island, Papua New Guinea.
Photocomp February '11 - Open...; Posted by AndrewM Added: 27 Feb 2011, 9:35 pm GMT No comments yet

On The Prowl: Image of a Bobtail Squid taken on a night dive at Rye pier in Victoria, Australia. Nikon D700 in Nexus Housing & twin Z240s.
Photocomp February '11 - Open...; Posted by MattT Added: 27 Feb 2011, 3:55 pm GMT No comments yet

Cyclone Yasi and the Great Barrier Reef: After the massive impact of Cyclone Yasi, Australia stops to consider the consequences of this natural disaster on the economy, nature and life in Australia as such....; Posted by Tim Hochgrebe Added: 04 Feb 2011, 12:04 pm GMT 1 comment Reply added: 24 Feb 2011, 11:10 am

I'd love to become a diver, but ... SEVEN most common cop-outs: Most people who don't dive would have at least thought once about exploring this amazing part of the planet they have been missing so far. There are many common excuses on why people decide not to take the plunge; generally a lack of knowledge keeps people from trying. Let's debunk some of those myths and get more people SCUBA diving!...; Posted by Tim Hochgrebe Added: 28 Jan 2011, 1:43 pm GMT 4 comments Last reply added: 30 Jan 2011, 10:18 pm

Say Aaah: 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 ...; Posted by SteveDeNeef Added: 21 Dec 2010, 1:25 pm GMT No comments yet

Spotted: Blotched Fantail Ray. Baa Atol, Maldives. Nauticam Housing, Nikon D300 DSLR/12-24mm lens/2 x Inon Z240 strobes.
Photocomp November '10 - Open ...; Posted by DavidH Added: 01 Dec 2010, 9:58 am GMT No comments yet

SCUBA Diving and Asthma: For as long as I can remember I wanted to SCUBA dive. I remember being fascinated by my dad’s cylinders of air with yellow flaking paint and belts of lead weights that lay around the house, and the promise of what lay beneath the surface of the sea. As luck would have it, by the time I seriously started thinking about diving I had been diagnosed with adult asthma....; Posted by Nerissa Penfold Added: 17 Nov 2010, 3:16 pm GMT No comments yet

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Winners of the Underwater Festival 2011 - The Australasia Challenge: by Tim Hochgrebe; From the 2nd to the 11th of September 2011, hundreds of divers from all around the world participated in this 'underwater snapshot of Australasia' in all kinds of ways. They dived their way from Sydney to Cairns in 10 days, circumnavigated Bali, showed off their favourite 'own backyard' dive sites, travelled long distances to participate in one of the organised Fringe Events or created their own.

underwater australasia Photocompetition 2007-08 Winners: by Tim Hochgrebe; The annual underwater.com.au photo competition is over, the judges have spoken and we are ready to announce the winners of the 4th annual underwater australasia photo competition.