Page 15 Top 1st Place Mirrorless Wide-Angle by Matthew Sullivan. The story, "Found this juvenile Wood Turtle in a beautiful mountain creek in Pennsylvania. These turtles are endangered and finding them is a privilege. Getting to photograph her in her aquatic habitat was well worth the effort of lugging all my camera gear up into the mountains." Location: The Bridge Waterfall, Pennsylvania, USA
Page 15 Bottom 1st Place Mirrorless Macro by Simon Chiu. The story, "It's a small filefish always camouflages in soft coral. I used 2 diopters which has very short focus distance for this shot, so I had to hold myself still to avoid scaring away this cute fellow." Location: Mactan, Cebu, Philippines
Previous Page: "Feeling Exposed" 1st Place Macro & Best of Show by Jeff Milisen. Story, "I was on a blackwater dive with a member of the Roddenberry family (of Star Trek fame) watching a parade of underwater aliens drift past when this larval cusk eel swam by. The external stomach helps the developing fish grow as fast as possible by eeking every last bit of nutrition from its every meal. Out of the four divers underwater that day, we had over 1000 blackwater dives under our belt and none of us had ever seen anything like it, whether on earth or boldly going elsewhere!" Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Above: 1st Place Cold Water by Lill Haugen. The story, "The 'Deeplet sea anemone'/North sea anemone (Bolocera tuediae) can be found in the cold, green waters of the Oslo fjord in Norway, at depths from 25 meters and below – like an oasis in the mud. A certain species of red shrimps (Spirontocarus liljeborgi) can be found seeking shelter under this type of large cold water anemone. This anemone is backlit, by placing the strobe behind the anemone and using a remote slave sensor trigger to fire the strobe." Location: The Oslo Forjd, Norway
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