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  • Cormorant hunting sardine. <br />
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Awarded Best In Show in the Beneath the Sea Imaging Competition and recipient of the David Doubilet Award for Excellence in Underwater Photography.<br />
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Awarded Best of Show and 1st place in the wide angle category in Deep Visions 2019 UPY Awards.<br />
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Awarded Runner Up of the Seascapes category and winner of the Seascapes Public Choice Award in Ocean Geographic Pictures of the Year 2020.
    Strange Encounters
  • 1st place winner in the macro category of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2020.
    Goby Goodness
  • Awarded 2nd place in the wide angle category of Scuba Diving Magazine's Through the Lens competition 2019.
    Godzilla
  • Winner of the BSoUP/Diver Magazine Print Competition 2019.
    Blacktip Paradise
  • Winner of the Underwater Seascapes category of the United Nations World Oceans Day 2020 Photo Competition.
    Cold Water Colours
  • Striped marlin, skipjack tuna, California sea lion and a sailfish all preying on a bait ball.
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  • Last night I did my very first blackwater dive. If you're not familiar with the concept, it's night diving in the open ocean over deep water looking at critters that spend the day much, much deeper. It feels like floating through space and if you look closely, many aliens can be observed. Like this larval mantis shrimp for example.
    Mantis Shrimp... IN SPACE
  • Winner of Share Our Air 2020 Togetherness category
    The Hunt
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  • Every winter, the grey whales of the eastern Pacific gather in the sheltered bays of the Californian peninsula. They make the long trip down from the cold and rich waters off Alaska to give birth to their calves, nurse them and mate. This annual migration is believed to be the longest annual migration of any mammal! What makes this species so interesting to the layman is not just their prehistoric look (let's be honest, they're not exactly the most photogenic whale...), but most of all their amazing curiosity. They regularly approach whale watching boats, and often even establish physical contact. The whales seem in no way bothered by the boats and will sometimes even atempt to play with them. This particular individual stayed with us for more than 15 minutes, slowly spinning underneath the boat, gently bumping it with its mouth and tail, and even showing us its belly a few times!
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  • A diver heads deeper into a flooded cavern in Mexico. Despite what it looks like, guided cavern dives are actually very safe. Even though there is no immediate access to the surface, it's in fact closer than on a deep dive and always just a short swim away! That being said, it's of course not recommended to venture into any cavern without somebody that is already familiar with the area and trained in cave diving procedures!
    The Tunnel
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  • Night dives in French Polynesia can be a huge thrill! In some places, you can dive with hundreds of grey reef sharks and feel like you're part of the pack! Can you spot a different species?
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  • Giant manta rays on a seamount
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  • A school of mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) circle an olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), potentially attracted by the small fish hiding in its shadow.
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  • A gulf signal blenny (Emblemaria hypacanthus) shows off his dorsal fin in an effort to communicate with another individual.
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  • Nick and Chris of Pro Photo Baja sharing this moment with a beautiful male bull shark.
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  • This enormous school of jacks can be seen regularly at Cabo Pulmo National Park, a marine protected area in the south of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. This area used to be almost dead due to overfishing, until the park was introduced and life bounced back in the most extraordinary fashion! It is now one of the most successful conservation projects in the world!
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  • Giant manta close-up
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  • Last week, I finally got to tick off one of my favourite sharks from my "animals I want to see" list, the shortfin mako! These are believed to be the fastest sharks (although now, some claim it might be the salmon shark) and their big, black eyes and crazy-looking jaws certainly add to their appeal. Here, one can be seen sharing the water, and the afternoon sun, with photographer extraordinaire Fabrice Guerin!<br />
That day, we saw three different individuals in the water (including a tiny baby, maybe 70cm long, but just as confident as the larger ones), and many more breaching!<br />
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Image taken with a Nikon D500 and Tokina 10-17mm fisheye in a Nauticam housing. Natural light only.<br />
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Check out my other images on www.hk-underwater.com
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  • Following my previous post, this is yet another slightly more creative image. Using a slow shutter speed combined with flash blurs the background and shows the motion of the subject. Inspired by Nick More's stunning blurry blues. If you haven't yet seen his award-winning image from Cornwall in the UK, make sure you check it out now!
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  • Yesterday I had the pleasure to share the water with a maximum of 6 silky sharks at the same time. Conditions were pretty rough but the sharks more than made up for the bounciness and strong currents.
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  • Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) preying on a sardine bait ball.
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  • Silver tip shark swimming over a reef
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  • Another very close encounter with one of the whale sharks at Isla Mujeres. I'm off to the Galapagos tomorrow, so fingers crossed for a couple more of these guys!
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  • Sharks have amazing eyes, very much worth a closer look! Tiger Sharks for example have diamond shaped pupils, as can be seen in this image. This is the first in a series of close-up photographs of sharks that I will be posting in the coming weeks.
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  • A silver tip shark in the blue
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  • Ever since I started taking macro images I became fascinated with blennies. They can be extremely photogenic and are usually very patient with photographers, which is always a big plus! I met this little guy diving with my friends over at Bluedream in Cozumel, Mexico.
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  • This cenote is named very appropriately! The structures are the stuff of dreams and crystal clear water makes you feel like you're flying! Thanks to my guide and model Marcelin of Under The Jungle!
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  • While I was on Little Cayman for the Digital Shootout, I spent almost an entire dive with this good-looking creature! Sometimes you don't have to venture far (or deep) to find good subjects. He/She was extremely chill, and had absolutely no issues with me being VERY close. At times I moved the camera out of the way and I ended up almost hugging the fish! Encounters like these always make for great dives! In fact, this image won me 2nd place in the wide angle traditional category of this year's competition.
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  • Some cenotes on the Yucatan peninsula feature dramatic-looking clouds of a white-ish precipitate from chemical reactions that get stuck in the halocline - the interface between the lighter fresh and heavier saltwater. If undisturbed, these clouds even show structures that highlight the natural movement of the water.
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  • Getting these shots right has been far more difficult than I had thought. Because of their sheer size you have to dive down quite a bit to capture the entire fish, even when using a wide angle lens. To then get the sun in the right position is an even bigger challenge! Share your best silhouettes in the comments :)
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  • Let's make the next 12 months a good year for the conservation of our oceans! Many countries are now heading in the right direction regarding the use (or rather ban) of single-use plastics, but there is still lots to be done! Every little helps! You can be a voice for our oceans. Convince your favourite restaurants and takeaways to get rid of plastics and say no to products sourced from sharks. I captured this gorgeous pregnant tiger shark at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas, one of the few places left in the world where you can see these apex predators in good numbers.
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  • This is my take on the famous Cenote "El Pit" in Quinatana Roo, Mexico. It has been photographed countless times, and I think it's pretty obvious why! Because the whole cavern dive is conducted in only one room, getting a clear image without an armada of divers is the main concern, so thanks to Marcelin of Under The Jungle for timing our dive perfectly! The other concern is making the sunrays stand out. To get a decent amount of light I took this image at 1/15 sec - handheld! Fortunately underwater we can get away with shutterspeeds much lower than what we would use on dry land!
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  • A sea butterfly poses nicely for the camera. Even though they look like some sort of jelly fish, they're actually mollusks, or pelagic swimming snails to be a bit more precise! Thankfully, they're also extremely photogenic!
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  • I just love how they move, don't you?!
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  • To answer yesterday's little quiz, that aerial shot was of USS Kittiwake, a former submarine rescue vessel for the US Navy. After being decommissioned in 1994 it was sunk as an attraction for scuba divers off Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman in 2011. It's pretty amazing to see just how much it has changed in only 8 years. Check out earlier pictures on the web and you'll find that it used to be white! What's even more impressive is that it was sunk upright, but strong surges from tropical storm Nate pushed the wreck closer to the reef and tipped it over on its port side.
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  • Part two of my Shark Close-ups series shows the face of one of the most beautiful of all sharks, the Caribbean Reef Shark. You can see its eye, mouth, nose and part of the sensory array they use to detect electrical signals from their prey.
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  • This is my 1st place winning image in the Wide Angle Unrestricted category of the Digital Shootout 2019.  The groupers in the Cayman Islands are famous for being extra friendly. They regularly approach divers and pose for photographers which makes for good opportunities to get the creative juices flowing!
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  • A school of small barracuda makes way for a passing grey reef shark.
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  • Bit of a different one today. Let me know what you think! :)
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  • A school of snapper hang out underneath a pier in French Polynesia. I spent an entire dive with these guys - maximum depth: 3.4m! I tried many different ways to light them, but ended up liking this traditional shot the most!
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  • Blacktip reef sharks patrolling the shallow areas of a reef in French Polynesia.
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  • © Hannes Klostermann, Mississippi-Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, Everglades Outpost, Homestead, Florida, USA
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  • © Hannes Klostermann, Mississippi-Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, Everglades Outpost, Homestead, Florida, USA
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  • Mangroves are nurseries for many species of fish and other animals. The young use the roots for protection from larger predators before venturing out into open water. This is only one reason why mangroves are extremely important to marine ecosystems.
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