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Curiosity- One of my first successful shots and still one of my favorites. A baby manatee was as curious about my wife Ann, as she was about itTaken at Kings Spring in Crystal River Florida 2007..

Balloonfish: Tell me more about my eyes. Taken at BHB 2012.

Sand Tiger: Taken at the bow of the Carib Sea wreck in North Carolina 2012.

Whitetip Pile: Roca Partita, Revillagigedo Islands Mexico 2013.

Release: A baby loggerhead’s 1st ocean swim after being given a lift to open water.

Tiger Beach: A super-model demands attention. Tiger Shark at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas.

Tripod Fish: One of my successful blackwater images. I am never really sure what I get on these dives until after view the images on my computer. Riviera Beach, Florida 2018.

Color of Motion: Extremely strong currents were making photography difficult so I stopped fighting it and tried to capture the swirling action using a rear curtain flash sync and a slow shutter speed. . Blue & Yellow Fusiliers, Fiji 2014.

Damsel Fan: Yellow Red and Blue in composition = Stop and take photo!

Turtle Cleaning: Could not ask for a better subject!

Diver and Goliath: I find divers to be more challenging to photograph well than the fish! This photo needed work with a crop, extensive backscatter removal and getting rid of another photographers camera that intruded into the frame. I only thought it worth the work because of the eye contact between my wife Ann and the Goliath Grouper.

: Shark Below: This one is all about the graceful curves of the shark.

Manta Magic: Always be willing to try something new, even if it seems nuts. Like using only ambient light on a night dive! I had done the Kona night manta dive before and struggled with strobe back-scatter spoiling shots, so I turned them off. The images were a bit noisy, but I found that the soft-focus effect of noise reduction added a dreamy quality that enhanced rather than detracted from the shot.

Blenny Timing: I spotted this Spineyhead Blenny because he was darting up out of his hole snatching plankton. I did not know how many shots it was going to take to capture the moment, but I knew how many I was going to use with room for 500 or so on my SD card! In the end it took me over 15 minutes and about 50 or so shots.

Longnose Butterflyfish: I find that head on shots of fish are tricky and don’t usually work. It’s all about the eye contact, you have to get both. Big Island, Hawaii 2017.

Ray in Grass: A shallow depth of field allowed me to focus on the eyes through a small gap in the seagrass. Cozumel 2017

Blenny Love: Close focus wide angle. Hairy Blenny Courting Behavior. The male displays the bright orange-red head and distinct body banding. Blue Heron Bridge May 2017.

Permit Portrait: I took this photo a few minutes after the Blenny, with the same 105mm lens! I pushed my strobes as far forward as they would go and shot from about 6 feet or so away. This photo is uncropped and only possible in very clear water. Cozumel 2017.

Blenny Mouth: Blennies are always fun to shoot. With patients you can usually catch them doing something really cute. Spineyhead Blenny, Cozumel 2017.

Smooth Trunkfish: Juvenile. Cozumel 2017.

Bridge Troll: Sometimes there are trolls living under bridges. A late afternoon dive at the Blue Heron Bridge.

Angel in Motion: The trick with capturing motion-blur is balancing a slow shutter speed with just enough ambient light to expose the movement. The flash freezes the image at the end when the shutter closes (rear curtain sync). Cozumel 2017

Scorpion on Wreck: It took a couple of passes in the stiff current to set this one up but after a few tries the humans got it right. The Scorpion Fish understood perfectly where she was supposed to be.

Bull Shark: This up close and personal shot of a bull shark was taken at the famous Fiji Shark dive. When I triggered the shutter this guy snapped and bit the camera, scratching the glass dome port! I am fairly sure it was the electronics of the flash that triggered the strike. The shark never attempted to bite me and immediately let go of my camera, but my wet suit needed a rinse after this dive!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

REEF PHOTO - Blue Heron Bridge Photo Workshop
Thu Nov 30 2023 - Sun Dec 3 2023
FORCE-E - Holiday Dive with Santa (Pompano Beach)
Sat Dec 2 2023, 07:30am EST
PURA VIDA - PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)
Wed Dec 6 2023 - Fri Dec 15 2023
FORCE-E - Holiday Party
Thu Dec 7 2023, 06:00pm EST - 09:00pm EST
FORCE-E - Holiday Dive with Santa (Boynton Beach)
Sat Dec 9 2023, 07:30am EST
FORCE-E - 3 Tank Dive Meetup
Sat Dec 9 2023, 01:30pm EST
FORCE-E - Beach Dive Meetup
Sun Dec 10 2023, 07:30am EST
FORCE-E - Blue Heron Bridge Night Dive
Mon Dec 11 2023, 05:45pm EST - 07:45pm EST

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