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Caption: The art of underwater photography By Sean Davey
Caption: I've been shooting photographs in and under the water now for more that 40 years. I first started with a simple kodak instamatic 126 camera inside a plastic bag, moving onto the then coolest water camera to have at the time, which was the Nikoness III. Then SLR cameras inside custom made water housings. These are a sample of some of my under water moments.
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Caption: This image is of north shore surfer: Anna Fry duck-diving under a wave in beautiful crystal clear water at Ehukai beach park. I used a Canon 5D mk II with a Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens inside a camera housing made by Essex Water Housings.
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Caption: This picture was taken at Waimea Bay on Oahu's north shore. Here, I used a Canon 1D mkII with a Canon 17-35 mm zoom lens inside an Aquatech water housing.
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Caption: I photographed this very desirable scene at Gili Lankanfushi in the Maldives. One of the most beautiful places that I have seen. I used a Canon 5D mk II with a 17-35mm zoom lens inside a housing made by Essex Water Housings.
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Caption: This is the view of the reef at Pipeline, officially dubbed the most dangerous wave in the world because so many people have lost their lives, surfing here. I photographed this one on the Canon 5D mk II, using Tokina 10-17mm fisheye zoom, inside the Essex Water housing.
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Caption: This is a picture of a surfer passing by from under water. I like to shoot towards the sun because it helps to increase the contrast of the image. This pic photographed on a Canon 5DmkII camera with a tokina 11-17mm fisheye zoom lens, inside an Essex Water Housing.
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Caption: Hawaiian sea turtles are way cool to photograph underwater. Their have such grace and I've never seen an aggressive one. I photographed this pair at Waimea Bay on my Canon 5D mkII camera with the Canon 17-35mm lens inside an Essex Water Housing.
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Caption: I was actually photographing the waves at Pipeline from underneath the water, as they passed overhead when this Hawaiian sea turtle swam into the picture. Photographed with the 5DmkII camera and the tokina 11-17mm fisheye zoom, inside the Essex Water Housing.
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Caption: I was stoked to see this Hawaiian sea turtle charge through this school of bait fish at Waimea Bay. Photographed on the Canon 5D mkII with the 17-35 zoom lens inside a housing from Essex Water Housings.
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Caption: This is California surf legend; Herbie Fletcher riding the nose of his longboard at Ehukai beach park on Oahu's north shore. I love how the textured water made it look like a painting instead. Photographed on Canon 1n with Canon 15mm lens inside an Aquatech water housing.
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Caption: Sometimes, a photo like this just looks uber cool as a black and white. . This one, I called "Surfing God Light"
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Caption: I was swimming at Waimea Bay when a pod of about 100 Hawaiian Spinner dolphins arrived and started swimming about the place. I was watching this possible family rise to the surface for a breath of air, but the little white one decided to keep a watchful on me. I photographed this with a Canon 1DmkII and the 17/35mm lens inside an Aquatech water housing.
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Caption: Another cool kind of minimalist view of three Hawaiian spinner dolphins cruising in the calm blue waters of Waimea Bay. Canon 1DmkII with 17-35mm lens inside an Aquatech water housing.
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Caption: I called this one "Shell Burp". I used a Canon 5DmkII with the Canon 17-35mm lens, inside an Essex water housing.
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Caption: One of my best selling wave pictures; I called this one "Crystal Curl" I used a Canon 5DmkII with a Tokina 10-17mm zoom fisheye lens, all housed in an Essex water housing.
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Caption: This incredible image was the result of just being there having the vision, then making it happen. I was just cruising around underwater with my Canon 5DmkII and Tokina 10-17mm lens and I noticed just how momentarily brilliant it looked as the waves spun their way onto the beach. This image was one of the best frames from that shoot.
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Caption: Photographed using my Canon 17-35mm zoom set at about 35mm, I captured this image trying to get a feel of how it might look if you fell off a boat at sea for example.....
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Caption: A Hawaiian sea turtle suspended seemingly as if in deep contemplation in Hawaii. Hence the title: "Contemplation"
Caption: I print my own mural sized prints and canvas to museum standards, up to as large as 38 x 84 inches, larger on triptychs.
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