Underwater Photography : The Beauty, Mystery and Fantasy of The Underwater World

Underwater Photography : The Beauty, Mystery and Fantasy of The Underwater World - Taking photos under water is one of the most challenging branches of photography because the underwater world has such strange optical properties and is rather taxing on the photographer himself. Despite these challenges, it offers the possibility of many exciting and rare photographic opportunities. Animals such as fish and marine mammals are the most common subjects, but photographers also pursue shipwrecks, submerged cave systems, underwater "landscapes", and portraits of fellow divers.

Underwater Cave by Wes C. Skiles



Under the Sea by Silver-Guild



Only time by G. Russel Childress



The Edge Of A Dream by Day Is Coming



Bend by Andrey Narchuk



Too Close by Oren Cohen



Catedrahl by Stefan Beskow



Kaleidoscope by Jim Patterson Photography



Leopard shark by Joaquin Tornel



S W A R M by getcarter



Coral Reef Riot by arterius



A Delightful Glimmer by Stew-Luvulongtime



Old Trojan horse underwater... by unusualPhoto



Kanyon at Kas by Hasan Yokes



Ocean Rise I by jadden



Manta Ray by Michel Braunstein



Dancing Medusae - Carmel, California by Jim Patterson Photography


Dancing Medusae

Whale Sharks are coming! by yoshiko314


Whale Sharks are coming

Tunnel of Fish by Arne Kuilman



Nembrotha Kubaryana by Francis Tan



Water Life by Helmut Pizka



Whale shark by Michael Gerber



Tarpon and Silversides by Mike Sutton Brown



Penguins Under Water Photo by Maria Stenzel