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Name: Todd Ruston Title: Nice dentition Equipment: Olympus C-5050 Location: Fiji

Name: Todd Ruston Title: King of the Jungle Equipment: Olympus C-5050 Location: Fiji

Candide, They're called "underwater housings," or just housings. They certainly exist, but the key is whether one exists for your particular camera (in order for the controls to line up, housings are unique to each model). Depending on how serious you are and the results you want to achieve...

Oh yes. She's doing great. Saw her on Tuesday last week, and on Wednesday attended a seminar by John O'Sullivan, Curator of Field Operations and lead on the project. She's still eating well and thriving, and gets a lot of respect from everything else in the tank, even at her currently diminutive...

Nice shots seamaiden! The Napoleon wrasse looks like it was awesome, and congrats on finding the pygmy seahorses. BTW, I think the critter you have labeled as nudibranch_1 and nudibranch_2 is actually a Synaptid cucumber. - Todd

Name: Todd Ruston Title: Unknown octocoral (Clavularia?) Camera: Olympus C-5050 Location: Fiji

Name: Todd Ruston Title: Anemone, up close Camera: Olympus C-5050 Location: Fiji

Hi Wade, Yep; sounds like you're in the quandary I was in. The digital-aware strobes with optical interfaces cost a bundle, and I wanted to stick with two strobe lighting. I went for the Tetra housing as it has the hot shoe connection, the smarts to work with the strobes I already had, and will...

Hi Wade, Glad you like them! This is the first time I've ever entered any kind of photo contest, so it's nice to be appreciated... I'm flattered to make the finals! :D Yes, I do use external strobes, two in fact. My setup for underwater photography is as follows: Olympus C-5050 Light & Motion...

Name: Todd Ruston Title: Periclimenes sp. on Cushion Star Camera: Olympus C-5050 Location: Fiji Comment: This shrimp is approximately the size of a kernel of long grain rice.

Name: Todd Ruston Title: Lyretail Anthias Camera: Olympus C-5050 Location: Fiji

Name: Todd Ruston Title: Reef Pipefish Camera: Olympus C-5050 Location: Fiji

Name: Todd Ruston Title: Coral Goby Camera: Olympus C-5050 Location: Fiji

Name: Todd Ruston Title: Coral Hermit Camera: Olympus C-5050 Location: Fiji