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