Phil Napoli of West Chester, Ohio

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Phil Napoli

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| | | **Dive Site**: Bonaire **Marine Life**: French angel fish **Film/Camera**: Velvia, N90s, Seacam Housing, 60mm lens, dual Ike 150/50 strobes **Image Description**: This frontal face shot took about 10 minutes and 8 frames to get. He was a willing subject and would not leave the area.| | | | **Dive Site**: Bonaire **Marine Life**: Cleaner shrimp and sea anemone **Film/Camera**: Velvia, N90s, Seacam Housing, 105mm lens, dual Ike 150/50 strobes **Image Description**: When in Bonaire and shooting macro, I search almost every sea anemone I see for host critters like this cleaner shrimp. It wasn't long before I found this one.| | | | **Dive Site**: Brothers Islands, Red Sea **Marine Life**: Soft corals **Film/Camera**: Velvia, N90s, Seacam Housing, 16mm lens, dual Ike 150/50 strobes **Image Description**: The soft coral formations at the Brothers is legendary. This is a sample of what is to be seen.| | | | **Dive Site**: Bonaire **Marine Life**: Tube sponge **Film/Camera**: Velvia, N90s, Seacam Housing, 20mm lens, dual Ike 150/50 strobes **Image Description**: The upward camera angle coupled with the close wide-angle focus provides a forced perspective that accentuates the tube sponge against a sun lit ocean background| | | | **Dive Site**: Brothers Islands, Red Sea **Marine Life**: Blue cheek butterfly **Film/Camera**: Velvia, N90s, Seacam Housing, 60mm lens, dual Ike 150/50 strobes **Image Description**: This blue cheek butterfly is endemic to the Red Sea and is found nowhere else. This pair was elusive but patience paid off.| | | | **Dive Site**: Brothers Islands, Red Sea **Marine Life**: Blue cheek butterfly **Film/Camera**: Velvia, N90s, Seacam Housing, 16mm lens, dual Ike 150/50 strobes **Image Description**: This is a close focus wide-angle shot with reduced shutter speed to balance the strobe and the ambient light. The current was running fast. I had to fin hard to stabilize while composing the shot in the viewfinder.| | | | **Dive Site**: Brothers Islands, Red Sea **Marine Life**: Clownfish **Film/Camera**: Velvia, N90s, Seacam Housing, 105mm lens, dual Ike 150/50 strobes **Image Description**: This shot was taken as the clown fish left the hot sea anemone to investigate me. He continued to dart back and forth between me and his home while I looked for continued opportunities to take his photo.|

| | Phil Napoli **Age**: 67 **Years Diving**: 38 years **Certification**: YMCA/TDI Nitrox|

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