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

Whale Sharks are coming! by yoshiko314

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