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"The
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Underwater Photography |
By William B. Tomanek |
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"The
TOMANEK Collection" |
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Underwater Photography |
By William B. Tomanek |
Having
Retired from the U.S. Army, and now working in the Environmental Sciences
Department at the
University of Virginia I had decided to explore the underwater scene. This
collection is about underwater nature.
The corals, sponges, fish, all and anything I could see without my glasses on. I
hope you enjoy my collection, you
buy my pictures, you tell your friend about the great pictures and you come back
for more. :)
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| Artist Statement I am a professional SCUBA diver and love to capture time through the lens of a camera. A time in life, that will never be the same again. As a diver I have found a new world to capture. And I would like to share with you, some scenes captured from this underwater world. At depths between 10 and 108 feet below sea level. Some of my images may look like plants, because they do not have fins nor swim around. These corals that come in many shapes, colors and sizes are part of the Animal Kingdom, They reproduce, they live and they die. And when certain species die, they contribute to the growth of the reef. The fish turn tail and run. Only a few will stay for that perfect shot. And the sharks, they are not camera shy. When diving, I will take my camera with me. I do not use a flash or any other artificial light when taking my day time pictures. These pictures are taken under natural light. But I do make an adjustment of the white balance using a white board as I change my depth.
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The Collection!
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| An adult queen angelfish,
Holacanthus ciliaris, swims over a reef area. These fish are very
leery of divers and rarely venture far from the reef. When
threatened, they use their large tail fin and dorsal and anal fin as
a paddle to very quickly swim into the protective cervices of the
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My following pictures can be found on display in Charlottesville, Va.
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This large fan structure
is a “sea fan (Gorgonia sp.). A soft coral, it’s internal skeleton
is flexible and allows this coral to move with the waves giving it a
“Fan” appearance. It is held in place by a Holdfast, which is purple
in color on this specimen. The surrounding corals are also members
of the soft corals and are sea plumes (lower right and left) and sea
rods (middle left). Not all corals are hard and some have adopted
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This animal is a sponge
and is a spectacular example of the biodiversity that is the animal
Kingdom. It’s structure is sometimes referred to as a stove-pipe
sponge or tube sponge; and it is common in the Caribbean and are
often found extending into the water column from the edge of reef
drop offs, as this specimen is doing. These animals are filter
feeders and consume plankton that are entwined in the water that is
filtered through the sponge tissue. This can be purchased at: UnderwaterPicturesForSale.com Turn Your Photos Into Cash Click Here! |
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This
beautiful hard coral, whose Latin name is
Acropora palamata,
is common referred to as the Elkhorn Coral because the structure of
the coral’s skeleton resembles an elk’s antlers. These corals can
grow quite large, and are spectacular when seen underwater,
generally inhabiting the higher energy areas of the outer fringing
reef where waves tend to break as swells move from the open water
over the fringe reef and then into the coral lagoon area. This can be purchased at: UnderwaterPicturesForSale.com Turn Your Photos Into Cash Click Here! |
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This sea anemone, found in
the crevice of a coral reef is the species Condactylactus gigantea.
A common inhabitant of tropical reefs in the Caribbean, this animal
which is also commonly referred to as a “pink-tipped anemone”, may
or may not actually have pink-tipped tentacles. Often the tentacle
tips are purple, or green, or white. The tentacles, if touched are
sticky and may cause a mild irritation to individuals with sensitive
skin.
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This close-up of the
tentacles of the common sea anemone, Condactylactus gigantea,
displays the detail of the animals long and thick tentacles. The
tips of these tentacles are purple, but sometimes the tips are also
red, pink, lavender, green and white. The tentacles attach to a
central tube-like body which is generally orange in color that in
turn is attached to the reef surface under rocks or in reef
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This Purple Tube Sponge (Callyspongia
vaginalis) is one of the most common varieties of sea sponge to be
found on the reef. It is distinguished by its long tube-shaped
growths, and ranges in color from purple to blue, gray, and
gray-green. Filtered water is ejected through the large openings on
the ends. This is one of the few reef invertebrates that could be
blue in color. This can be purchased at: UnderwaterPicturesForSale.com Turn Your Photos Into Cash Click Here! |
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This
rather large orange sponge is nestled in among other sponges and
soft corals on the ocean floor. Sometime referred to as a type of
barrel sponge, these animals feed by filtering plankton and
particles out of the water. They possess specialized internal cells
with flagium that beat and move the water through the sponge tissue
where the same cells act as small filters to trap and extract food
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