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'Gray Angelfish'
Adrian Smith
I travelled to Key Largo, FL to have a low key dive trip to celebrate my 60th birthday with my best dive buddy, Linda. I came across this sweet Gray Angelfish on the first dive of the morning on December 21 and I spent a little while with it as we watched each other. It wasn’t the least bit disturbed by my presence and I feel we had a bit of telepathy during the encounter, which helped me capture this special portrait.
Judge's comment: Delicate shades, a traditional square format and a stand out, perfectly timed portrait with great eye contact produce a properly grown up image. This is the beginning of great era when equipment need not be the dominant force in the right hands.
Peter Rowlands
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