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Insects, birds, fish, mammals ... all members of the wild or domesticated animal kingdom, great and small.

FIRST PLACE

SPOTTED CLEANER SHRIMP

by DR. STEVEN BRUMIT lee’s summit

ENDODONTICS PRACTICE UMKC SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY 1985; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - BALTIMORE 1992

Dr. Brumit took this in Bonaire, Netherland Antilles, (an island in the Caribbean Sea) of a spotted cleaner shrimp in a giant anemone. The photo was difficult, due to the surge from the over head waves. Dr. Brumit used an Ikelite underwater camera housing unit and flash.

TIP: USE A DSLR WITH WATERTIGHT HOUSING FOR UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY; IT IS MORE VERSATILE. BUCKET LIST: SUPER-MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY AND BLUE- LIGHT NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY.

RUNNER UP SWAN & CYGNETS

by DR. FRANCIS OTRADOVEC columbia

RETIRED,

PERIODONTICS PRACTICE UMKC SCHOOL OF

DENTISTRY 1973 & 1977

This photo was taken at five days

old. Upon his return this last October Dr. Otradovec continued to document their growth and behavior as “teenagers.”

TIP: FOR WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY MY

FAVORITE SETUP IS MY NIKON D3S AND 70-

200MM LENS WITH A 1-4

TELE CONVERTER. BUCKET LIST: I WANT TO PURSUE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIGHT PAINTING PHOTOGRAPHY.

All Creatures