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Ben Poch

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| | | **Location:** Bonaire **Fish ID:** Damselfish **Camera:** Fujichrome Velvia 100 **Comments:** This damsel would not leave me and my camera alone. This picture was actually one of about fifteen. It just all came together on this one shot.| | | | **Location:** Bonaire **Fish ID:** Eagle ray **Camera:** Fujichrome Velvia 100 **Comments:** I realized too late that this eagle ray was swimming parallel to me about 100 feet to my right. I only had the chance to take one picture and this is how it came out.| | | | **Location:** Bonaire **Fish ID:** Cup coral **Camera:** Fujichrome Velvia 100 **Comments:** This shot was one of about twenty-five with cup coral being the subject. Cup coral is extremely difficult to focus on because it is so intricate and only comes out at night. This was taken underneath the town pier at night.| | | | **Location:** Bonaire **Fish ID:** Grouper **Camera:** Fujichrome Velvia 100 **Comments:** Most of the time, grouper will run into the coral as you get close. I was lucky enough to find the one grouper that let me get off about ten shots before he swam away. This grouper was a fantastic subject.| | | | **Location:** Bonaire **Fish ID:** Gorgonian coral **Camera:** Fujichrome Velvia 100 **Comments:** Just a beautiful shot of a Gorgonian coral. Bonaire has an abundance of Gorgonians; the only problem is lighting them. This shot was lit by two 200 watt Ikelites.| | | | **Location:** Bonaire **Fish ID:** Cowfish **Camera:** Fujichrome Velvia 100 **Comments:** Just what was happening here, I don't know. But as I was photographing, a seahorse, I looked to my left and found two cowfish swimming together, only they were changing their colors like mad.| | | | **Location:** Bonaire **Fish ID:** Plume worms **Camera:** Fujichrome Velvia 100 **Comments:** These two guys were just sitting there together. I took the shot and got it perfectly.| | | | **Location:** Bonaire **Fish ID:** Green-purple anemones **Camera:** Fujichrome Velvia 100 **Comments:** This is truly a story of "you only get one chance." I was in a hurry to get a double reef system and was swimming across a barren sandy stretch when I saw something under a lone rock. As I swam onto the other side of it, I found these two little anemones just hanging out together. This is the only shot I got of them.|

| Ben Poch **from Dallas, Texas** **Age**: 21 **Years Diving**: 10|