User:Nhobgood

en This user is a native English speaker. fr-3 Cette personne peut contribuer avec un niveau avancé de français. kg-3 Musadisi yai lenda kusonika Kikongo na nivo ya mbote. This user has spent 1000+ Hours underwater. IANTDThis user is a certified IANTD dive instructor. MSThis user has a Master of Science Oceanography. This user has an account on Flickr.

Nick Hobgood

Promoting biodiversity conservation education and awareness through the donation of images to the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia. A few samples in galleries below.-

Additional contributions in: Category:Marine animals of East Timor (400+ images) | Category:Marine animals of Haiti (100+ images) | Category:Marine animals of Fiji | Category:Marine animals of Papua New Guinea

Category:Featured_Images_by_Nick_Hobgood

Gallery of all uploads to Wikimedia Commons Unless otherwise noted, all underwater subjects are taken in their natural environment.

Equipment used:

• Olympus E-330 DSLR
• Canon T3i DSLR
• Ikelite DS 125 strobe X 2
• Ikelite Underwater Housing

Primary references:

• Debelius, H. (2001) Nudibranchs and Sea Snails, Frankfurt, Germany: IKAN - Unterwasserarchiv
• Allen, G.; Steene, R. (1999) Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide, Singapore: Tropical Reef Research
• Gosliner, T.; Behrens, D.; Williams, G. (1996) Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific, Monterey, CA, USA: Sea Challengers
• Debelius, H. (2001) Asia Pacific Reef Guide, Frankfurt, Germany: IKAN - Unterwasserarchiv
• Debelius, H. (2001) Crustacea Guide of the World, Frankfurt, Germany: IKAN - Unterwasserarchiv
• Allen, G. (2000) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-East Asia, Perth: Western Australian Museum
• Smith, L.;National Audubon Society (1997) Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes - Caribbean Sea, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
• Humann, P.; Deloach, N. (2006) Reef Creature Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, Jacksonville, FL, USA: New World Publications, Inc.
• Humann, P.; Deloach, N. (2008) Reef Coral Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, Jacksonville, FL, USA: New World Publications, Inc.
• Humann, P.; Deloach, N. (2008) Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, Jacksonville, FL, USA: New World Publications, Inc.

East Timor Underwater, North Coast between Manatuto and Liquica

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East Timor

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Komodo National Park, Indonesia

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  Komodo dragon

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  Dark brown giant clam

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  Large cuttlefish

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  Cleaner station under a table coral

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  Colorful giant clam

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  Moray eel

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  Phyllidia nudibranch

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  Glossodorid nudibranch

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  Bright Phyllidia

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  Coral guard blenny on duty

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  A hard to miss chromodorid nudibranch

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  Large red starfish

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  Blue spotted ray

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  Green leaf scorpionfish

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  Pufferfish

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  Lionfish

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  Yellow sea cucumber gathering

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  Feeding sea cucumber

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  Vibrant soft coral

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  Hawksbill turtle

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  Nocturnal squid

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  Moray eel and cleaner wrasse

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  Large batfish

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  Assorted sea squirts

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  Starfish

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  Purple and white sea squirt

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  Giant clam patterns

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  Cuttlefish behavior

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  Lionfish

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  Giant clam

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  Camouflaged scorpionfish

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  Skunk anemonefish

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  Turtle feeding on coral

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  Soft coral

Haiti

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Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire)

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		The Photographer's Barnstar
		For your beautiful under marine photos. — Fandecaisses [talk to me] 10:45, 25 October 2011 (UTC)