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A big job. Cleaner Shrimp at work on a 2m Leopard Shark.... by Ross Gudgeon
A big job. Cleaner Shrimp at work on a 2m Leopard Shark. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 20D, Canon 100 Macro & Tamron 2X Teleconverter.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Taken in Tofo; Lactoria cornuta by Raoul Caprez
Taken in Tofo; Lactoria cornuta
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Spinner Dolphin. Nikon D300 + 60mm. by Christian Loader
Spinner Dolphin. Nikon D300 + 60mm.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 31, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Get out of my cave!! Mantis shrimp defends it's cave fro... by Gareth Millson
Get out of my cave!! Mantis shrimp defends it's cave from prying eyes.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Romance Sunset In Ocean. Taken with compact camera Canon A95 by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
Romance Sunset In Ocean. Taken with compact camera Canon A95
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date posted posted: Friday, August 29, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Angelfish Portrait by Barbara Schilling
Angelfish Portrait
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Black-spotted moray "Captain Fred". Inchkape-I, Fujeira, UAE by Alexander Nikolaev
Black-spotted moray "Captain Fred". Inchkape-I, Fujeira, UAE
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Napoleon wrasse at Fish Head in Ari Atoll, Maldives by Geoff Spiby
Napoleon wrasse at Fish Head in Ari Atoll, Maldives
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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My best xeno crab picture so far,from Lembeh 350d/70mm by Yves Antoniazzo
My best xeno crab picture so far,from Lembeh 350d/70mm
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2008

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excellent xeno shot Yves
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Shy guy! Black Spotted Puffer taken at Pulau Weh, Aceh, I... by Fatt Chuen Foo
Shy guy! Black Spotted Puffer taken at Pulau Weh, Aceh, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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I search for the dentist with reasonable prices. by Alexander Nikolaev
I search for the dentist with reasonable prices.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Oman
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Halimeda Ghost Pipefish - very exciting to find this in ... by Christian Loader
Halimeda Ghost Pipefish - very exciting to find this in the Maldives, because there isn't much macro life here!
Olympus SP350, Inon strobe, Inon macro lens.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A fish (Forcipiger flavissimus) is helping me to keep my ... by Raoul Caprez
A fish (Forcipiger flavissimus) is helping me to keep my wife in the center of my heart.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 25, 2008
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Plectroglyphidodon Lacrymatus; night dive by Raoul Caprez
Plectroglyphidodon Lacrymatus; night dive
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 24, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Dinner time!! Whale Shark - feeding on krill. Baa Ato... by Christian Loader
Dinner time!! Whale Shark - feeding on krill. Baa Atoll, Maldives. Olympus SP350, inon fisheye lens.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 22, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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taken off Pemba Island, Tanzania by Geoff Spiby
taken off Pemba Island, Tanzania
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date posted posted: Friday, August 22, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Tanzania
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Taken with Canon G9 in Alor by Katie Dann
Taken with Canon G9 in Alor
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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All aboard the Manta Train!! Olympus SP350, Inon fishey... by Christian Loader
All aboard the Manta Train!! Olympus SP350, Inon fisheye lens, natural light. Baa Atoll, Maldives.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2008
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It's rare to get a shot of receding, recurring subjects - almost unique with something the size of Mantas! Very contrasty, have you tried it B&W? Totally a hotshot from Christian.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Clark's anemonfish. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50mm MACRO. by Alexander Nikolaev
Clark's anemonfish. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50mm MACRO.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Oman
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Pair of Longfin Bannerfish by Fatt Chuen Foo
Pair of Longfin Bannerfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Diver filming a napolean wrasse. Taken with Canon G9 by Katie Dann
Diver filming a napolean wrasse. Taken with Canon G9
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date posted posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Schooling Bannerfish, Maldives by Fatt Chuen Foo
Schooling Bannerfish, Maldives
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date posted posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Ragged tooth shark.Seen in December at quarter mile reef ... by Louwrens De Lange
Ragged tooth shark.Seen in December at quarter mile reef Sodwan Bay where they give birth to their litter
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date posted posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Lizardfish. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50 mm MACRO by Alexander Nikolaev
Lizardfish. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50 mm MACRO
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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A Lionfish still in his natural habitat in the Indian Ocean. by Barbara Schilling
A Lionfish still in his natural habitat in the Indian Ocean.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Whale Shark and Manta feeding together!! :-o Olympus ... by Christian Loader
Whale Shark and Manta feeding together!! :-o
Olympus SP350, Inon fisheye lens, natural light. Baa Atoll, Maldives.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 16, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Clarke's Clownfish guarding his anemone! by Barbara Schilling
Clarke's Clownfish guarding his anemone!
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date posted posted: Friday, August 15, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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