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Incredibly social, the birth of a new one is a special time to get together and say hi (taken under permit)
By Arun Madisetti
posted (3 days ago)
4 votes

Imperial eagle | Statue of Christ
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (4 days ago)
3 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch_February 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

Hector's goby_December 2024 (CanonEF60,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Susanna Randazzo
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

Different color sea fans. Taken at a depth of about 40ft on a recent trip to Raja Ampat during Xmas 2024. Taken by a friend using an Olympus OM-D with 2 strobes.
By Fynn Wu
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

The colors of many Chromodorididae nudis are always striking and these species of Goniobranchus called kuniei is no exception.There are delicate nuances of complementary shades that help make it one of a kind_Jan 2025 (CanonEF60,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Susanna Randazzo
posted (3 days ago)
2 votes

green horse
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Dear photographer fellow divers, This is my 1000 photo that I am posting here, I hope you all enjoyed all that beauty. A happy new year and may we all continue to enjoy everything that lives underwater and take beautiful pictures of it.
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted 02:38 CST Today (21 hours ago)
0 votes

Pagurus pubescens hermit crab covered in little scyphystoma polyps (polyps which produce medusae)
By Anton Plaksin
posted 05:21 CST Today (18 hours ago)
0 votes

Adult escorts are usually but not always related to the calf. An Aunt, sister, cousin, grandmother, or even its mother. They all look after the new one. (taken under permit)
By Arun Madisetti
posted 15:54 CST Today (8 hours ago)
0 votes
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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)

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Little Curious one (It liked to see itself in my camera'... by Raoul Caprez
Little Curious one
(It liked to see itself in my camera's lens)
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Caledonia
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3 OF A KIND by James Laker
3 OF A KIND
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Sarpa salpa in the night. by Ferdinando Meli
Sarpa salpa in the night.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Flamboyant III Flamboyant Cuttlefish_Metasepia pfeffer... by Jörg Menge
Flamboyant III
Flamboyant Cuttlefish_Metasepia pfefferi_Flammende Sepia (Prachtsepia)
Philippinen Negros Dauin
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Nikonos 5, 1:1 macro frame. Saw this one in my light on m... by Ben Joubert
Nikonos 5, 1:1 macro frame. Saw this one in my light on my way back to the stern after night dive. I was had 1 frame left, and tried for almost 10 min before I could get him in the frame, and this was the result. One shot, or more like one lucky shot
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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sepia latimanus.....night dive by Afflitti Gianluca
sepia latimanus.....night dive
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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A cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) capture a fish (Symphodu... by Ferdinando Meli
A cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) capture a fish (Symphodus ocellatus).
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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red ghost by Afflitti Gianluca
red ghost
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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The Panda Clownfish is the most fierce when it comes to p... by Ben Joubert
The Panda Clownfish is the most fierce when it comes to protecting it's home. I've had one draw blood from my knuckles when I got too close. Small fish with a big fish attitude!
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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Cuttlefish by Stan Flachs
Cuttlefish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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night sqid by Afflitti Gianluca
night sqid
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Flying Gurnard. I just love that these guys have little h... by Suzan Meldonian
Flying Gurnard. I just love that these guys have little hands, evidence of evolution.. just can't tell if they are preparing to go back to land, or re-indoctrinating to the marine world.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Spotted Trunkfish - Lactophrys bicaudalis by John Roach
Spotted Trunkfish - Lactophrys bicaudalis
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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cardinal.......... by Afflitti Gianluca
cardinal..........
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Angel Face by Suzan Meldonian
Angel Face
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Face to face with a Clown Fish... :O).. by Michel Lonfat
Face to face with a Clown Fish... :O)..
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Beautiful male mandarin fish. by Marylin Batt
Beautiful male mandarin fish.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Diodon liturosus. Black-blotched porcupinefish. by Larissa Roorda
Diodon liturosus. Black-blotched porcupinefish.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Titan close-up by Larissa Roorda
Titan close-up
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Singing in the water by Fernando García
Singing in the water
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Found this colorful guy in a dead log, so he was pretty e... by Ben Joubert
Found this colorful guy in a dead log, so he was pretty easy to spot, and not shy
29 Votes
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Got this at the end of a night dive, on the stern in the ... by Ben Joubert
Got this at the end of a night dive, on the stern in the flood lights
33 Votes
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1.3 ft/40 cm cuttlefish. Almost too big for the 50mm macr... by Erich Reboucas
1.3 ft/40 cm cuttlefish. Almost too big for the 50mm macro lens.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Bright eye ! by Anouk Houben
Bright eye !
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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flutter by Claudio Stoppato
flutter
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) hunting in the night. by Ferdinando Meli
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) hunting in the night.
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young elegant sculpin at night, he wants to sleep :) by Boris Pamikov
young elegant sculpin at night, he wants to sleep smile
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