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2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire. This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away. Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (3 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Tuesday, December 24, 2024
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted 05:47 CST Today (2 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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ribon ail by Rudy Janssen
ribon ail
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Giant frog fish with friend by Rudy Janssen
Giant frog fish with friend
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Straight on view of Solor Boxfish in Ambon. by Norm Vexler
Straight on view of Solor Boxfish in Ambon.
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 31, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile crab at blackwater. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Juvenile crab at blackwater.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Banded pipefish carrying eggs by Julian Hsu
Banded pipefish carrying eggs
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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super tiny, super cute, I used a +7 by Gaetano Gargiulo
super tiny, super cute, I used a +7
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 25, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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First sighting for me of the Longnose Filefish in the Sol... by Norm Vexler
First sighting for me of the Longnose Filefish in the Solomon Islands
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 24, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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Female paper nautilus on a jellyfish. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Female paper nautilus on a jellyfish.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Jellyfish at blackwater dive in Janao bay, Anilao. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Jellyfish at blackwater dive in Janao bay, Anilao.
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pygmy Seahorse - Hippocampus bargibanti by Hansruedi Wuersten
Pygmy Seahorse - Hippocampus bargibanti
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The Ornate Ghost Pipefish...extremely difficult to photog... by Norm Vexler
The Ornate Ghost Pipefish...extremely difficult to photograph but absolutely beautiful to see up close! Photographed last month in Ambon.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Sea horse Hippocampus histrix by Rudy Janssen
Sea horse Hippocampus histrix
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Porcupine pufferfish by Joerg Blessing
Porcupine pufferfish
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Baby Spinecheek Anemonefish by Sam Taylor
Baby Spinecheek Anemonefish
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2 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arafura Sea Papua New Guinea
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Tomato clownfish by Rudy Janssen
Tomato clownfish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 17, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Shrimp at blackwater dive. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Shrimp at blackwater dive.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 16, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blackspot Coralblenny? by Rudy Janssen
Blackspot Coralblenny?
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 16, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Fast Ray by Claude Lespagne
Fast Ray
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 14, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Juvenile wonderpus octopus. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Juvenile wonderpus octopus.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Spinecheek anemonefish portrait. Nikons 5 macro framer & ... by Sam Taylor
Spinecheek anemonefish portrait. Nikons 5 macro framer & tube (1-2)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 11, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arafura Sea Papua New Guinea
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Female paper nautilus on the jellyfish. Blackwater dive.... by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Female paper nautilus on the jellyfish.
Blackwater dive. Janao bay, Anilao.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 7, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Juvenile Spotted parrotfish (Cetoscarus ocellatus). Pi... by Oksana Maksymova
Juvenile Spotted parrotfish (Cetoscarus ocellatus).
Picture was taken in Ambon, Indonesia
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 7, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Cuttle fishes are mating. For one moment, the three have ... by Qunyi Zhang
Cuttle fishes are mating. For one moment, the three have different colors. Shot by sony 6500.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 7, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Cardinalfish by Alvin Cheung
Cardinalfish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Longhorn Cowfish by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Longhorn Cowfish
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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These 3 Longfin Bannerfish almost posed perfectly 4 me. T... by Sam Taylor
These 3 Longfin Bannerfish almost posed perfectly 4 me. This was around 30m deep. Cod Hole Aus.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 1, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Japanese style cartinal fish with egg by Chun Zhou
Japanese style cartinal fish with egg
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Japan
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