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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 (4 days ago)
4 votes

Imperial eagle | Statue of Christ
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (5 days ago)
3 votes

Hector's goby_December 2024 (CanonEF60,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Susanna Randazzo
posted (5 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 (4 days ago)
2 votes

green horse
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (6 days ago)
1 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 Yesterday
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 Yesterday
0 votes

Pagurus pubescens hermit crab covered in little scyphystoma polyps (polyps which produce medusae)
By Anton Plaksin
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Goniobranchus kuniei nudibranch_Jan 2025 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso200)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
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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Radial Leatherjacket. East of Dili, East Timor by Doug Anderson
Radial Leatherjacket. East of Dili, East Timor
44 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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Ballan Wrasse. Farne Islands. D200 60mm by Mark Thomas
Ballan Wrasse.
Farne Islands.
D200 60mm
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Rainbow Nikon D200, 60micro,twin strobo Komodo 2009 by Marchione Giacomo
Rainbow
Nikon D200, 60micro,twin strobo
Komodo 2009
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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My first ghost pipefish in 4 months. by Bernard Maglana
My first ghost pipefish in 4 months.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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A very pregnant ornate ghost pipe fish tummy showing off ... by Gurney Fermin
A very pregnant ornate ghost pipe fish tummy showing off the kids.
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56 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Olympus CW7070 Patima Housing with YS-110 2EA by Jagwang Koo
Olympus CW7070
Patima Housing with YS-110 2EA
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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This image was taken during a dive at Mikes Reef off Nassau. by Steven Anderson
This image was taken during a dive at Mikes Reef off Nassau.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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White-0n-White An example of some great camouflage by Jean Wood
White-0n-White
An example of some great camouflage
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Myanmar (Burma)
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A pair of very nice Thin Ghost Pipefish Taken during a m... by Ed Wood
by: Ed Wood
A pair of very nice Thin Ghost Pipefish
Taken during a muck dive, Cheeky Beach, Buton Island, Wakatobi
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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La Ciotat - 100mm, f7.1, 1/50 by Daniel Strub
La Ciotat - 100mm, f7.1, 1/50
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Blennius gattorugine. photographed in apnea skindiving by Alberto Romeo
Blennius gattorugine. photographed in apnea skindiving
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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G9 -YS110 by Serhat Tasgedik
G9 -YS110
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Anenome Fish, Ras Katy Nikon D80 60mm by Alan Fryer
Anenome Fish, Ras Katy
Nikon D80 60mm
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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longnose hawkfish by Miro Polensek
longnose hawkfish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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An interesting subject that cares for its eggs on their m... by Gurney Fermin
An interesting subject that cares for its eggs on their mouth just up to the time they hatch then released into open waters.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2009
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
This guy sits nicely in the frame Gurney
67 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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in full flight by Geoff Spiby
in full flight
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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Mating of Mandarin fish Canon 5D Mark2 Sea&Sea Housing ... by Jagwang Koo
Mating of Mandarin fish
Canon 5D Mark2
Sea&Sea Housing With YS-250 2EA
30 Votes
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date posted category: Macro - swimming
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Eye of the puffer ... Nikon D200 with 60 mm macro lens in... by Andre Yanco
Eye of the puffer ... Nikon D200 with 60 mm macro lens in a Sea&Sea Housing. Twin YS-110 strobes with TTL converter.
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Editor's Comment
eye, eye yet again
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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So many species of anemone fish in the Solomon Islands by Larry Polster
So many species of anemone fish in the Solomon Islands
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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D300-60mm by Larry Polster
D300-60mm
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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"wad"canon 450D-60 macro by Paolo Zulli
"wad"canon 450D-60 macro
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Blennius gattorugine. Photographed in apnnea skindiving. by Alberto Romeo
Blennius gattorugine. Photographed in apnnea skindiving.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A scool of Diplodus sargus. Photographed in apnnea skindi... by Alberto Romeo
A scool of Diplodus sargus. Photographed in apnnea skindiving
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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We arrive!!!! by Mario Rapini
We arrive!!!!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Lion fish by Vitaly Vinogradov
Lion fish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"hot pepper" canon 450D-60 macro by Paolo Zulli
"hot pepper" canon 450D-60 macro
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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goby nikon d2x 105mm micro by Puddu Massimo
goby nikon d2x 105mm micro
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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