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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 Thursday, January 9, 2025
0 votes

Pagurus pubescens hermit crab covered in little scyphystoma polyps (polyps which produce medusae)
By Anton Plaksin
posted Thursday, January 9, 2025
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 Thursday, January 9, 2025
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)
Little juvenile Trumpetfish on Little Cayman Island. by Deborah Chambers
Little juvenile Trumpetfish on Little Cayman Island.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A cleanning fish on a Murène... :O) .... by Michel Lonfat
A cleanning fish on a Murène... :O) ....
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Parrotfish. by Miguel Cortés
Parrotfish.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Mandarin Fish, Mabul island, Borneo, Malaysia, D300, N... by Kay Burn Lim
Mandarin Fish, Mabul island, Borneo, Malaysia,
D300, Nikon 105VR Macro
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 15, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Due to recent surgery, my husband/dive buddy Jim didn't d... by Deborah Chambers
Due to recent surgery, my husband/dive buddy Jim didn't dive on this trip to Little Cayman, so I took his D300 down and had a blast with it. This Queen Triggerfish was aggressively guarding its eggs, so it was easy to shoot a close-up.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 14, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Serranus cabrilla. Olympus c-7070 and YS-60 by Carlos Ernesto
Serranus cabrilla.
Olympus c-7070 and YS-60
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 14, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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clownfish by Luc Rooman
clownfish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 14, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Klunzingers lipvis by Luc Rooman
Klunzingers lipvis
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A clown fish in it's Anemone ... :O) .... by Michel Lonfat
A clown fish in it's Anemone ... :O) ....
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Crowned Toby - Who wouldn'd love a face like this? by Stuart Ganz
Crowned Toby - Who wouldn'd love a face like this?
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Moray close portrait. by Miguel Cortés
Moray close portrait.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2008

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Editor's Comment
good diagonal crop
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Clownfish, 105mm by Larissa Roorda
Clownfish, 105mm
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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Cleaning service. Canon G9 & Inon D2000 strobe. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Cleaning service. Canon G9 & Inon D2000 strobe.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Photo taken at northeast coast of Taiwan with Nikon D100 ... by Steve Kuo
Photo taken at northeast coast of Taiwan with Nikon D100 housed in Nexus Anthis D100
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Taiwan
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Clown fish with a small parasite in the fronthead by Victor Tabernero
Clown fish with a small parasite in the fronthead
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Out looking for shark close ups, ran into this school of ... by Cindy Campbell
Out looking for shark close ups, ran into this school of fish instead! Used a 60mm lens at f5.6, using strobes.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Guapeton fish by Victor Tabernero
Guapeton fish
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Serranus cabrilla with parasites. olympus c-7070and YS-s... by Carlos Ernesto
Serranus cabrilla with parasites.
olympus c-7070and YS-strob
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A crab taking a ride in a jelly fisy. Casio Exilim z 1200 by Andrew Macleod
A crab taking a ride in a jelly fisy. Casio Exilim z 1200
42 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Clown fish, (Amphiprion nigripes). Canon G9 & Inon D2000 ... by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Clown fish, (Amphiprion nigripes). Canon G9 & Inon D2000 strobe.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Even little fish get dirty. A damsel fish getting a good... by Ross Gudgeon
Even little fish get dirty. A damsel fish getting a good going over by a cleaner wrasse that is almost as big as it is. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Canon 100 macro
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great behavior shot - the sort always in demand for books
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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The fish in this photo is a Smooth Trunkfish. The size of... by Steven Anderson
The fish in this photo is a Smooth Trunkfish. The size of this fish is about the size of a pea. I found that this fish kind of buzz's around the reef like a bee. This photo was taken at Santa Rosa Wall in Cozumel.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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The reef reflected in a Puffer´s eye by Victor Tabernero
The reef reflected in a Puffer´s eye
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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first you get it ... afterward you think how to swallow i... by Andrea Severino
first you get it ... afterward you think how to swallow it! --- poor mechanic shrimp!
Sealife DC800 with strobe
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Cuttlefish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm. by Derek Haslam
Cuttlefish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Cuttlefish eating a sand eel, Hope Cove, Devon. Taken us... by David Stephens
Cuttlefish eating a sand eel, Hope Cove, Devon. Taken using Nikon D100 & 60mm lens
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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rudderfish by Martin Dalsaso
rudderfish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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