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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)
Close-up of Hawksbill turtle by Louwrens De Lange
Close-up of Hawksbill turtle
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date posted posted: Monday, July 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Emperor Angelfish - changing from juvenile to adult. Ba... by Christian Loader
Emperor Angelfish - changing from juvenile to adult.
Baa Atoll, Maldives.
Olympus SP350, Inon d2000 strobe.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Hi there little buddy, give me five!!! by Miguel Cortés
Hi there little buddy, give me five!!!
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Is this an alien being or a swimming Polyclad Flatworm? T... by Fatt Chuen Foo
Is this an alien being or a swimming Polyclad Flatworm? Taken at Pulau Weh, Aceh, Indonesia with Olympus SP 350, Inon macro converter lens and two Inon strobes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Pipefish at Moalboal by Taco Cheung
Pipefish at Moalboal
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Close-up of Black-Saddled Toby (Canthigaster valentini) i... by Jim Chambers
Close-up of Black-Saddled Toby (Canthigaster valentini) in Anilao.
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Hamlets Mating in the Bahamas taken with an Olympus Evolt... by Jeri Curley
Hamlets Mating in the Bahamas taken with an Olympus Evolt e-300.
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Bahamas
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Mimic filefish. Often confused with black-saddled tobies ... by Dave Hunt
Mimic filefish. Often confused with black-saddled tobies (with good reason, that is what they mimic....). Great Barrier Reef.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Lion Fish - Jetty - Derawan est Borneo by Alberto D'este
Lion Fish - Jetty - Derawan est Borneo
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Brunei Darussalam
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I'm not sure why he's pouting, he gets to dive all the ti... by Don Bricker
I'm not sure why he's pouting, he gets to dive all the time. Nikon D200 with 105 mm Macro lense in an Ikelite housing. DS125 strobes.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Black-saddled toby. Great Barrier Reef. 60mm macro on Ca... by Dave Hunt
Black-saddled toby. Great Barrier Reef. 60mm macro on Canon Rebel XTi.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Australia
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longfin spadefish (platax teira) taken near the surface i... by Stephan Kerkhofs
longfin spadefish (platax teira) taken near the surface in Na'ama Bay.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Alien Of The Ocean! Taken in Perhentian Island with Canon... by Edvin Eng
Alien Of The Ocean! Taken in Perhentian Island with Canon G9 & Inon Z240 strobe.
42 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Image taken in Similan islands with a Nikon D80 and a 60m... by Spencer Finn
Image taken in Similan islands with a Nikon D80 and a 60mm lens.
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Weedy Sea Dragon, Kurnell by Doug Anderson
Weedy Sea Dragon, Kurnell
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what a beastie!
58 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Fishs - Chaetodon fasciatus by Vito Lorusso
Fishs - Chaetodon fasciatus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Lots of Jellyfish off SE Florida coast this day. by Michael Schlenk
Lots of Jellyfish off SE Florida coast this day.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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found in Komodo; F100 by Thomas Lueken
found in Komodo; F100
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Red Sea Anemone / Clown fish at home. Olympus E-300 50mm ... by Thomas Roesler
Red Sea Anemone / Clown fish at home. Olympus E-300 50mm + 1.4TC.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Closeup of a Trumpetfish in Similan Islands, Thailand. ni... by Spencer Finn
Closeup of a Trumpetfish in Similan Islands, Thailand. nikon D80, 60mm lens.
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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"Funny, How a name sticks with you". Spaeramia nematopt... by Larissa Roorda
"Funny, How a name sticks with you". Spaeramia nematoptera PAJAMA CARDINALFISH. I first learned of these fish on this trip! That name really stuck with me, and I began seeing them everywhere!!
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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This fish posed to be shoted in Aegan Sea, Turkey by Svetoslav Dimitrov
This fish posed to be shoted in Aegan Sea, Turkey
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Lionfish at Moalboal by Taco Cheung
Lionfish at Moalboal
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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One of the most bizarre marine creatures in the world. Th... by Cal Mero
One of the most bizarre marine creatures in the world. The striped pajama squid of Southern Australia.
Nikon D80, 2 x ds 51 strobes and a 60mm
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Juvenile Flamboyant Cuttlefish (1.5 - 2 cm) hovering abov... by Adriano Trapani
Juvenile Flamboyant Cuttlefish (1.5 - 2 cm) hovering above the black sand of Lembeh Strait... simply hypnotic!
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date posted posted: Friday, July 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Golden Damsel. I dont know if its just me but i can i spe... by Lyndon Cubillan
Golden Damsel. I dont know if its just me but i can i spend my whole dive just watching and observing this small reef fishes. I guess i'm a damsel fish trapped in a mans body.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Juvenile or intermediate Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion ... by Jim Chambers
Juvenile or intermediate Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) from Anilao.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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