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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)
Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) standing by and defend... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) standing by and defending its spawn layed on the wreck of the Leven, in Baleal, Portugal. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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cuttlefish // C5060WZ ISO 100, 1/160s, f/7,1 , macro lens... by Melita Bubek
cuttlefish // C5060WZ ISO 100, 1/160s, f/7,1 , macro lens // Sistiana, May,08
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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FULL FRAME Anemone Fish taken at Richilieu Rock Thailand ... by Patrick Neumann
FULL FRAME Anemone Fish taken at Richilieu Rock Thailand with Canon 400D + 100mm macro lens.
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Méduse de la Ciotat by Oliva Eric
Méduse de la Ciotat
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Pyglopites diacanthus by Beatrice Primatesta
Pyglopites diacanthus
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Fairy Basslet. Bonaire, May 2008. Canon 400D, 60 mm lens. by Susan Lunn
Fairy Basslet. Bonaire, May 2008. Canon 400D, 60 mm lens.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 24, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Parrotfish taken in Na'ama Bay, sharm el sheik by Stephan Kerkhofs
Parrotfish taken in Na'ama Bay, sharm el sheik
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 24, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile boxfish, Bare Island by Doug Anderson
Juvenile boxfish, Bare Island
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Parrot fish while snorkeling. SHot with Sealife DC 600 si... by John Carroll
Parrot fish while snorkeling. SHot with Sealife DC 600 single strobe.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominican Republic
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Blacktip grouper , Canon S70 with Macro Lens by Beate Krebs
Blacktip grouper , Canon S70 with Macro Lens
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Lima Rock, Musandam, Northen Oman by Alexander Nikolaev
Lima Rock, Musandam, Northen Oman
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Oman
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Razorfish (Aeliscus strigatus), captured at about 10 mete... by Teguh Tirtaputra
Razorfish (Aeliscus strigatus), captured at about 10 meters depth off Megamal housereef, manado, Indonesia. Canon 400D and Sea and Sea housing with YS 250 pro strobes.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Trumpetfish getting cleaned in Bonaire, May 2008. Canon 4... by Susan Lunn
Trumpetfish getting cleaned in Bonaire, May 2008. Canon 400D, 60mm lens.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Highhat hiding under on of the canon on the scuba trail f... by Michael Kovach
Highhat hiding under on of the canon on the scuba trail from Datura Avenue in Lauderdale by the Sea
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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lembeh strait 2 gosth pipe nikon d2x 60mm macro by Puddu Massimo
lembeh strait 2 gosth pipe nikon d2x 60mm macro
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Puffer shot while snorkeling early morning. by John Carroll
Puffer shot while snorkeling early morning.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominican Republic
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looks like a clown fish month. by Michael Shope
looks like a clown fish month.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
I know, clowns are the most overdone subjects but we need to ackowledge them very now and then and hell, they are cute!
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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anemonefish looking very comfortable Taken at Sipidan by Geoff Spiby
anemonefish looking very comfortable
Taken at Sipidan
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Clown fishes. Moal Boal , Philippines. Nikon D100, double... by Marchione Giacomo
Clown fishes. Moal Boal , Philippines. Nikon D100, double strobo, 105 micro nikon
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Friends - Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikon D100, Aqua... by Mark Westermeier
Friends - Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikon D100, Aquatica housing and ikelight strobes.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Fish by Vito Lorusso
Fish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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The Spotted Drum is always a challenge to photograph as t... by Steven Anderson
The Spotted Drum is always a challenge to photograph as they move and flitter with the current. This photo was taken in Roatan last October.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Butterfly Fish in an underwater frame!, shot with my firs... by Shane Willard
Butterfly Fish in an underwater frame!, shot with my first underwater camera, an olympus C 60.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Clown fish. Mabul Island. by Miguel Cortés
Clown fish. Mabul Island.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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gangaa island,north sulawesi,ghost pipe fish,nikon d2x 60... by Puddu Massimo
gangaa island,north sulawesi,ghost pipe fish,nikon d2x 60mm macro two years ago
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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White spotted tobys, a common fish on the Hawaiian reef. ... by Stuart Ganz
White spotted tobys, a common fish on the Hawaiian reef. Photo taken with Canon 20D 60mm macro F5.6 1/100 ISO200.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Batfish being cleaned at the Scuba-seraya housereef in No... by Anouk Houben
Batfish being cleaned at the Scuba-seraya housereef in North-east Bali.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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