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Peoples' Vote


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

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 (2 days ago)
3 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch_February 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

Hector's goby_December 2024
(CanonEF60,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Susanna Randazzo
posted (3 days ago)
2 votes

green horse
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (4 days ago)
1 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 (3 days ago)
1 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 (2 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 02:38 CST Today (4 hours ago)
0 votes

Pagurus pubescens hermit crab covered in little scyphystoma polyps (polyps which produce medusae)
By Anton Plaksin
posted 05:21 CST Today (1 hour 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)
one of my favourite macro shots - copyright scubastew.com
Eyecontact
Velvet swimming crab. Menai strait's. D200, 60mm.
Ornate ghostpipefish, Solenostomus paradoxus. Picture taken off Seraya in North-East Bali.
Pufferfish Eye
Curious Batfish taken on Zafari
The open-mouth expression surprised me.
Red Scorpion fish(Scorpaena scrofa).Calvi Corsica
Tiny Squid
Large Puffer fish with big teeth!
Barracuda close-up. Key Largo.
Seahorse mid-water. Calvi Corsica
Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Nikonos V
Male Ballan wrasse in breeding colouration. St. Abbs, Scotland
Yellow boxfish (female) taken at Sharksbay with E300 and 105mm lens.
"Shrek" a/k/a Nembrotha nudibranch. Puerto Galera, Philippines.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
a wrinkly nudi, whatever next!
Nudy brench - Bacong Pier, Negros / Philippines
soft coral crab Lembeh Strait
Angelfish eye, viewed from behind. Nikon D70, 60 mm macro lens.
Colourful Blacktail Comber ( a type of Grouper) from Tenerife.......Canon G7
Early Christmas Spectrum Show at Redang Island.. Taken with Olympus E330 + 50mm Macro Lens.
Pipe fish in Palau. 105mm
Just a pretty face - Image taken in Key Largo with a Nikon F4, 105mm lens and Sb103 strobe.
Night dive. Dumaguete house reef. Razorfish in eel grass.
Clown fish North Sulawesi
School of goat fish coming my way
Thorny Seahorse. Muck dive. Dumaguete, Philippines.
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