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Peoples' Vote


sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted (5 days ago)
3 votes

Sepia officinalis
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (3 days ago)
3 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

Imperial Eagle | Malta
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

The Lumpfish or Cyclopterus lumpus. A fish which lack a swimming bubble. Like to sit on rocks, trying mimicing the background. My favourite fish! They are very clumsy colorful and playful.
By Anton Plaksin
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Octopus vulgaris
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

sepiola swimming
By Michele Lazzari
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Bornella anguilla ( snakey bornella) nudibranch_February 2024
(Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

the deco
By Salvatore Lauro
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)
Clarkes Anemonefish ... minus the anemone. Ningaloo Reef.
Stingray from Grand Cayman this August. Photo taken with a Canon PowerShot SD 550 and SeaLife digital Strobe.
Most photographers use food, I used deception. I kept gesturing as if I had something, and this poor grunt thought he was a bloodhound, yet all I offered were several bright bursts of light...
Two-spotted goby
Looks like Mick Jagger pet clown fish. C5050
Little cuttlefish,under Trefor pier.
North Wales. D200,60mm.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Others need Sipidan for great shots, Derek just needs Wales!
Tiny eeny shrimp flying about on an anenome... about 5mm long.... (tasted like a prawn:)
mantis shrimp
Do these count as flaring nostrils?
Puddingwife at Southwest Breaker, Bermuda. by Dr Evil
by: Dr Evil
Puddingwife at Southwest Breaker, Bermuda.
Orange Glow...Taken in August in the Bimini area of the Bahamas. This HawkFish of some variety was a perfect subject and never moved.
'POOF' I swam around a crevice and 'poof' he just puffed when he saw me! Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Angel fish in La Conga Yabucoa P.R. Nikon N90 20mm wide lens P)hoto was croped
Becolored anemone for orange clownfish C5050
Blue ring Octopus trying to outswim the flounder that subsequently ate him (a previous entry).
You Can't Come In. Rockfish hiding in a crevace. Monterey, CA, August 2006. Canon G6, Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
A small Sculpin in Plumose anemones. Port Hardy, Canada. D2x. 60mm
Taken on a dive to Hol Chan Marine Reserve off the Cayes in Belize using Casio Exilim EX-Z1000
Rock beauties are generally very shy and hard to photo. Unless of course you sit and wait and dont breathe for 5 minutes until they come by =)
While I was trying to get a shot of the little yellow and black stripey thing, the two cuttles just barged in to the frame... cuttlefish etiquette ain't what it used to be...
'CLOSE ENCOUNTER' Late evening and headed for the surface with 2 shots remaining on the roll... and this. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Space ship in blue E900
Juvenile Frogfish from Bonaire. This one was forced to move on by an aggresive Damselfish......... Nikon Coolpix 990 and Ikelite Pro II video light
flat worm
Spanish Dancer, caught in action of swimming; on a night dive at Ringgis, Tioman Island.
'GOTCHA' Trumpet fish hidin' out in a favourite spot. Night dive, Belize. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Nudis at Seraya Beach, Bali
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