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2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire. This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away. Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (3 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Yesterday
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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)
B R O O D Cardinalfishh with eggs by Lilian Koh
B R O O D
Cardinalfishh with eggs
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Dinner time! Jellyfish eating small fish by Niky Šímová
Dinner time! Jellyfish eating small fish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Croatia
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F L Y I N G 
Sargassum frogfish (Histrio histrio)
 Tula... by Irwin Ang
F L Y I N G

Sargassum frogfish (Histrio histrio)

Tulamben, Indonesia.
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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G O L D • D U S T Juvenile Filefish by Lilian Koh
G O L D • D U S T
Juvenile Filefish
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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T R A P P E D Butterfish larvae in salp colony by Lilian Koh
T R A P P E D
Butterfish larvae in salp colony
shortlistedShortlisted!
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 13, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Sepiola eye, Buried in the sand by Niky Šímová
Sepiola eye, Buried in the sand
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 12, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Croatia
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Y A W N Pink skunk clownfish (Amphiprion perideraion) ... by Irwin Ang
Y A W N
Pink skunk clownfish (Amphiprion perideraion)
Tulamben, Indonesia.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 12, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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COUPLE... Crab Eye Goby - Signigobius biocellatus by Ton Ghela
COUPLE...
Crab Eye Goby - Signigobius biocellatus
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 11, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Gimme Some Sugar Sometimes a animal approaches and you... by Patricia Sinclair
Gimme Some Sugar
Sometimes a animal approaches and you have to take the image, regardless of the setup you have on (in this case, macro.)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 11, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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SURF @yakushima by Tianhong Wang
SURF
@yakushima
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46 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Title:Spiral shot@Kashiwajima Japan by Jinggong Zhang
Title:Spiral shot@Kashiwajima Japan
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Family of clownfish in the Banda Sea. by Leslie Howell
Family of clownfish in the Banda Sea.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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This is a sea butterfly!(Thecosomata) A pelagic sea snail... by Jurgens Swarts
This is a sea butterfly!(Thecosomata) A pelagic sea snail, smaller than your pinky nail! i have tried and failed many many time trying to get this shot!
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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This was taken close to the Tug Boat dive spot Curarcoa. by Hunter Aydelott
This was taken close to the Tug Boat dive spot Curarcoa.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Venezuela
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.. by Niky Šímová
..
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Croatia
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File fish in hiding! by John Parker
File fish in hiding!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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pregnant ornate or harlequin ghost pipefish (Solenostomu... by Lars Oliver Michaelis
pregnant ornate or harlequin ghost pipefish
(Solenostomus paradoxus)
backlighted shot
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Mediterranean Barracuda - TRIO by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean Barracuda - TRIO
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 31, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Doubt イシガキカエルオ (@yakushima) by Tianhong Wang
Doubt
イシガキカエルオ
(@yakushima)
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 31, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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MIDNIGHT - SNAP juvenile Midnight Snapper by Philippe Eggert
MIDNIGHT - SNAP
juvenile Midnight Snapper
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The one and only Anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris by Rudy Janssen
The one and only Anemonefish
Amphiprion ocellaris
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 28, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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I am living in Okkikawa Wreck by Deniz Muzaffer Gökmen
I am living in Okkikawa Wreck
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 28, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Philippines
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Fistularia commersonii Bluespotted cornetfish by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Fistularia commersonii
Bluespotted cornetfish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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M A R T I A N Wunderpus (Settling phase) (Wunderpus ph... by Lilian Koh
M A R T I A N
Wunderpus (Settling phase)
(Wunderpus photogenicus)
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Final RoundThrough to 2017 awards final round judging
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Sea horse by Niky Šímová
Sea horse
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Croatia
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The juvenile Many-Spotted Sweetlips photographed in Puert... by Norm Vexler
The juvenile Many-Spotted Sweetlips photographed in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 23, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Beauty Of Jellyfish by Simon Chong
Beauty Of Jellyfish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Malaysia
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