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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 (5 days ago)
5 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted Yesterday
2 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles
Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted Yesterday
1 votes

Octopus vulgaris
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Yesterday
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch 
( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024
(Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus 
ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted (2 days 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)
'ON the MOVE' Free swimming flatworm. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Tiny cuttlefish only in 2m just of the
beach, who needs to go deep. 60mm.
A huge Hogfish feeding in the sand. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
This was taken in Cathedral Anilao Batangas Philippines. Using my Canon Powershot A620 I capture a moment with this pink Anemone Fish.
Juvenile Scorpionfish.It`s about 2cm.
D70,105mm.Kapalai, Sabah
Funky anemone for this male Bridled clown fish
Taken at Sipadan Island, East Malaysia
Taken at Mabul Island, East Malaysia
'BUBBLES' Anemonefish (Spine-cheek) in bubble anemone; Walindi, WNB, PNG. Housed Nikon ; Niko Mar III housing; 55 auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
"Loaded Spring" Everytime I tried to take a photo of this little Hawkfish it would raise it fins then lower them in a split second and shoot of in a different direction. Olympus C5050, Inon D-180 Strobe
the famous wonderpuss..........
Blue ringed octopus.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
very sharp image and worth a zoom!
Bridled clown fish having a face rub whith his all white host.
How about a friendly little hawkfish. Taiwan.. e900
Devilfish or Western Blue Devil. Photo taken in Esperance, Western Australia (sea = Great Australian Bight)using Coolpix 990, Ikelite housing and Pro II video lite. Maybe not the best fish portrait, but I just love the colours
This juvenile Yellowtail Damselfish was one of the toughest photographs I've ever taken. They're very small (2 cm) and they just flit into view for a second or two. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
Flying Gurnard taken on a night dive from the Turks and Caicos Explorer II live aboard. I used an Olympus C5060 and an external flash.
Relax for a blue spotted sting ray. Hurghada.
Teeth of the Great Barracuda (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Ready to pounce! I'd be happy to be told what this fish is, some kind of goby I suppose. Taken with a Canon S70, Y60 flash manual exposure.
Arrow Blenny (2 cm). These tiny fish are tough to spot, but they're great fun to watch as they flick their tail and dart out to spear little shrimp and other morsels. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
Taken @ rapid bay Jetty South Australia
Greater pipefish. 60mm.
Devon.
Open Wide- gReen Moray w 2 Species of Cleaner Shrimp.
It took an entire dive for the shrimp and moray to cooperate like this
Mikon 8008 w 105 mm Micro Mikkor and 2 Ikelite 50 Strobes- Kodak EVP film
Remember Jefferson Starship?
Whilst hanging on a safety stop line in a raging current I managed to snap shoot this jelly
Sweetlips from Gota Abu Ramada, Hurghada.
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