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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)
The watchful eyes of the Octopus in Taiwan, Green Island,... by Alex Tattersall
The watchful eyes of the Octopus in Taiwan, Green Island, IXUS 750..
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Taiwan
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Not all Clown Fish are as innocent as Nemo, this one look... by Yves Antoniazzo
Not all Clown Fish are as innocent as Nemo, this one looks as though I surprised it with its fins in the cookie jar.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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(Taken in the Swan River, at night) using an Olympus 7070... by Jo Watson
(Taken in the Swan River, at night) using an Olympus 7070 plus Ikelite ds125 strobe.
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A jelly in a river? Nice shot Jo
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Night squid taken at Sandy Bottom. Olympus C8080 by Nick Hobgood
Night squid taken at Sandy Bottom. Olympus C8080
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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The Mandarine: Philippine , Nikon D100, Macro lens 105, T... by Marchione Giacomo
The Mandarine: Philippine , Nikon D100, Macro lens 105, Two manual strobo
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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What a wonderful eye! This is a full frame close-up of th... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
What a wonderful eye! This is a full frame close-up of the "face" of a small puffer-fish. Only by night, when they are sleeping, is it possible to get so close. Nikon F100 with 90 mm Tamron and TCx2

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Here's a nice abstract Arthur
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Pipefish. Babbacombe beach, Devon. F90X, 60mm by Mark Thomas
Pipefish.
Babbacombe beach, Devon.
F90X, 60mm
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Bluestriped Grunt - SLR, Ikelite Substrobe Ai on TTL by Laszlo Ilyes
Bluestriped Grunt - SLR, Ikelite Substrobe Ai on TTL
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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Mother's Care by Richard Ng
Mother's Care
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Malaysia
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night squid by Charly Founes
night squid
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 11, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Bavosa in bottle by Marco Fava
Bavosa in bottle
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 11, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Wolffish. by Asbjorn Hansen
Wolffish.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 11, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Oceanic white tip, in blue water with sony P9 by David Thompson
Oceanic white tip, in blue water with sony P9
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 11, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Tricky Path" Whilst diving around the Liberty Wreck in T... by Damien Preston
"Tricky Path" Whilst diving around the Liberty Wreck in Tulamben, noticed this shrimp negotiating its way through the anemone. It almost looked like it had a drunks swagger with 6 left legs.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 11, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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As this ghost pipefish was hiding in a featherstar it mad... by Erika Antoniazzo
As this ghost pipefish was hiding in a featherstar it made for a beautiful background. It took a while though to get this shot, it didn't want to let me get that near and kept moving away. Patience, patience, patience I'm starting to learn.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 10, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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This Hogfish was seen this April at Isla Mujeres. The pho... by Bonnie Conley
This Hogfish was seen this April at Isla Mujeres. The photo was taken with a Canon PowerShot SD 550
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 10, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Baby cuttlefish off Kapalai by Alex Lim
Baby cuttlefish off Kapalai
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 10, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Longnose hawkfish at Big Drop Off, Palau... IXUS 750 by Alex Tattersall
Longnose hawkfish at Big Drop Off, Palau... IXUS 750
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 10, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Look how orange this guy is... frogfish in Taiwan.... by Alex Tattersall
Look how orange this guy is... frogfish in Taiwan....
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date posted posted: Friday, June 9, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Taiwan
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Reef crab hiding amongst Staghorn corals on a night dive ... by Alex Lim
Reef crab hiding amongst Staghorn corals on a night dive in Mabul.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 9, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Whitebelly dameselfish - I used an olympus c60. Picture w... by Anel Van Veelen
Whitebelly dameselfish - I used an olympus c60. Picture was taken at sharks bay.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 9, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The squid: Lankayan . Nikon D100 , 105 macro, Two manual ... by Marchione Giacomo
The squid: Lankayan . Nikon D100 , 105 macro, Two manual strobo
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 8, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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I saw numerous barracuda on my last trip to Isla Mujeres.... by Bonnie Conley
I saw numerous barracuda on my last trip to Isla Mujeres. This was the most striking pose. I used a Canon Powershot SD 550.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 8, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Proving how close you get to Tiger sharks at Tiger Beach.... by Andy Colls
Proving how close you get to Tiger sharks at Tiger Beach. Nikon D50 with Sea & Sea housing and Subtronic strobe. April 2006, original unedited image.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 8, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Hawkfish taken with an olympus C60 by Anel Van Veelen
Hawkfish taken with an olympus C60
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 8, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Crab with beautiful blue eyes!(Using my new (Canon 20d) 6... by Danielle Caceres-Bricheno
Crab with beautiful blue eyes!(Using my new (Canon 20d) 60mm macro lens)
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 8, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas India
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Hairy Ghost Pipefish, Tawali Resort, Milne Bay, Nikon F90... by Per Lagerberg
Hairy Ghost Pipefish, Tawali Resort, Milne Bay, Nikon F90, 60 mm, 5 mtrs depth,
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 7, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Coral Sea Papua New Guinea
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