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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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12968 Entries Found: Page 419  of  481
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)
French Angel - Roatan Honduras - Reefmaster FILM camera -internal flash
Clown fish in Sulawesi
motherly love... swimming happily in the deep
This small blenny (about 4cm) sat very patiently as the camera moved in... either that or it was too scared to move... Taiwan again, IXUS again
Reef Ghost, Was in a swift changing current at Barracuda Point Sipadan Island, guided myself in behind a bombie for some reprieve. I noticed some fire weed that was moving in a strange direction. Spotted these two Harlequin Ghost Pipe Fish.
Banded pipefish on a night dive in Mabul
Look into my eyes... hypnotic acid fish in Taiwan. Enhanced by friends at digitaldiver... IXUS 750
A pair of BOXER CRAB. D70,105mm.
Kapalai,Sabah
Clown Fish/Anemone....Soma Soma Straits, Fiji...Reefmaster 3.2 megapixels...internal flash
clown fish,f100 and single strobe
These spine cheek anemone fish never want to sit still for the picture, they just move and move and my camera wouldn't focus on them. So I just focused on the anemone instead and waited for the fish to swim in front of my camera.
Hawaiian Bigeye shot with 300D, 55mm. A shot in the dark.
Its the first time that i come together with this kind of fish, and as they tell me other divers its very rare. i am not complaining, it was patient and give me a nice pose.
Pink Anemonefish, Taken with a canon powershot SD550 and a lot of luck.
The other variety of Sea-Dragon, the Weedy Sea-Dragon. Not as attractive as the Leafy, but equally mesmerising to my wife Jill and special dive buddy. Taken shore diving at Lucky Bay, Australia with Nikon Coolpix 990 & Video Lite
freswhwater ,tadpoles,f100 , 105 and 2x.
Another curious little hermit crab found in Taiwan...
Old blue eyes! Tiny hermit crab in Taiwan. These guys often get scooped up, ending up in nightmarkets with a paperclip glued to their backs while small children try to hook them out with a magnet on a rope for fun. Still, who am I to judge, right ??
"Johnny" John Dory taken at Goat Island Marine Reserve.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Nice portrait Alexander
Leafy Sea-Dragon found while shore diving at Lucky Bay, Western Australia. Taken with Nikon Coolpix 990 and Video Lite. Without the lights, the Leafy Sea-Dragon is almost indistinguishable from the weeds. I'd watch these until the air ran out!
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2006

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Nice diver for interest and scale Brian
Seahorse. 105mm,D70. Kapalai,Sabah
A pair of greater pipefish.
Devon. 60mm.
Octopus 60mm macro
Stonefish.60mm.
Ragged fin Lionfish on a night dive in Mabul
Fish in sea fan
Kiss Me Angel was taken at Isla Mujeres on April 2006 using a Canon PowerShot SD 550.
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