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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 (4 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 (4 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted 10:23 CST Today (7 hours ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (4 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

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
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)

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Title: "Mid-water flight" Juvenile Siganus luridus. Size:... by Athanassios Lazarides
Title: "Mid-water flight" Juvenile Siganus luridus. Size: Less than 30 mm
Photographed with the Canon G16 & SubSee+10
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 23, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Blue eyes by Tony Yang
Blue eyes
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 23, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Title: "Pink cutie". Name of species: Brachaluteres taylo... by Athanassios Lazarides
Title: "Pink cutie". Name of species: Brachaluteres taylori - Juvenile File fish. Size: Less than 20 mm. Photographed in Tulamben, Bali.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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"Sea stallion" Hippocampus hippocampus from Cyprus. by Athanassios Lazarides
"Sea stallion" Hippocampus hippocampus from Cyprus.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Cyprus
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Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight! by Lars Oliver Michaelis
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Zeus faber free swimming taken with 105/2.8 (small specimen) by Gaetano Gargiulo
Zeus faber free swimming taken with 105/2.8 (small specimen)
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Ornate Ghost by Philippe Eggert
Ornate Ghost
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 16, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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clown fish with parasite by Rudy Janssen
clown fish with parasite
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Bad passenger by Salvatore Ianniello
Bad passenger
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cardinal fish showing eggs by Mark Reilly
Cardinal fish showing eggs
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Blackwater Jelly by Pietro Cremone
Blackwater Jelly
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 13, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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I used a snoot to isolate only the fish. by Tracey Jennings
I used a snoot to isolate only the fish.
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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This is one of the few shots in existence of this larval ... by Suzan Meldonian
This is one of the few shots in existence of this larval form of a Tripod fish. It is a creature from the deep, originally found at 15,000 feet in the Marianas Trench. Discovered while on a Black water dive over a depth of 600 feet in the Gulf Stream
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2017
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Incredible shot of a very rare sighting. Just wonderful.
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Fire dartfiish or red fire goby (nemateleotris magnifica)... by J. Daniel Horovatin
Fire dartfiish or red fire goby (nemateleotris magnifica) dancing with its partner but missed a focused shot of the duo.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The perfect hover by Luke Gordon
The perfect hover
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Cardinal fish with eggs by Mark Reilly
Cardinal fish with eggs
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Muck habitat researcher Maarten De Brauwer hovers behind ... by Luke Gordon
Muck habitat researcher Maarten De Brauwer hovers behind a tiny juvenile Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Photograph shot while documenting new research into these cryptic habitats
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Colourful smiling by Raoul Caprez
Colourful smiling
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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In bad weather(rain,wind,cold),what else you can do?Take ... by Istvan Zoboki
In bad weather(rain,wind,cold),what else you can do?Take a camera and go explore a dive site.There is always something,something beautiful!
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Eye of a juvenile squid on the surface, during a night di... by Frank Nuijens
Eye of a juvenile squid on the surface, during a night dive in Coron Bay
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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I've dreamt about a seahorse by Uwe Schmolke
I've dreamt about a seahorse
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Editor's Comment
Excellent capture and great technique. It truly looks like in a dream
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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banggai-cardinalfish | juvenil by Volker Lonz
banggai-cardinalfish | juvenil
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Turtle on night dive by Helen Hansen
Turtle on night dive
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Cuttlefish Fish by Helen Hansen
Cuttlefish Fish
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Shoot in a moq dive by David Ferreira
Shoot in a moq dive
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Malaysia
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Pipefish by Iyad Suleyman
Pipefish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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MINION by Tianhong Wang
MINION
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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