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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 (5 days ago)
2 votes

sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted 03:00 CST Today (14 hours ago)
2 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 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 02:01 CST Today (15 hours ago)
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 (3 days ago)
0 votes
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12968 Entries Found: Page 62  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)

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Nemo and Merlin at their house :) by Pepe Suarez
Nemo and Merlin at their house smile
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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A banded Butterfly fish stopped swimming to check out my ... by Patricia Sinclair
A banded Butterfly fish stopped swimming to check out my port...I think she saw her reflection in there.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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"Contemplating". by Dusty Norman
"Contemplating".
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Squid move, Veracruz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Squid move, Veracruz Mexico
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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NEW SCARF they're impossible for the human eye to see. i... by Tianhong Wang
NEW SCARF
they're impossible for the human eye to see. it's really hard in focus.
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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OH MY GOD they're impossible for the human eye to see by Tianhong Wang
OH MY GOD
they're impossible for the human eye to see
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016

Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 12, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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TRANSFORMER Newly born by Tianhong Wang
TRANSFORMER
Newly born
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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SLEEPY EYES juvenile file fish i use two fit pro +10 i... by Tianhong Wang
SLEEPY EYES
juvenile file fish i use two fit pro +10 in focus shoot it .
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Male jaw fish incubating the eggs. by Dusty Norman
Male jaw fish incubating the eggs.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Diver with Clownfish by Rudy Janssen
Diver with Clownfish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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same subject, different view by Pepe Suarez
same subject, different view
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Myanmar (Burma)
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Juvenile Pinnatr Spadefisf, Lembeh, Indonesia by Marylin Batt
Juvenile Pinnatr Spadefisf, Lembeh, Indonesia
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Blue-ringed Octopus, Small La Laguna, Puerto Galera by Tobias Reitmayr
Blue-ringed Octopus, Small La Laguna, Puerto Galera
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Juvenile oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) Tu... by Irwin Ang
Juvenile oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus)
Tulamben, Indonesia. March 2016
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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PARALUTERES PRIONURUS INDOPACIFIC (10cm) by Rudy Janssen
PARALUTERES PRIONURUS INDOPACIFIC (10cm)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Solenostomus paradoxus. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Solenostomus paradoxus.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sing Sing Sing by Doris Vierkötter
Sing Sing Sing
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Big mouth Nikon D800E , 105 macro , snoote retra. Lembe... by Marchione Giacomo
Big mouth
Nikon D800E , 105 macro , snoote retra.
Lembeh strait
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Puffer using an urchin to hide by Pepe Suarez
Puffer using an urchin to hide
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Pelagic Tunicate/I happened upon this strange, nearly tra... by Gladys Engler
Pelagic Tunicate/I happened upon this strange, nearly translucent creature, called a Salp, during a safety stop while diving in the Caribbean. Luckily I was shooting macro with my Nikonos V, and always saved one frame, "just in case".
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 24, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Nightfever by Doris Vierkötter
Nightfever
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2016
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Editor's Comment
The magnificent background and stunning sharpness on the subject make this a remarkable shot! Well done!
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Squid Lembeh strait. Nikon D800E , 105 macro, two strobo by Marchione Giacomo
Squid
Lembeh strait. Nikon D800E , 105 macro, two strobo
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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UNFORGIVING by Marko Perisic
UNFORGIVING
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Again to obtain the white background I used one of the st... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Again to obtain the white background I used one of the strobes to illuminate the reflective sand. I then completed the job with PS
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"Black and White Slender Filefish" by Dusty Norman
"Black and White Slender Filefish"
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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The eldest one of all by Ponnie J
The eldest one of all
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Coral Sea Philippines
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Staring Match with a Damselfish by Henley Spiers
Staring Match with a Damselfish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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