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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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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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Two lanes, no waiting... This new cleaning station appro... by Jeff Lafrenz
Two lanes, no waiting... This new cleaning station approach promises reduced wait times for fish on the go...
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Curious Cuttlefish by John Parker
Curious Cuttlefish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Pointe aux Piments,Mauritius 20m Scorpionfish Jean-Yves ... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Pointe aux Piments,Mauritius 20m Scorpionfish
Jean-Yves Bignoux
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Gold Fish This super klipfish was very inquisitive about... by Kate Jonker
Gold Fish
This super klipfish was very inquisitive about my snoot and spent a lot of time following me around the dive site. Canon 7dmkii, Canon 60mm macro lense, Retra LSD
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Cookin up some eggs in the grill (Cardinalfish with mouth... by Tony Cherbas
Cookin up some eggs in the grill (Cardinalfish with mouth brood)
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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What do you do when you have bitten off more than you can... by Jeff Lafrenz
What do you do when you have bitten off more than you can chew? I watched this fish unsuccessfully try to swallow another fish that was a bit too big to fit, leaving him to swim around with a tail at both ends...
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Jellyfish at San Miguel, Azores by Wijnand Plekker
Jellyfish at San Miguel, Azores
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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This beautiful metallic blue Polychaete (Neanthes Virens)... by Martin Gombrii
This beautiful metallic blue Polychaete (Neanthes Virens) is a good swimmer.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Sweden
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frogfish by Rudy Janssen
frogfish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Baby Snowflake Eel by Tracey Harris
Baby Snowflake Eel
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Frog fish Lembeh strait. Nikon D800E, 105 macro , snoot by Marchione Giacomo
Frog fish
Lembeh strait.
Nikon D800E, 105 macro , snoot
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Squidward - we were doing an early morning dive off Turtl... by Robin Bateman
Squidward - we were doing an early morning dive off Turtle Reef and encountered a squad of squid on our return. They were so interested in us and our cameras it was like they were asking us for a photoshoot! Oly EMDEM1 12-50m lens
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Pikeblennie excited by Danny Van Belle
Pikeblennie excited
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Netherlands Antilles
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Nemo is a real fish by Henley Spiers
Nemo is a real fish
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Tiny Crinoid Cuttlefish by Aja Radl
Tiny Crinoid Cuttlefish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Pipefish move always around. Here I was lucky to get the ... by Danny Van Belle
Pipefish move always around. Here I was lucky to get the focus just right on the head.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
3rd place Monthly HotShots
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Love the leading lines and color separation on this shot. Perfect post and spot on focus! Not easy with a swimming subject!
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Juvenile Batfish struttering her stuff by Jeff Lafrenz
Juvenile Batfish struttering her stuff
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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The sailfin blennie male attract females by flashing his ... by Danny Van Belle
The sailfin blennie male attract females by flashing his huge dorsal fin in a blink of an eye. An almost impossible job to get it in the picture.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Netherlands Antilles
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Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster rostrata) by Brad Ryon
Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster rostrata)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Playful little pipefish in Hermanus by Gemma Dry
Playful little pipefish in Hermanus
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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Pillar Corals - BVI - Normand Island - The Indians by Joao Batista Cabral Junior
Pillar Corals - BVI - Normand Island - The Indians
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands (British)
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Pelagia noctiluca by Alberto Gallucci
Pelagia noctiluca
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Editor's Comment
Beautiful shot! Love the textures and the lighting is perfect.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Cloud 9 by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Cloud 9
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Super Sucker ... ! Slender Pipefish - Trachyrhamphus l... by Stefan Follows
Super Sucker ... !
Slender Pipefish - Trachyrhamphus longirostris
Padangbai, Bali
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Long-spined porcupinefish. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Long-spined porcupinefish.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Baby Drumfish by Aja Radl
Baby Drumfish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Slender Filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri) by Brad Ryon
Slender Filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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