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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)
Solenostomus cyanopterus by Sergey Verderevskiy
Solenostomus cyanopterus
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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The lure by Leena Roy
The lure
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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Triggerfish by Marcel Waldis
Triggerfish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blue and yellow and... by Chris Pienaar
Blue and yellow and...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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"Make-up artist" (Giant octopus eye and shrimp) by Natalie Bondarenko
"Make-up artist" (Giant octopus eye and shrimp)
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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shot with a 105mm nikon ikelite housing with a 2 ys-d1 st... by Simon Dyer
shot with a 105mm nikon ikelite housing with a 2 ys-d1 strobe set up shutter 200 F-stop 22
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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couple~ by Kiyoung Jang
couple~
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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buddy~ by Kiyoung Jang
buddy~
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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Wazzup? Double-ended Pipefish - Trachyrhamphus bicoarctat... by Stefan Follows
Wazzup? Double-ended Pipefish - Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus. Padangbai, Bali
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile Queen Triggerfish by Henley Spiers
Juvenile Queen Triggerfish
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Anemone fish on a night dive @SImilan Islands by Pepe Suárez
Anemone fish on a night dive @SImilan Islands
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Thailand
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Painted face by Chris Pienaar
Painted face
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Larval Stage Surgeonfish on a Night Dive by Henley Spiers
Larval Stage Surgeonfish on a Night Dive
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Queen Angelfish in the waters of the Roatan Marine Park. by David Gilchrist
Queen Angelfish in the waters of the Roatan Marine Park.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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I was recovering from a shooting a whip coral goby in a s... by Chris Pienaar
I was recovering from a shooting a whip coral goby in a strenuous position when I saw this interaction just a bit above me. The Angelfish kept returning even when the wrasse was nipping it a bit painfully from time to time.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Ghost pipefishes are sometimes stranded by the current de... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Ghost pipefishes are sometimes stranded by the current descending from the GBR to Sydney. Here they are shot in midwater with a very close aperture to just make their stunning color popping up...
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Today is juvenile angel fish day for me :) by Pepe Suárez
Today is juvenile angel fish day for me smile
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Thailand
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Juvenile Queen Angelfish @Cozumel by Pepe Suárez
Juvenile Queen Angelfish @Cozumel
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Sharpnose Puffer by David Gilchrist
Sharpnose Puffer
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
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A golden Nembrotha, Nembrotha aurea on Hotspots reef. by Chris Pienaar
A golden Nembrotha, Nembrotha aurea on Hotspots reef.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Two Yellow (Cubic) boxfish swimming in almost a mirror im... by Chris Pienaar
Two Yellow (Cubic) boxfish swimming in almost a mirror image in a pocket on Rooneys, Sodwana
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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I love the way that light changes the scene underwater fr... by Chris Pienaar
I love the way that light changes the scene underwater from a drab blue grey to these contrasting bright colours. Horseshoe Hawkfish in coral
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Snake pipefish. Trefor Pier, N. Wales. by Mark Thomas
Snake pipefish.
Trefor Pier, N. Wales.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Barred Hamlet with iridescent blue face tattoos by Henley Spiers
Barred Hamlet with iridescent blue face tattoos
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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A blue ribbon eel shouting at me to keep my distance. by Chris Pienaar
A blue ribbon eel shouting at me to keep my distance.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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hurry - hurry............ by Claudia Weber-Gebert
hurry - hurry............
60 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Anemonefish by Leena Roy
Anemonefish
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Djibouti
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