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Incredibly social, the birth of a new one is a special time to get together and say hi (taken under permit)
By Arun Madisetti
posted (3 days ago)
4 votes

Imperial eagle | Statue of Christ
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (4 days ago)
3 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch_February 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

Hector's goby_December 2024 (CanonEF60,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Susanna Randazzo
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

Different color sea fans. Taken at a depth of about 40ft on a recent trip to Raja Ampat during Xmas 2024. Taken by a friend using an Olympus OM-D with 2 strobes.
By Fynn Wu
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

The colors of many Chromodorididae nudis are always striking and these species of Goniobranchus called kuniei is no exception.There are delicate nuances of complementary shades that help make it one of a kind_Jan 2025 (CanonEF60,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Susanna Randazzo
posted (3 days ago)
2 votes

green horse
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Dear photographer fellow divers, This is my 1000 photo that I am posting here, I hope you all enjoyed all that beauty. A happy new year and may we all continue to enjoy everything that lives underwater and take beautiful pictures of it.
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted Thursday, January 9, 2025
0 votes

Pagurus pubescens hermit crab covered in little scyphystoma polyps (polyps which produce medusae)
By Anton Plaksin
posted Thursday, January 9, 2025
0 votes

Adult escorts are usually but not always related to the calf. An Aunt, sister, cousin, grandmother, or even its mother. They all look after the new one. (taken under permit)
By Arun Madisetti
posted Thursday, January 9, 2025
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)
another Clownfish by Steffen Binke
another Clownfish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Whoaa, that's one ugly photographer! Wakatobi, South Eas... by Ross Gudgeon
Whoaa, that's one ugly photographer! Wakatobi, South East Sulawesi. Canon 40D & Canon 100 macro.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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strange family Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo Lembeh... by Marchione Giacomo
strange family
Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo
Lembeh 2008
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Hmmm, what lens have you got in there today? Ningaloo Re... by Ross Gudgeon
Hmmm, what lens have you got in there today? Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 40D & Canon 100 macro
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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1/125 @ f5 shot with 105mm One of my shots from my first... by Julian Cohen
1/125 @ f5 shot with 105mm
One of my shots from my first liveaboard trip with a camera. There were a lot of cuttlefish on this trip and I especially like the colours on this shot.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Divemaster pointing to a small Shortfin Pipefish (Cosmoca... by Jim Chambers
Divemaster pointing to a small Shortfin Pipefish (Cosmocampus elucens). Note: The fish was not touched. The divemaster put his finger in the picture to show the scale.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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The Smile by Victor Tabernero
The Smile
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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An Orange Butterflyfish taken in the waters of the Red-Se... by Michel Lonfat
An Orange Butterflyfish taken in the waters of the Red-Sea... in Egypt... :O) ...
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Zebra Lionfish: Taken while exploring bommey during safet... by Steve Dance
Zebra Lionfish: Taken while exploring bommey during safety stop. Canon S40 Digital
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Half-circled Angelfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia... by Ross Gudgeon
Half-circled Angelfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 40D & Canon 100 macro.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Blue Spotted Boxfish by Stuart Ganz
Blue Spotted Boxfish
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Toby by Sharon English
Toby
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Baby cuttle fish by Carl Gennaro
Baby cuttle fish
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Yellow Stingray-Cozumel-Canon 5D 50 mm by Richard Goluch
Yellow Stingray-Cozumel-Canon 5D 50 mm
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Spotted Box Fish. Usually very shy, this spotted box fis... by Lyn Hardy
Spotted Box Fish. Usually very shy, this spotted box fish was near a coral head in about 25 feet of water and seemed well disposed to a few photos before ducking into a cavern.
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea United States
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This little threespot dascyllus (dascyllus trimaculatus),... by Lyn Hardy
This little threespot dascyllus (dascyllus trimaculatus), at the Wakatobi Marine Preserve in Indonesia was a ham, as she swam in front of my camera and posed for several minutes.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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1/250 @ f7.1 I played a game of hide and seek to get thi... by Julian Cohen
1/250 @ f7.1
I played a game of hide and seek to get this shot. It's a blow to the ego to be outsmarted so many times by an animal smaller than your hand.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A blenny looking after it’s territory, probably Parablenn... by Sven Tramaux
A blenny looking after it’s territory, probably Parablennius pilicornis
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Solenostomus paradoxus - Ornate ghost pipefish – Harlekin... by Manfred Muchenberger
Solenostomus paradoxus - Ornate ghost pipefish – Harlekin Geisterpfeifenfisch;
North-Sulawesi – Minahasa Lagoon;
Canon EOS 300D in Aquatica Housing
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Surprise..... Peppered Moray or White Moray took it whe... by Mohammed Al Hamood
Surprise.....
Peppered Moray or White Moray
took it when I was in Masandam \ Oman
by Olympus C8080
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Shy Anemonefish by Martin Dalsaso
Shy Anemonefish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Proud Clown by Carl Gennaro
Proud Clown
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Small Octopus (Octopus cyanea, about 4 cm) swims free in ... by Michael Henke
Small Octopus (Octopus cyanea, about 4 cm) swims free in the night. Hard to get a focus on it. :-)
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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red sea pipefish. by John Naylor
red sea pipefish.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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shy clownfish by Eric Francis
shy clownfish
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Why the long face? It is a new year Fuji S5 pro/105 VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Why the long face? It is a new year Fuji S5 pro/105 VR
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Arrow Blenny (Lucayablennius zingaro) on the hunt in the ... by Deborah Chambers
Arrow Blenny (Lucayablennius zingaro) on the hunt in the Cayman Islands. It's fun to watch the little fellows darting out to spear larval shrimp or other tiny morsels of food. Length about 3 cm.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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