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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 (3 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 (3 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 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

Pterois miles
Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Yesterday
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus 
ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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)
What you lookin at?
Even though there are heaps of pics of these fellas on this site i thought i would throw one in as well. Taken a few years ago on the great barrier reef, Australia. MM2 camera and strobe.
Juvenile Porcupine pufferfish. Nikon D70.
Phuket, Thailand. Lionfish spines. Fuji, 60mm, single strobe.
Indigo hamlets spawning in Belize. Vertical crop.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2005

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Good behavior shots like this are few and ar between
Mating Dragonets, Lembeh Straits.
All together! Manado, Indonesia. Nikon F90X
Indigo hamlets spawning at dusk in Belize.
GPF shot in Manado/Betlehem with UCL macro lens.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2005

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Heres a nice critter shot. Neutral background and diagonal placement
Butterfish.
Menai Straits, N. Wales.
F90X, 60mm.
Cross-eyed cuttlefish, Dumaguete, Philippines. D100, 105mm macro
Queen Angel protecting its hiding place. Photo taken in Patillas, Puerto Rico. Camera N70 Nikon with a 60mm 2.8f macro lens , Ikelite housing and stobelight
Hitch Hiker, This Coney fish has an Isopod that attaches to it's face and feeds off what the coney eats. sometime there are two to a fish.
Nikon D100, Titan housing, Sea & Sea Strobes.
Flamenco - Lembeh. Cannon 10D. The only thing missing is the sound of the castanets!
Queen angel in Culebra Puerto Rico. Nikon N 70 with a 60 mm 2.8 f macro lens in an Ikelite housing with strobes.
Trout.
Capernwray, Lancashire.
F90X, 60mm.
Scythe triggerfish, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands. D100, Nexus housing, 105mm macro, dual strobes.
This shoot made my day ! It was shoot at Marsa-Alam Redsea, Egypt. Notice the dotted circle beside the fin. Amazing !
Ready for battle. Cannon 10D. Lembeh. The mantis in the picture was squaring up against its reflection in my camera. Couldn't get any closer for fear of broken glass!
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp, Exuma, Bahamas
The Squid and its watcher. Taken at Santa Maria Cove,St.Thomas U.S.Virgin Islands July 2003.Camera Nikon N70 with 60mm 2.8 macro lens Astia 100iso housed by Ikelite with strobes.
Thailand
Leopard Shark Taken Phi Phi Island Thailand.
Strolling - Cannon 10D. Lembeh. This fella was changing spots by taking a leisurely stroll across the sea bed
This fella thought i could'nt see him. Clown fish- Great Barrier Reef.c5060
My best side - Cannon 10D. Looks like snakeskin!
Regal angelfish portrait. Photo taken in Vanuatu with a Nykonos V using a 35 mm lens and 1:3 macro extension and wire frame.
Found! - Cannon 10D, twin strobe. Just can't resist taking shots of clowns!
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