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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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6010 Entries Found: Page 197  of  223
Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters, or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Whip Gobies are almost as popular a subject as Clown Fish, and equally skittish. I had never had a successful shot until going to Indonesia, where they are in abundance on most whips, and a little more chilled out it seems!
"Cup Coral's Portrait"
from Kasai Village, Moalboal, Philippines
(Olympus E-3, 50mm macro lens, 1,4x tele converter and close up lens)
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010

Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
if only this one could speak!
emperor shrimp
Dancing Shrimp- Padang Bai
Canon S90 + Inon UCL 165 + SB 105 + DIY Adapter
"Denise"
For quite a long time she disappeard, now she's back at the dive area at Kasai Village, Moalboal Philippines, the Hippocampus denise.
shortlistedShortlisted!
U can't see me
grumpy ole man crab
shortlistedShortlisted!
Arlequin Shimp
Dive number 1 after sitting in a bus for 3 hours! Lots of water movement made it hard to catch this little bugger, large amaount of patience was required on my part.
Christmas Tree Worm
shortlistedShortlisted!
"Enjoy your meal"
Nudibranch seen at Kaai Village, moalboal, Philippines.
Bumblebee Shrimp
Ghostpiperfish - Sipalay
Underwater thingy - as seen in Avatar..... smile
Tiger Cowrie
Canon S 90 + Nikon SB 105 + stacked Inon UCL 167 + DIY Adapter
Hippocampus Pontohi in Lembeh strait
Bumblebee Shrimp
found in Lembeh; D200
Profile of a Porcelain Crab. In the high-rez you can see the texture of his eye and his "brushes." D300, 105mm + Macro Mate, Inon strobes.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Abstract of a fire urchin. Taken with a 105mm lens and a 2X teleconverter. No cropping.
Orange snot, NOT/ Orange puffball sponge, up close and personal.
anemone shrimp in white
shortlistedShortlisted!
Back off/ This was my first encounter with a Mantis Shrimp, I was a little hesitant to get too close.
I was in the Macro Heaven in Dauin - Negros - Philiphines
More photos on click here
Macro
Sea star shrimp on Egyptian sea star
found in Lembeh; D200
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