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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 (5 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 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 Yesterday
0 votes

Pterois miles
Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Tuesday, December 24, 2024
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus 
ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted 05:47 CST Today (2 hours ago)
0 votes
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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)
HYDROMEDUSE ?
super close up of the cerata of a coral nudibranch-Phyllodesmium horridus. You can see the reddish coloured soft coral inside that it feeds on
Nikon D-200 with 60mm macro lens and 2 x converter
Camouflage !!
Anemone Crab or Tanker Crab?
Red Coral, but my daughter calls this one "Eyeballs".
seahorse side view - Canon A640, double INON macro, Z240
The eye... :O)
My best xeno crab picture so far,from Lembeh 350d/70mm
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2008

Final RoundThrough to 2008 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
excellent xeno shot Yves
I'm think is a Crab in Derawan
Spider crab. Bunaken Marine Park
2008/8/17
Wally's Pink Squat Lobster (Lauriea siagiani) on sponge (Canon G9, D2000w, UCL165)
Anemonefish eggs close-up..¸> <((((º> `·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> `·..Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165's
Denise Pygmee seahorse, 30 mtrs deep, lots of current. Very happy to make this picture. Fuji S2 pro, 50 mm Lense. Raja Ampat, Papua.
shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
this is a cute pygmy. Rob knows, when you're this close, get the eyes sharp
Pigmy Seahorse.. D100 with 105mm.
Close up of a squat lobster , Sound of Mull, Scotland
Black pygmee seahorse, barely 1 cm large. Species not yet determined. Fuji S2 pro, 60 mm macro lense.
"Black Pohonti" - Interesting, how this Pygmy was observing me with one eye :-) Taken at Raja Ampat, West Papua.
Took snorkeling on the North side, by DiveTech using Nikonos V with 1:2 exten tube. Fugi 100 iso film.
Nudi close-up D200/105 VR
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2008
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2008 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
different, Yves knows how to fill a frame!
Close-up of the cerata of an aeolid nudibranch. Nikon D200, Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes. 105mm, 2x teleconverter, 2x dioptre.
Who likes blue eyed blondes ? Hermit Crab in Cerro Godo Beach, Puerto Rico. Taken with Canon G9 in Patima Housing and double stacked macro lenses.
2 pygme's, far Northern Great Barrier Reef
Bargabanti Pigmee seahorse, size +/- 1,5 cm. Picture taken with 60mm lense.
I don't remember how many Sea Whips I looked at before I found this Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides unciger), but it was a lot. .. > <((((º> `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> ·.¸Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 macro lenses
Another Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus denise) during a dive at Menjangan island, Bali. (Canon G9, Inon strobe D2000w, UCL165 macro lens)
This Sibling Sea Star Shrimp (Periclimenes soror) was a pain to capture as it was on the underside of a Crown of Thorns Starfish... > <((((º> `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> ·..Canon G9 & Inon UCL 165 macro lenses
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