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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 (6 days ago)
6 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
3 votes

sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted Yesterday
2 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

Imperial Eagle | Malta
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

Octopus vulgaris
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Yesterday
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes
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shots taken with a WIDE ANGLE (or fisheye) lens having 1) a well defined close subject (usually strobe-lit) AND 2) a wide angle BACKGROUND with a second subject, usually a diver

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I'll be watching over you /wreck superintendent / frin... by Boris Pamikov
I'll be watching over you
/wreck superintendent / fringed blenny
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 5, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Japan Russia
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night dive /diver and file fish by Rick Thibert
night dive /diver and file fish
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 4, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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turtle..... by Afflitti Gianluca
turtle.....
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 4, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Solomon Sea Papua New Guinea
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Turtle by Abimael Márquez
Turtle
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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i'm waiting... by Levent Albas
i'm waiting...
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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red sea flower by Ladislav Nogacek
red sea flower
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Gorgonian bicolors with fish. Taken with Nikon Coolpix P7... by Francesco Pacienza
Gorgonian bicolors with fish. Taken with Nikon Coolpix P7000 in Easydive Easysnap Housing. Two strobes Nikonos SB-105 with optical fiber cable. Manual mode settings, non TTL.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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/// by Sergiy Glushchenko
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 28, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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a dark and murky day at St Abbs by Tom Ashton
a dark and murky day at St Abbs
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Turtle and old school (mask) diver by Erich Reboucas
Turtle and old school (mask) diver
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the archetypical CFWA shot
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Extreme close-up :-) / Giant octopus Dofleini by Boris Pamikov
Extreme close-up :-)
/ Giant octopus Dofleini
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 23, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Japan Russia
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Giant in the spotlight by Erich Reboucas
Giant in the spotlight
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 22, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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the fishes are so busy eating the eggs that you can touch... by Gilles Brignardello
the fishes are so busy eating the eggs that you can touch them with the dome .
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 22, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Timor Sea Indonesia
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Just another idea to show these little creatures. Taken w... by Roland Bach
Just another idea to show these little creatures. Taken with 10,5mm fisheye + 1,4x conversion lens.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 21, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Lionfish picture taken in little cave at Ambergris Caye B... by Daniel Waldman
Lionfish picture taken in little cave at Ambergris Caye Belize taken with Canon g11 with canon Housing , wide angle , Ikelite Strobe settings F5.6, S 125, ISO 100 and White balance on auto
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 20, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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green sea turtels by Helmy Hashim
green sea turtels
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 20, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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This photogenic ling cod became my dive buddy and followe... by J. Daniel Horovatin
This photogenic ling cod became my dive buddy and followed me throughout a half hour dive.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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I do not think there is a category for this photograph, i... by Allen Walker
I do not think there is a category for this photograph, it is just a simple picture showing the natural beauty of Uniform coral. Hope you like it. (Not sure I do :))
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Lionfish portrait... by Viktor Vrbovský
Lionfish portrait...
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 17, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Turtle & divers by Erich Reboucas
Turtle & divers
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 17, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Lava Tubes by Glenn Storey
Lava Tubes
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 16, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Solomon islands
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Living Marmara 2011 WA 2nd award by Levent Albas
Living Marmara 2011 WA 2nd award
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 16, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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sea caw of marsa alam ! by Helmy Hashim
sea caw of marsa alam !
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56 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 14, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The Reef !! by Tunc Yavuzdogan
The Reef !!
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 14, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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cf. Lutjanus sp. by Alex Varani
cf. Lutjanus sp.
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 13, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Nudy Mudy by Levent Albas
Nudy Mudy
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 10, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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At Rest. Sea Horse shot close-focus wide angle with a Can... by Douglas Klug
At Rest. Sea Horse shot close-focus wide angle with a Canon Digital Rebel and 10-22mm in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 9, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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