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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 (4 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 (4 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted 10:23 CST Today (7 hours ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (4 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

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted Yesterday
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
Bar jack waiting for a meal over the ray's shoulder. St. ... by Larry Polster
Bar jack waiting for a meal over the ray's shoulder. St. Croix
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Virgin Islands U.S.
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Akumal reef and diver, great and well preserve coral form... by Javier Sandoval
Akumal reef and diver, great and well preserve coral formations in Akumal haaa and tons of turtles!!!!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Shore Divers @ Paradise Sharm el Sheikh by Adolfo Maciocco
Shore Divers @ Paradise
Sharm el Sheikh
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Yellowbar Angelfish (Juv) by Harvey Reeve
Yellowbar Angelfish (Juv)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Batfish 1 by Dray Van Beeck
Batfish 1
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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Please don't shoot me, taken at El Quadim with Canon G10 by Beate Seiler
Please don't shoot me, taken at El Quadim with Canon G10
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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little hawksbill making a run for it.... by Jon Kreider
little hawksbill making a run for it....
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nice 'under the boat' reef shot Jon
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 22, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Moray, in need of some dental work... by Andres L-M_larraz
Moray, in need of some dental work...
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 22, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Leopard Shark by Caroline Istas
Leopard Shark
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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Octopus shot with Olympus C-7070 with PT-027 housing and ... by J. Daniel Horovatin
Octopus shot with Olympus C-7070 with PT-027 housing and Sea & Sea YS-110a strobe.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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White tip Shark by Caroline Istas
White tip Shark
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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sponge by Sergiy Glushchenko
sponge
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Rhapsody in August by Erdogan Atilla
Rhapsody in August
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Jordan
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Jelly, Natural light. by Andres L-M_larraz
Jelly, Natural light.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Parco Marino di Portofino, 30 m deep Red sea fan by Fabrizio Bianchi
Parco Marino di Portofino, 30 m deep
Red sea fan
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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colourful reef, Apo island by Geoff Spiby
colourful reef, Apo island
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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this is one of the frist photographs I took when a became... by James Francis
this is one of the frist photographs I took when a became a underwater photographer with my new DX-1G sea & sea digital point an shoot. Cow fish are hard to catch relaxed with natural colors because if it get nervous it turns blue...
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Hawksbill Close Encounters @ Wall Dive, Site Name: Two fo... by Pedro Padilla
Hawksbill Close Encounters @ Wall Dive, Site Name: Two for You in Puerto Rico.
I use my Nikon D80 with 18-55 lens. Shoot 1/30 sec, f/8 Iso 100. Focal lenght 30mm.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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gorgonian fan and divers on the wall by Geoff Spiby
gorgonian fan and divers on the wall
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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soft corals, Cabilao by Geoff Spiby
soft corals, Cabilao
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This Lemon Shark follows the slick from the baskets of de... by Steven Anderson
This Lemon Shark follows the slick from the baskets of dead fish. These sharks are much like dogs. The image was taken during a night dive at Tiger Beach. Bahamas
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Take off ! Another friendly green turtle with a friendly... by Christian Nielsen
Take off !
Another friendly green turtle with a friendly diver on El Puertito, Tenerife.
Olympus E330, 14-54mm, single Ikelite DS125 strobe.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Barrel Sponge and Diver taken off the East end of Grand C... by Paul Colley
Barrel Sponge and Diver taken off the East end of Grand Cayman. The sponge was almost directly under the dive boat, so it was simply a matter of camping out with the camera set up until a diver dropped into frame; which one duly did.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Yellow sponge. Turneffe atoll, Belize. Canon Ixus 980, WA... by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Yellow sponge. Turneffe atoll, Belize. Canon Ixus 980, WA20 Ikelite & Inon D2000.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Sea Fan with lit coral behind by Alex Goldblum
Sea Fan with lit coral behind
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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flamingo snail on soft coral, by Javier Sandoval
flamingo snail on soft coral,
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 12, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Pristine Star Coral showing its beauty. Dive Site name Fa... by Pedro Padilla
Pristine Star Coral showing its beauty. Dive Site name Fallen Rock @ Guánica Puerto Rico.
I use my Nikon D80 with 18-55mm with 2 ikelite strobe. Shoot 1/30 sec. at f/9.5 ISO 100.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 12, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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