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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

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La Bym by Arun Madisetti
La Bym
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
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Lucky to have caught this Lionfish away from the reef! by Stephan Kerkhofs
Lucky to have caught this Lionfish away from the reef!
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Big octopus and my wife Nice dive on the Palm Mar divesi... by Christian Nielsen
Big octopus and my wife
Nice dive on the Palm Mar divesite, Tenerife
Olympus E330, 14-54mm, single Ikelite DS125 strobe
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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This image is of a baby Green Sea Turtle, which we releas... by Steven Anderson
This image is of a baby Green Sea Turtle, which we released off Grand Bahamas Island. There were 30 of them in total.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Photo taken with Swirl filter on objective. Nikon D60 in ... by Francesco Pacienza
Photo taken with Swirl filter on objective. Nikon D60 in Easydive housing with Nikkor 18-55VR. Two strobes: Nikon SB-105 and Sea&Sea YS300.
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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octopus in your home I found this litle octopus in your n... by Ernesto Rodriguez
octopus in your home I found this litle octopus in your nice clear botle home at 80 feet of depht
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 1, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Flying Batfish Canon 40D by Sangut Santoso
Flying Batfish
Canon 40D
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 1, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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This grouper would not leave me alone. During the entire... by Carol Cox
This grouper would not leave me alone. During the entire dive he stayed close by my face mask--cute, but it also kept me from taking a lot of photos on the dive.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ionian Sea Cyprus
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This needlefish was attracted by my dome port! by Stephan Kerkhofs
This needlefish was attracted by my dome port!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Egypt
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Hawksbill turtle feeding and an underwater photographer s... by Stephan Kerkhofs
Hawksbill turtle feeding and an underwater photographer silhouette taken in the saddle between Shark and Yolanda reef.
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Egypt
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I took this shot on Bari Reef in Bonaire. I was taking a ... by Shelley Zipper
I took this shot on Bari Reef in Bonaire. I was taking a px of a banded shrimp but when I viewed the px, I saw the eel right by the shrimp's claw.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Fiabaset by Sergiy Glushchenko
Fiabaset
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Apo island reefscene by Geoff Spiby
Apo island reefscene
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 29, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hawksbill cruising the reef in Roatan. D300-Tokina 10-17mm by Larry Polster
Hawksbill cruising the reef in Roatan. D300-Tokina 10-17mm
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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STAR. by Andres L-M_larraz
STAR.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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CUCUMBER> by Andres L-M_larraz
CUCUMBER>
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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A pair of these big boys hiding in the swim thrus at Blue... by Larry Polster
A pair of these big boys hiding in the swim thrus at Blue Channel, Roatan. Only one of them in this wide angle close focus shot. D300-Tokina 10-17mm
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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While visiting Freeport Bahamas I was suprised to find se... by James Francis
While visiting Freeport Bahamas I was suprised to find several large lionfish on a shallow shore dive near my hotel
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Bahamas
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A scorpionfish.... by Lütfi Tanrıöver
A scorpionfish....
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Clown and anemone by Sergiy Glushchenko
Clown and anemone
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Sponge. Turneffe atoll, Belize. Canon Ixus 980, WA20 Ikel... by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Sponge. Turneffe atoll, Belize. Canon Ixus 980, WA20 Ikelite & Inon D2000.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Red Coral by Julian Cohen
Red Coral
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Papua New Guinea
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Thank for your comments by Erdogan Atilla
Thank for your comments
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Malaysia
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open wide by Geoff Spiby
open wide
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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On my 2008 trip to the Galápagos Islands. Chocolate Chip... by Frankie Rivera
On my 2008 trip to the Galápagos Islands. Chocolate Chip Sea Star @ Cousin's Rock, Galápagos Is. Ecuador.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 18, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Barrell Sponge by Julian Cohen
Barrell Sponge
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date posted posted: Monday, January 18, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Papua New Guinea
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Pavona Coral by Simon Mittag
Pavona Coral
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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