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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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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
weedy sea dragon
weedy sea dragon
Turtle and Spanish Hog Fish in Utila
Two of a kind..... This image was taken in Cozumel
sweet chocolate                                          ... by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
sweet chocolate click here
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Three of a kind, a diagonal - Jun Lao created a photo here
Silent Scream by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Silent Scream
Coral Grouper getting cleaned by small Wrasse.
Olympus E330, 14-54mm, Ikelite DS125
Parrotfish
Green female turtle taken in Na'ama Bay.
Green Moray
Photographing the Boha Snapper at Shark Yoland Reef
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editor's comments

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a different CFWA composition Julian
Near Garden
I just love how the blue stands out in this garden of soft corals
shot with nikon D70s and 50mm macro
The head of a tarp.
Black Angel and Squirrel Fish taken off the coast of Curacao in February 2008. Camera used was a Canon S50 with a Sea & Sea YS-110 Strobe.
Jelly fish taken during safety stop
shortlistedShortlisted!
Underwater Bouquet at Komodo. These sea fans were about 6 feet tall. G9/Ikelite DS160s/Olympus Wide Angle Lens.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Mooring rope. D3, 16mm.
Sea Fan and Rainbow Runners at Komodo. G9/DS160s/Olympus Wide Angle Lens.
huge... by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
huge...
Shot of an anemone found off South Monastery Beach in Carmel, Ca. This was one of the better dives I've had there in awhile, with the vis around 40 ft. The shot was taken with a canon a570, single inon d-2000s strobe and inon fisheye lens
Parrotfish seen in Freeport Bahamas May 2009. Photo taken with a Canon SD 550.
Picture taken with a Canon G9. (La Paz - Mexico)
Peep Show by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Peep Show
Stagelight !
Ahoy Captain.. by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Ahoy Captain..
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