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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
OCTOPUS ON A NIGHT DIVE by Joel Sarver
OCTOPUS ON A NIGHT DIVE
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Divespot Shaab Rumi/Sudan; Precontinent II, Cousteau-hous... by Frank Schneider
Divespot Shaab Rumi/Sudan; Precontinent II, Cousteau-house from 1963. Nikon D2Xs, Nikon Zoom AF 12 - 24 mm; 2 flashes: Seacam Seaflash 150 TTL, Seacam flash Mini 100. Model: Karin.
Precontinent II is one of my absolute topspots worldwide!
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This is how you shoot models. It's the top people's vote for the month too. The people have good taste!
497 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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what ls left of the wheel house inchscape 2 by Simon Gardener
what ls left of the wheel house inchscape 2
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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I took this pic in Maui with a G-9 by Scott Johnson
I took this pic in Maui with a G-9
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 6, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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vase spong and friends by Roger Webb
vase spong and friends
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 6, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Dinner by Sergiy Glushchenko
Dinner
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 4, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Three Sisters dive site at Damaniyat Islands. My long suf... by Mike Dickson
Three Sisters dive site at Damaniyat Islands. My long suffering trainee Divemaster is in the background 8o)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Haunting and gloomy this photo was taken at Anilao, Batan... by Jon Aguirre
Haunting and gloomy this photo was taken at Anilao, Batangas.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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School of Batfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Ca... by Ross Gudgeon
School of Batfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Tokina 10-17
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41 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Cuttlefish taken at Fahal Island, Muscat, Oman by Mike Dickson
Cuttlefish taken at Fahal Island, Muscat, Oman
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Trunk Fish by John Harrison
Trunk Fish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Color and texture.... by Roger Webb
Color and texture....
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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This is one of my favourite shots to date... We were havi... by Thomas Ozanne
This is one of my favourite shots to date... We were having a show put on for us by 2 big Mantas and this opportunity presented itself... I couldn't believe how epic this Manta appeared once I reviewed the shot...
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Summer Water. Some wide-angle close up work on new-growth... by Douglas Klug
Summer Water. Some wide-angle close up work on new-growth kelp. Shot with a Canon digitla Rebel and 10-22mm zoom in Ikelite Housing. Natural Light.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Crab by John Harrison
Crab
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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19 " STAR ! by Andres Larraz
19 " STAR !
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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The Giant 6 meters Napoleon Wrasse :-) by Adolfo Maciocco
The Giant 6 meters Napoleon Wrasse :-)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Giant Moray. by Dray Van Beeck
Giant Moray.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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MANATEE Up close. by Andres Larraz
MANATEE Up close.
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Lobster in the Spotlight by Barbara Schilling
Lobster in the Spotlight
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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Anthias and red Sponge with diver in background and sun i... by Alberto Romeo
Anthias and red Sponge with diver in background and sun in backlight. Nikonos 15mm+ Ikelite strobe
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Jordan
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One of many wonderful wall dives in the Banda Sea aboard ... by Larry Polster
One of many wonderful wall dives in the Banda Sea aboard the Adventurer II. D300, Tokina 10-17mm
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Big Island, Hawaii. by Bill Arle
Big Island, Hawaii.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 22, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Anemone & Diver by Adolfo Maciocco
Anemone & Diver
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 22, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A chessboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus) and shediver... by Alberto Romeo
A chessboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus) and shediver in Maldives.
Nikonos 15mm+ Ikelite strobe.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 22, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Giant trevally. (Fuji f50 and Epoque ES-150DS strobe) by Cigdem Cooper
Giant trevally.
(Fuji f50 and Epoque ES-150DS strobe)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 19, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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dragonhead seafan by Heru Suryoko
dragonhead seafan
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea United States
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