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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 (5 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

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

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 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 Yesterday
0 votes

Pterois miles
Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Tuesday, December 24, 2024
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus 
ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted 05:47 CST Today (2 hours 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
"Oriental Sweetlips". This flashy fish has a little shadow fish behind it. Canon A650IS, Similan Island #6, Thailand.
Beautiful orange elephant ear sponge with a diver
Sponges of Bohol, Philippines
Mark with Sturgeon. D200, 10.5mm.
Turtle
One of many in Little Cayman
Nassau Grouper-Canon 5D 17-40 mm
Cuttle Fish
Blackside Hawkfish-hilu piliko'a,Mala ramp,Lahaina,Maui,Canon SD750.
Stingray
Crynoids like sun beams...
"Feathers on a cloud", feather stars resting on cloud sponge.
A night dive in Stuart Channel, near Chemainus BC. This is an area with plenty of feather stars , and a few cloud sponge. This is the first time I have seen them both togeather.
Red Fish
Bohol, Philippines
Vigilant Specter - The Lionfish has invaded the atlantic waters of the caribbean in vast numbers, and are exploding in population tenfold, due to the lack of preditors. This lionfish was patrolling Jakes Hole, in the Exumas caye chain in the Bahamas
Happy New Year!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
a good crop makes this shot. Well done Sergiy
Cozumel-Recovery of the reef-Canon 5D 17-40 mm
Giant barracuda at USAT Liberty ship wreck.
Canon Xti, 10mm, 2 Ikelite 125 strobes.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
good composition. It's hard to get a diver not looking awkward
Nemo 2, Bohol, Philippines, D300-Sigma 14mm
Green Turtle, Indian Bay, St. Vincent, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Sea and Sea DX1G / YS25 strobe
The colours of Palau. Casio exilim.
Taken with Canon S70 (7 megapixil) and built in flash.
A Sea Plenty of Life
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
shark soup
Guitar shark (depth 38m)
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Soft Coral in Blue Corner
Ninon D70S - 10,5mm - DS125
Mr T, look's like you've been framed! Capernwray. D200, 10.5mm.
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Squid at night , black and white with Canon S70
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