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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

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Following Mantaray, Isla San Benedicto México by Alejandro Topete
Following Mantaray, Isla San Benedicto México
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Magnificent anemone in the afternoon by Olivier Notz
Magnificent anemone in the afternoon
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 6, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Underneath the Arborek Jetty by Brooke Sippel
Underneath the Arborek Jetty
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 3, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Honu Perspective: Low-Pass Fly-By. by Tony Cherbas
Honu Perspective: Low-Pass Fly-By.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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The Healthiest Reef by Henley Spiers
The Healthiest Reef
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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The turtle by Mona Dienhart
The turtle
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Scorpionfis and sea flowers by Pietro Cremone
Scorpionfis and sea flowers
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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school of blue striped grunts on protected reef near Play... by Antonio Venturelli
school of blue striped grunts on protected reef near Playa del Carmen
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 28, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Mantaray with sun, San Benedicto Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Mantaray with sun, San Benedicto Mexico
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 27, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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"Spinning Sponges" The sponge in the foreground is ill... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Spinning Sponges"
The sponge in the foreground is illuminated by my strobes, while the ones in the background spin! No Photoshop.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 27, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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jelyfish by Pieter Firlefyn
jelyfish
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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three curious ones.... by Claudia Weber-Gebert
three curious ones....
81 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Reef Magic in Tubbataha by Henley Spiers
Reef Magic in Tubbataha
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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Lionfish (Pterois miles) swimming suspended at midwater. by Roberto Nistri
Lionfish (Pterois miles) swimming suspended at midwater.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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'It's Raining Squid' - Two Caribbean reef squid in the sh... by Tanya Houppermans
'It's Raining Squid' - Two Caribbean reef squid in the shallow waters of Grand Cayman during a rain storm
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 22, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Hiding from the dark~ Guineafowl Puffer Fish (Arothron m... by Mr Chai
by: Mr Chai
Hiding from the dark~
Guineafowl Puffer Fish (Arothron meleagris)
at tungkul abdul rahman park sabah malaysia
Canon T4I Meikon housing
Single YS03 strobe with flipsnoot pro
Macro filter +13
Shutter 200 F7 ISO100
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 22, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Malaysia
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Nature takes it all back by Andreas Kutsch
Nature takes it all back
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 21, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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High up in the wind! by Mona Dienhart
High up in the wind!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 20, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Parrot fish with guest by Pietro Cremone
Parrot fish with guest
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Big round World. 1/13th second shutter spin. F-22 at 8mm... by Steven Miller
Big round World. 1/13th second shutter spin. F-22 at 8mm with TTL lighting.
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Sun Dust and Red Magic by Tony Cherbas
Sun Dust and Red Magic
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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Parrot fish Nikon D800E, 10,5mm , minidom widemacro Two... by Marchione Giacomo
Parrot fish
Nikon D800E, 10,5mm , minidom widemacro
Two strobo
Dharanvadhoo . Maldives
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 15, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Masked banner fish swimming along. by Jessica Fagan
Masked banner fish swimming along.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Honu Voodoo by Tony Cherbas
Honu Voodoo
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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BUTCHERED by Marko Perisic
BUTCHERED
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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VAPORTRAIL by Marko Perisic
VAPORTRAIL
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Close focus wide angle by Steven Miller
Close focus wide angle
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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