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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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5177 Entries Found: Page 46  of  192
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
Drift ice diving in Shiretoko,Hokkaido,Japan.
"orange house" scorpion fish
Emperor Angelfish mesmerized by my dome port
Morning Ghosts (Ghost Pipefish)
shortlistedShortlisted!
A couple
Reflected in a hole in the ice (Thetis Bay, Ross Sea, Anctartica)
Reefs wather.
Sorkelling with Manta
Nikon D800E , 17-35mm.
Two strobo
The Puffster ... !
Map Pufferfish - Arothron mappa
Sail Rock, Thailand
Her Majesty
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Spectacular reef shot, with excellent behaviour and perfect sun ball!
while looking for the catfish ...
white dots
Stove-Pipe Sponge in Tomini Bay, South Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi
lazy stretcher
I found this beautiful giant anemone on a shallow reef. It's a particularly gorgeous specimen for Grand Cayman. I waited for a diver to be in the right position, then clicked the shutter.
eagle ray
Never seen green before
Underwater poisonous mushroom
shortlistedShortlisted!
"Reef Art" - No Photoshop. Photographed using a slow shutter speed while sweeping across the reef. I used the surge to push me along.
Chaetodon semilarvatus, often as pair or small group. Picture taken in house reef Mangrove Bay
Box fish
Yellow arrow
Bats Above, Scorpions Below
Just a pineapple :D they are so skittish I attempted this shot many time with a wideangle. Tokina 10-17 @17
Still Life
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Well composed shot! Love the diver silhouette!
John Dory by night
Unicornfish
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