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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 (4 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 (4 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted 10:23 CST Today (7 hours ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (4 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

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted Yesterday
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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Sea Star -Philippines by Khaled Zaki
Sea Star -Philippines
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Lion Fish - Philippine by Khaled Zaki
Lion Fish - Philippine
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Jelly Fish - Qatar by Khaled Zaki
Jelly Fish - Qatar
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Blue Angel Fish-Qatar by Khaled Zaki
Blue Angel Fish-Qatar
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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from sipadan by Mehmet Öztabak
from sipadan
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Porcelain anemone crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus, catchi... by Magnus Larsson
Porcelain anemone crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus, catching plankton in the current that passes its host anemone.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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'Fireworm Sunball' by Jim Catlin
'Fireworm Sunball'
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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The North Wall of Grand Cayman is spectacular! At depth, ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
The North Wall of Grand Cayman is spectacular! At depth, everything loses color and these sponges appeared a muted greyish-pink. I knew they had to be more colorful. A burst from my strobes revealed the stunning, bright purple.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 8, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Hello! by Francesco Pacienza
Hello!
0 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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American crocodile.. in its splendor , from a safe distance by Susanna Randazzo
American crocodile.. in its splendor , from a safe distance
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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one subject but 2 photographers... :D by Gaetano Gargiulo
one subject but 2 photographers... :D
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Hippocampus guttulatus #3 by Mathieu Foulquié
Hippocampus guttulatus #3
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2015
2nd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2015 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Such an impressive angle, the Sea Horse almost looks like a statue! I love the contrast on this shot.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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shallow life (Thau lagoon, France) by Mathieu Foulquié
shallow life (Thau lagoon, France)
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2015

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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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High Noon Frog by Tony Cherbas
High Noon Frog
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 1, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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Long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (Thau lagoo... by Mathieu Foulquié
Long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (Thau lagoon, France)
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 31, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Sun Frog by Tony Cherbas
Sun Frog
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 30, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Aer Borek Village Pier by John Parker
Aer Borek Village Pier
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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A small island full of life on the sandy ground by Olivier Notz
A small island full of life on the sandy ground
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Fish School by Oxana Kamenskaya
Fish School
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A colorful soft coral reef scene in Fiji. by Jeffrey Richards
A colorful soft coral reef scene in Fiji.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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My favourite moray ell by Svetoslav Dimitrov
My favourite moray ell
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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School of Jacks, Cabo Pulmo México by Alejandro Topete
School of Jacks, Cabo Pulmo México
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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"That´s my reef...!" - Amazing and smart Day Octopus (Oct... by Andre Philip
"That´s my reef...!" - Amazing and smart Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sunbeams — Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx, Canon 8-... by Terry Steeley
Sunbeams
— Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx, Canon 8-15mm fisheye @ 15mm, f9, 1/160, ISO160, Inon Z240 strobe.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Grass crack anemone - Paranemonia cinerea (Thau lagoon) by Mathieu Foulquié
Grass crack anemone - Paranemonia cinerea (Thau lagoon)
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Morray smile by Svetoslav Dimitrov
Morray smile
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Crab watching the beatiful yellow dotted by Aksems Kuzucu
Crab watching the beatiful yellow dotted
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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