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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 (5 days ago)
5 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted 03:00 CST Today (14 hours ago)
2 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted Yesterday
1 votes

Octopus vulgaris
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted 02:01 CST Today (15 hours ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days 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
Shovelnose Ray by Sean Steininger
Shovelnose Ray
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Australia
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Janolus by Salvatore Ianniello
Janolus
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2015

Final RoundThrough to 2015 awards final round judging
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A big turtle was eating and didn't care about the photogr... by Pietro Cremone
A big turtle was eating and didn't care about the photographer..
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Teeths! A friendly (!) triggerfish shows his strong theets. by Pietro Cremone
Teeths! A friendly (!) triggerfish shows his strong theets.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Turtle and remora in Mayotte Island, Chirongui Beach. by Marc Grau
Turtle and remora in Mayotte Island, Chirongui Beach.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 1, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mayotte
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Madonna del Vervece by Marco Gargiulo
Madonna del Vervece
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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BW by Marco Gargiulo
BW
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Ah yes the Flamingo Tongues working on a gorgonian. This ... by Steven Anderson
Ah yes the Flamingo Tongues working on a gorgonian. This image was taken during a dive on the Sugar Wreck off West End Bahamas.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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I have my eye on you by Marc Van Den Broeck
I have my eye on you
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 26, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Wishing everybody a serene holiday season! by Ellen Cuylaerts
Wishing everybody a serene holiday season!
shortlistedShortlisted!
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Lunar Landing' by Jim Catlin
'Lunar Landing'
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 22, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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*** by Nadya Kulagina
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4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 21, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Turtle Up Close by Henrietta Honnor Passos
Turtle Up Close
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 19, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Barbados
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Yawning frogfish by Iyad Suleyman
Yawning frogfish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 19, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Male Sea Lion around, La Paz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Male Sea Lion around, La Paz Mexico
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 19, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Clear Clear Water! Taken in Bonaire - the gorgonian was ... by Patricia Sinclair
Clear Clear Water!
Taken in Bonaire - the gorgonian was beautiful and with the boat above it - a gorgeous moment to remember.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 18, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Bryde Whale by Eduardo Acevedo
Bryde Whale
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Beautiful , can't get enough of these.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Anemone and Residents by Gabriel De Leon Jr
Anemone and Residents
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Eriphia verrucosa (Thau lagoon) by Mathieu Foulquié
Eriphia verrucosa (Thau lagoon)
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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"The yellow block" a manta cleaning station with lots of ... by Joerg Blessing
"The yellow block" a manta cleaning station with lots of bluestriped snappers and goatfishes
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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softcoral by Oscar Miralpeix
softcoral
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Portrait lighting by Steven Miller
Portrait lighting
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Editor's Comment
Love the lighting and slighly B&W
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Eriphia verrucosa (Thau lagoon oyster farm) by Mathieu Foulquié
Eriphia verrucosa (Thau lagoon oyster farm)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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[:b:]Oh Oh[:/b:] by Francesco Pacienza
Oh Oh
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Twin clowns in Fiji by Benita Vincent
Twin clowns in Fiji
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 14, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Fiji
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Strange reflection by Salvatore Ianniello
Strange reflection
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 14, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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sea whips and anchovy ball by Todd Moseley
sea whips and anchovy ball
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 14, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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