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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 (6 days ago)
2 votes

sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted Yesterday
2 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 Yesterday
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 (4 days ago)
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted (2 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
A spider crab rests on kelp on the Knoll Pins, Lundy Island by Nick Blake
A spider crab rests on kelp on the Knoll Pins, Lundy Island
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 7, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Manta point at raja4 by Wisnu Sulistio
Manta point at raja4
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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red prospective by Massimo Giorgetta
red prospective
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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[:b:]MedSea[:/B:] by Francesco Pacienza
MedSea
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Diver Down Baby Turtle! This image was taken in the Gulf ... by Steven Anderson
Diver Down Baby Turtle! This image was taken in the Gulf Stresm during a young sea turtle release.
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Spider crab - Anchor Bay, Connemara by Mark Thomas
Spider crab - Anchor Bay, Connemara
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 4, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Ireland
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[:b:]Spacecraft[:/B:] by Francesco Pacienza
Spacecraft
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 3, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Astroides by Marco Gargiulo
Astroides
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 2, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cuttle fish in Arborek. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Cuttle fish in Arborek.
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 31, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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big mouth by Marc Van Den Broeck
big mouth
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Hyppo by Marco Gargiulo
Hyppo
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56 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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During camera system test - watery rose by Steven Anderson
During camera system test - watery rose
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 28, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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While we waiting for see humpback whale of 12mts, this sm... by Philippe Brunner
While we waiting for see humpback whale of 12mts, this small zooplancton of 12mms was just in front of my camera. Hard shoot with a objectif of 17mms.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 28, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Walea, Lampu, 2014 by Andrea Acri
Walea, Lampu, 2014
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Ribbed Medusa Puget Sound, WA, U.S.A. by Tom Radio
Ribbed Medusa
Puget Sound, WA, U.S.A.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2014
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2014 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Great shot, a classic book cover
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 26, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Anemone in Cueva del Diablo, El Hierro. by Alexia Dunand
Anemone in Cueva del Diablo, El Hierro.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 25, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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living in a box by Marc Van Den Broeck
living in a box
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 24, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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this is what the tide pool creatures see when you stick a... by Dale Kobetich
this is what the tide pool creatures see when you stick a GoPro or two in thier home
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Red net by Marco Gargiulo
Red net
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51 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Ready to go by Marco Gargiulo
Ready to go
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Raja Ampat reef Nikon D800E, 10,5 mm Nikon , two strobo ... by Marchione Giacomo
Raja Ampat reef
Nikon D800E, 10,5 mm Nikon , two strobo
Magic Reef
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Dusky Grouper on "El Bajón", known as one of Jacques Cous... by Alexia Dunand
Dusky Grouper on "El Bajón", known as one of Jacques Cousteau's favorite dive site. El Hierro.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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egg carrier in lembeh by Marc Van Den Broeck
egg carrier in lembeh
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Large 1.5m Napoleon Wrasse just cruising between us and l... by Trevor Flanagan
Large 1.5m Napoleon Wrasse just cruising between us and looking us over. Didn't realise until I uploaded it also looks like its mouth is heading for my son smile
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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two waycrab lembeh by Marc Van Den Broeck
two waycrab lembeh
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Carpe diem by Andrea Acri
Carpe diem
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Sleeping by Marco Gargiulo
Sleeping
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 20, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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