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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

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Close encounter with the Manatee by Abimael Márquez
Close encounter with the Manatee
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 16, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Whip by Ari Nieminen
Whip
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 16, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Travelling with company by Marteyne Van Well
Travelling with company
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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[:b:]Walking on...[:/b:] by Francesco Pacienza
Walking on...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Kiss Mouthes ;-) - Sweetlips frontal by Andre Philip
Kiss Mouthes ;-) - Sweetlips frontal
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2014

Final RoundThrough to 2014 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Very well taken.
51 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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my friends,Canon EOS 40D,Sigma 10mm Fish Eye, 1/125s at f... by Ivan Vychodil
my friends,Canon EOS 40D,Sigma 10mm Fish Eye, 1/125s at f/13, Ikelite housing with 2 strobes DS200+DS160
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 14, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Oligopus ater, female by Marco Gargiulo
Oligopus ater, female
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 14, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Jellyfish over the boat by Marco Gargiulo
Jellyfish over the boat
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52 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 14, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Glossodoris valenciennesi (Calella de Palafrugell) by Mathieu Foulquié
Glossodoris valenciennesi (Calella de Palafrugell)
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 14, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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...observation, Canon EOS 40D, EFS 10-22/f3,5-4,5 1/125s ... by Ivan Vychodil
...observation, Canon EOS 40D, EFS 10-22/f3,5-4,5 1/125s at f/18, Ikelite housing with 2 strobes DS200 and DS160
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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In the dunes by Salvatore Ianniello
In the dunes
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Juvenile Queen Angel in Cozumel, Mexico Canon 5D3 w/ 8-1... by Ken Kiefer
Juvenile Queen Angel in Cozumel, Mexico
Canon 5D3 w/ 8-15mm fisheye
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Snoot shot by Raj Prasad
Snoot shot
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Backlighting a Lionfish. by Steven Miller
Backlighting a Lionfish.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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The perfect reef to me. Teeming with life and color in th... by Steven Miller
The perfect reef to me. Teeming with life and color in the shallows.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Grotto Buffet. Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) wit... by Nina Baxa
Grotto Buffet.
Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) with Silversides – Grand Cayman 2013.
Olympus E-PL3, 9mm, dual UFL-2 strobes.
f/4, 1/80sec, ISO320.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Well, Mr. alien, up there you have Arrábida's cliffs, wh... by Diogo Ferreira
"Well, Mr. alien, up there you have Arrábida's cliffs, which are one of the scenic highlights of this natural park, but the climate is a little dry for me, I prefer it down here despite of the anoying seagulls trying to bite my legs off..."
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 9, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Grouper close-up portrait This grouper was brave enough ... by Dmitry Starostenkov
Grouper close-up portrait
This grouper was brave enough to allow me to get very close. I almost touched his nose by camera dome port.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 9, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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"Greetings Mr. Alien, feel welcome into my world, just be... by Diogo Ferreira
"Greetings Mr. Alien, feel welcome into my world, just be careful not to harm any of us, or damage our houses.
My name is Pedro Crab and I'll be your guide for today..."
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 8, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Antedon Mediterranen by Salvatore Ianniello
Antedon Mediterranen
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 8, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Light, color, texture with static subject by Steven Miller
Light, color, texture with static subject
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 7, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Reef life by Nonna Pokras
Reef life
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 7, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Family of Anemones 90ft down submarine canyon Carmel Cali... by Dave Difiore
Family of Anemones 90ft down submarine canyon Carmel California
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 7, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Aerobatic formation under water - a group of mobulas by Andre Philip
Aerobatic formation under water - a group of mobulas
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 6, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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...a chance to make a picture - Eagle ray, Canon EOS40D, ... by Ivan Vychodil
...a chance to make a picture - Eagle ray, Canon EOS40D, Sigma 10mm/2,8 fisheye, 1/125 at f/13, Ikelite housing with 2 strobes DS200 and DS160
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 5, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"IMPACT" by Ellen Cuylaerts
"IMPACT"
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Huge orange barrel sponge at Cobalt Coast by Jim Catlin
Huge orange barrel sponge at Cobalt Coast
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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