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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 (6 days ago)
6 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
3 votes

sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted Yesterday
2 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

Imperial Eagle | Malta
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

Octopus vulgaris
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Yesterday
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (6 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
Life From Death by Tony Cherbas
Life From Death
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 3, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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So close than can feel the action. Shark feeding with the... by Carlos Pérez
So close than can feel the action. Shark feeding with the Italian
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 3, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Green turtle at Tenerife Island. by Eduardo Acevedo
Green turtle at Tenerife Island.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 3, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Flamming cuttlefish by Philippe Brunner
Flamming cuttlefish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 3, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Roatan Marine Park, coral scene with diver. by David Gilchrist
Roatan Marine Park, coral scene with diver.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 2, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Caribbean Reef Shark Dive by Carlos Pérez
Caribbean Reef Shark Dive
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 2, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Teeth Nikon D80 with Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 (A16), f... by Margriet Tilstra
Teeth
Nikon D80 with Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 (A16), focal length 42 mm, Ikelite housing, D125 + Sea&Sea 50 Strobes.
Settings: Aperture f/4.5, Shutter Speed 1/80, ISO 100
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 2, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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Huksbill 2nd shot by Carlos Pérez
Huksbill 2nd shot
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Conger in Paguro wreck by Alberto Gallucci
Conger in Paguro wreck
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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While waiting for my turn to photograph a frog fish, I di... by Olivier Notz
While waiting for my turn to photograph a frog fish, I discovered this batfishes under the table coral
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Kimbe Bay by Tony Cherbas
Kimbe Bay
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 31, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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Map Pufferfish by Andre Philip
Map Pufferfish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 31, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Very large green moray just hanging in the cave, new came... by Jerry Stinnett
Very large green moray just hanging in the cave, new camera so not perfect but he is so cool.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 30, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Close focus wide angle cuttlefish by Greg Duncan
Close focus wide angle cuttlefish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 30, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hypocampe by Philippe Brunner
Hypocampe
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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EARLY MORNING by Mona Dienhart
EARLY MORNING
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Circles by Marco Gargiulo
Circles
Runner Up Monthly HotShots

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Another one that stands out from this series, great work Marco.
51 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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The most friendly huksbill by Carlos Pérez
The most friendly huksbill
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 27, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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ROOTS by Mona Dienhart
ROOTS
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 27, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Chromium Nikon D80 with Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 (A16)... by Margriet Tilstra
Chromium
Nikon D80 with Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 (A16), focal length 50mm, Ikelite housing, D125 + Sea&Sea 50 Strobes.
Settings: Aperture f/4, Shutter Speed 1/60, ISO 100
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 27, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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booming with color by Nadya Kulagina
booming with color
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 26, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Zeus faber by Chicco Maggioni
Zeus faber
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 26, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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LACE I love the changing colours and textures of these e... by Mona Dienhart
LACE
I love the changing colours and textures of these elephant ears
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 26, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
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Different sweetlips in a cleaning staion by Andre Philip
Different sweetlips in a cleaning staion
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 26, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Platax by Philippe Brunner
Platax
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 26, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Cenote "Cueva de los Pecos", Playa Larga. Canon 450, Tok... by Oxana Kamenskaya
Cenote "Cueva de los Pecos", Playa Larga.
Canon 450, Tokina 10-17 fisheye, 2 x strobes Ikelite 160
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 25, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Cuba
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Close focus wide angle enough? Sperm Whale eye. 15mm D90... by Arun Madisetti
Close focus wide angle enough? Sperm Whale eye.
15mm D90, Ike housing.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 23, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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