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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 Yesterday
3 votes

Samaranger Lake
By Michael Baukloh
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

Samaranger Lake
By Michael Baukloh
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

Samaranger Lake
By Michael Baukloh
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Samaranger Lake
By Michael Baukloh
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

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

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted Yesterday
1 votes
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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
Blenny Fish
Hairy Frogfish 'dancing' in the current
Yaeyama blenny _April 2024
( Canon100, 1/200, f10, iso100)
Peacock mantis shrimp
Micro life on the Andaman sea_Blenny fish_April 2024
(Canon100,1/250,f8,iso100)
Hermit crab - Calcinus tubularis holding a gastropod
Vir philippinensis shrimp_Jan 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f9,iso100)
Yellow Umbrella Slug - Tylodina perversa
Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus
Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus
Balanophyllia sp_Orange cup coral . Close up taken in the Andaman Sea . The mouth opening is closed_April 2024
(Canon60, 1/200,f9,iso100)
Head of the Dragon, I managed to get this close up snoot shot of a Leafy Sea Dragon on a Night Dive. Port Norlunga South Australia
shortlistedShortlisted!
An Ornate Ghost Pipefish carrying its eggs. This shot was taken in Gato Island, Malapascua Cebu, Philippines, with an Olympus TG-6 Camera and a Backscatter MF-2.
shortlistedShortlisted!
A little crab with its great orange hat photographed in the sea of Goa_ November 2023
(Canon100,1/250,f9,iso100)
The Sea Squirt Shrimp (Dactylonia Ascidicola) lives in the Blue Yellow-ringed Sea Squirt (Rhopalaea Crassa) and the small goby guards its eggs outside of it.
Shining eyes for this beautiful coral gobi photographed during a dive in Andamans_April 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f8,iso100)
Coral fish_Andamans_April2024
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
What splendid eyes these little gobies have! They hide in small crevices in rocks. They are shy but curious and it is easy to photograph them when they lean out to scrutinize the external environment. Havelock Is._April2024
(Canon100,1/200,f9,i.100)
Red anemone with sparkling dust above.
Red anemone with sparkling dust above.
Red anemone with sparkling dust above.
Morena & shrimp
Hermit crab_Havelock Island_April 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
White sand moray eel
Hermit Crab - Diogenes pugilator
Sea Pony - Hippocampus fuscus
Porcelain crab with eggs
shortlistedShortlisted!
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