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Peoples' Vote


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

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Soft coral close up_Jan 2024 (Canon100, 1/200,f16,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Soft coral close up_Jan 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f16,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, February 19, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Emperor shrimp by Penn De Los Santos
Emperor shrimp
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Detail of a beautiful transparent glass ghost shrimp stop... by Antonio Venturelli
Detail of a beautiful transparent glass ghost shrimp stopped on a branch of a soft green coral, photographed during a great diving in the South China Sea with our friend Duc,in Vietnam, Nha Trang_Feb 2024.(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso100)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Variable Blenny or Parablennius pilicornis - Medes Isles ... by Eric Sels
Variable Blenny or Parablennius pilicornis - Medes Isles - Costa Brava - Spain
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 8, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Atlantic Lizardfish - Synodus saurus by Stefanos Michael
Atlantic Lizardfish - Synodus saurus
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 5, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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POISSON CLOWN DE MAURICE - Amphiprion chrysogaster REUN... by Didier Pasquini
POISSON CLOWN DE MAURICE - Amphiprion chrysogaster
REUNION 2023
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 2, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Phycodurus eques by Sofia Tenggrono
Phycodurus eques
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 1, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Transparent glass shrimp close up_Jan 2024 (Canon100,1/2... by Antonio Venturelli
Transparent glass shrimp close up_Jan 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f13,iso100)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Reticulated Filefish - Stephanolepis diaspros by Stefanos Michael
Reticulated Filefish - Stephanolepis diaspros
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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The tiny crabs are colorful, with many details and two be... by Antonio Venturelli
The tiny crabs are colorful, with many details and two beautiful curious eyes that emerge from the shell to scrutinize the external environment like this one photographed in Goa_India_December_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, January 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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ended up with one not two the other was too shy to come o... by Ravinthran Dhamodaram
ended up with one not two the other was too shy to come out!!
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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ended up with one not two the other was too shy to come o... by Ravinthran Dhamodaram
ended up with one not two the other was too shy to come out!!
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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MURENE PONCTUEE - GYMNOTHORAX MELEAGRIS RODRIGUES 2023 by Didier Pasquini
MURENE PONCTUEE - GYMNOTHORAX MELEAGRIS
RODRIGUES 2023
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 27, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Goby with eggs by Julian Hsu
Goby with eggs
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 25, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Wrasse - Pteragogus trispilus by Stefanos Michael
Wrasse - Pteragogus trispilus
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Like the similar Vir colemani, this small shrimp live amo... by Antonio Venturelli
Like the similar Vir colemani, this small shrimp live among the bulbous tentacles of the coral Pleurogyra sinuosa. V. philippinensis has purple lines on its appendages while V. colemani has purple circles.Nha Trang _Jan2024
(Canon100,1/200,f9,i.100)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Leafy seadragon by Sofia Tenggrono
Leafy seadragon
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date posted posted: Monday, January 22, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Detail of a green coral at shallow depth. I was intrigued... by Antonio Venturelli
Detail of a green coral at shallow depth. I was intrigued by the small octopuses that cover it. Done scuba diving in India_Goa, Dec_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, January 22, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Reticulated Filefish - Stephanolepis diaspros by Stefanos Michael
Reticulated Filefish - Stephanolepis diaspros
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 21, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Rinding by Regie Casia
Rinding
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 18, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Brittle Star - Ophioderma longicauda by Stefanos Michael
Brittle Star - Ophioderma longicauda
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Southern Blue Devil Fish in its den by Sofia Tenggrono
Southern Blue Devil Fish in its den
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 14, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Phyllodesmium serratum Located under Port Victoria Jetty. by Roy Spraakman
Phyllodesmium serratum Located under Port Victoria Jetty.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 12, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Grumpy Cardinal by Penn De Los Santos
Grumpy Cardinal
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 12, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Froggy by Regie Casia
Froggy
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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One of the favorite subjects of a lot of photographers. A... by Brenda De Vries
One of the favorite subjects of a lot of photographers. Always nice to encounter. This nice murene.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Small colorful creatures of the Indian Ocean_Dec-2023 (C... by Antonio Venturelli
Small colorful creatures of the Indian Ocean_Dec-2023
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 9, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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