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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 (2 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 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 (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Monday, December 23, 2024
0 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted 09:21 CST Today (10 hours ago)
0 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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"Good morning! "seems to say this little goby met at the ... by Antonio Venturelli
"Good morning! "seems to say this little goby met at the end of my last dive in the Andamans. I take it as a goodbye and look forward to coming back here very soon_Feb 2023
(Canon100,1/250,f11,iso100)
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date posted posted: Friday, May 26, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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This Spot-fin Porcupinefish is fully inflated underneath ... by Stefan Grutkowski
This Spot-fin Porcupinefish is fully inflated underneath Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach Florida. Taken on an Olympus tg6 with no lenses. Couldn't have asked for a better pose.
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 25, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This Longsnout Seahorse was found under Blue Heron Bridge... by Stefan Grutkowski
This Longsnout Seahorse was found under Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach Florida. This shot was taken around midnight when I came across this little guy clinging to the reef trying to avoid being swept away in the strong current.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa) by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa)
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Skeleton shrimp by Min Seok Jeon
Skeleton shrimp
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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The blue eyes . Yellow goby in the tunnel by Marchione Giacomo
The blue eyes . Yellow goby in the tunnel
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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This group of snails (Vermetidae or ‘worm snails’) make a... by Kaye Richardson
This group of snails (Vermetidae or ‘worm snails’) make a tubular shell and adhere themselves to the reef. From the safety of their shell they excrete a mucus net.strobe diving from Dumaguete. Later, they reel it back in and enjoy.TG6 natural light
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blenny by Min Seok Jeon
Blenny
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 22, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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Gobiodon Okinawae - Yellow Coral Goby by Jacek Bugajski
Gobiodon Okinawae - Yellow Coral Goby
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Caretta .. olympus TG-6 … 18m deep by Burcin Yavru
Caretta .. olympus TG-6 … 18m deep
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Sea horse and snoote in the back by Marchione Giacomo
Sea horse and snoote in the back
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Peek-a-boo by Grace Bailey
Peek-a-boo
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 20, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A blenny looks out of its burrow suspiciously. Note the f... by Susanna Randazzo
A blenny looks out of its burrow suspiciously. Note the fleshy branching appendages (named cirri) found above their eyes and nostrils. The biological role of cirri remains unclear but make them very nice!
(Canon60, 1/200,f18,iso200)
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 18, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Italy
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This is small Hermit crab having very pretty colors on it... by Antonio Venturelli
This is small Hermit crab having very pretty colors on its body. It lives between the surface up to 70 meters deep. Its shell is a matter of survival, to protect its soft abdomen. I took this photo in the sea of Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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ANTENNAIRE DES SARGASSES histrio histrio by Didier Pasquini
ANTENNAIRE DES SARGASSES
histrio histrio
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Porcelain crab and nimo by Min Seok Jeon
Porcelain crab and nimo
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Painted comber - Serranus scriba by Stefanos Michael
Painted comber - Serranus scriba
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 14, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Reef shark eye by Ned Gleason
Reef shark eye
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 13, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mexico
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"Tip-tilt". Taenianotus triacanthus (leaf scorpionfish). ... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
"Tip-tilt". Taenianotus triacanthus (leaf scorpionfish). (f/7.1, 1/100, ISO-100, 50mm). - Erik
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date posted posted: Friday, May 12, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Tanzania
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Gymnothorax javanicus by Michael Baukloh
Gymnothorax javanicus
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 11, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Larval Mototi Octopus - Blackwater Diving by Jacek Bugajski
Larval Mototi Octopus - Blackwater Diving
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Two Coleman’s Shrimps with double dotted snoot by Jacek Bugajski
Two Coleman’s Shrimps with double dotted snoot
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Up close to a spotty dotty Seastar by Grace Bailey
Up close to a spotty dotty Seastar
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Octopus With Marelux soft by Magali Marquez
Octopus With Marelux soft
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date posted posted: Monday, May 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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blanket octopus by Regie Casia
blanket octopus
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Seahorse and shrimp by Min Seok Jeon
Seahorse and shrimp
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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Galaxy Eye "Sepia latimanus" by Luca Keller
Galaxy Eye "Sepia latimanus"
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 7, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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