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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 (3 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

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

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

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

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Tuesday, December 24, 2024
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted 05:47 CST Today (2 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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Close-up of Mediterranean moray_2021 (Canon60,1/125,f7.1... by Antonio Venturelli
Close-up of Mediterranean moray_2021
(Canon60,1/125,f7.1,iso200)
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Seahorse with Reef Fish in Belize by Jason Raofield
Seahorse with Reef Fish in Belize
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 20, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Something on my head? by Penn De Los Santos
Something on my head?
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 20, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Nudibranch on stage by R.a. Suk
Nudibranch on stage
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 19, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Sea anemone garden by Peet J Van Eeden
Sea anemone garden
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Box Crab Calappa calappa by Hansruedi Wuersten
Box Crab Calappa calappa
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Olympus EM1X by Marivic Maramot
Olympus EM1X
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The Purple Forest of purple soft coral by Peet J Van Eeden
The Purple Forest of purple soft coral
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Small puffer fish portraid by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Small puffer fish portraid
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mediterranean Moray - Muraena helena by Stefanos Michael
Mediterranean Moray - Muraena helena
0 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Yellow gasflame Nudibranch by Peet J Van Eeden
Yellow gasflame Nudibranch
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 11, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Jaw funny by Regie Casia
Jaw funny
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 10, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Busselton jetty by Mark Reilly
Busselton jetty
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Whip Coral Goby in Blue Abyss. Taken off the coast of Ma... by Michael Stephenson
Whip Coral Goby in Blue Abyss. Taken off the coast of Maui, Hawaii bobbing off the hull of the St. Anthony's ship wreck.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Tongue out! by Penn De Los Santos
Tongue out!
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 8, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Pink flatworm ( Prostheceraeus roseus)of Mediterranean se... by Antonio Venturelli
Pink flatworm ( Prostheceraeus roseus)of Mediterranean sea_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 7, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Sea ​​turtle Portraid by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Sea ​​turtle Portraid
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 6, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Tripterygion delaisi female_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f14,iso... by Antonio Venturelli
Tripterygion delaisi female_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f14,iso100)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 5, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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The sponge crab grows an enormous ‘hat’ of living sponge,... by Hansruedi Wuersten
The sponge crab grows an enormous ‘hat’ of living sponge, perfectly fitted to the shape of its shell. Stylish and great for camouflage!Nightdive Pescador Moalboal
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 3, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mediterranean moray eel_2021 (Canon60,1/125,f7.1,iso200) by Antonio Venturelli
Mediterranean moray eel_2021
(Canon60,1/125,f7.1,iso200)
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 3, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Blenny city/ In Saint Lucia you can find many different t... by Wendy Biscette
Blenny city/ In Saint Lucia you can find many different types of blennies. This is one of the beautiful bennies that you could spot and stay with for hours!
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Parablennius pilicornis_2022 (Canon 100,1/250,f11,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Parablennius pilicornis_2022
(Canon 100,1/250,f11,iso100)
1 Votes
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Stagger Hermodice carunculata it was crowling on a rock ... by Salvatore Lauro
Stagger Hermodice carunculata it was crowling on a rock side
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Italy
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Whip coral shrimp by Jeffrey Lim
Whip coral shrimp
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Prostheceraeus Giesbrechtii_2022 (Canon100,1/200,f18,iso... by Antonio Venturelli
Prostheceraeus Giesbrechtii_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso250)
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 27, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Yellow Goby by Glenn Carballo
Yellow Goby
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pygmy Seahorse - taken in Raja Ampat with a Canon 5D mkII... by Ryan Stokes
Pygmy Seahorse - taken in Raja Ampat with a Canon 5D mkIII and 100mm lens.
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4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 23, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arafura Sea Australia
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