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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
Lizard Fish Sony A7-IV 9omm F2.8 1/125 f/22 ISO 200 by Rob Rogers
Lizard Fish
Sony A7-IV 9omm F2.8 1/125 f/22 ISO 200
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 21, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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color painting time by Deniz Muzaffer Gökmen
color painting time
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sawblade shrimp by Penn De Los Santos
Sawblade shrimp
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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FAN WORM by Victor Micallef
FAN WORM
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Profile of a Rhinopias frondosa by Jeffrey Lim
Profile of a Rhinopias frondosa
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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False plum sea anemone on a red sponge by Peet J Van Eeden
False plum sea anemone on a red sponge
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Puffer fish in the red sea. by Brenda De Vries
Puffer fish in the red sea.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 17, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Red Horse by Penn De Los Santos
Red Horse
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 17, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Red Horse by Penn De Los Santos
Red Horse
shortlistedShortlisted!
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 15, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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to close by Marc Van Den Broeck
to close
shortlistedShortlisted!
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 15, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hidden Beauty by Peet J Van Eeden
Hidden Beauty
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 15, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Portrait Blenny with Marelux SOFT by Magali Marquez
Portrait Blenny with Marelux SOFT
shortlistedShortlisted!
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Red Knight by Penn De Los Santos
Red Knight
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 13, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Sometimes worms can be beautiful too!_2022 (Canon100,1/2... by Antonio Venturelli
Sometimes worms can be beautiful too!_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso200)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Stripped cardinal fish by Penn De Los Santos
Stripped cardinal fish
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Juvenile Threefin Blenny - Tripterygion melanurus by Stefanos Michael
Juvenile Threefin Blenny - Tripterygion melanurus
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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sharp eye by Marc Van Den Broeck
sharp eye
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Enjoying the spotlight by Jeffrey Lim
Enjoying the spotlight
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 10, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Shades of Orange Ascidian amongst sponge by Peet J Van Eeden
Shades of Orange
Ascidian amongst sponge
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 10, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Upside-down Jellyfish - Cassiopea andromeda by Stefanos Michael
Upside-down Jellyfish - Cassiopea andromeda
shortlistedShortlisted!
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 9, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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A thorny beauty Cape Urchins can also be beautiful by Peet J Van Eeden
A thorny beauty
Cape Urchins can also be beautiful
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 9, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Portrait Coconut Octopus with Retra LSD by Magali Marquez
Portrait Coconut Octopus with Retra LSD
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 6, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Upside-down Jellyfish - Cassiopea andromeda by Stefanos Michael
Upside-down Jellyfish - Cassiopea andromeda
shortlistedShortlisted!
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 6, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Hermit crab spotted on a yellow sponge coral in Croatia. ... by Martin Schrack
Hermit crab spotted on a yellow sponge coral in Croatia.
Only when I looked at it later did I notice the animal's blue eyes...
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Croatia
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Harlequin Shrimp by Jeffrey Lim
Harlequin Shrimp
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2022

Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) by Hansruedi Wuersten
Anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus)
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Yellow pins by Marc Van Den Broeck
Yellow pins
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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