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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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Tasting by Peet J Van Eeden
Tasting
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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A couple of hitchhikers! by Tomas Everard
A couple of hitchhikers!
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Paper nautilus with skin by Regie Casia
Paper nautilus with skin
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 17, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Redhead goby_Vallarta_2022 (Canon 100mm,t1/250,f/16,iso125) by Antonio Venturelli
Redhead goby_Vallarta_2022
(Canon 100mm,t1/250,f/16,iso125)
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 17, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Orange spotted blenny_Vallarta_2022 (Canon 60mm,t1/200, ... by Susanna Randazzo
Orange spotted blenny_Vallarta_2022
(Canon 60mm,t1/200, f/20,iso 100)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This is a photo of yellow eel in her cave. Taken in Puert... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of yellow eel in her cave. Taken in Puerto Galera, Fantasea dive site.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Voluptuous Mouth of a false plum sea-anemone by Peet J Van Eeden
Voluptuous Mouth of a false plum sea-anemone
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Soon I will be a daddy Jawfish with eggs, Dauin, Negros ... by Margriet Tilstra
Soon I will be a daddy
Jawfish with eggs, Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines. Nikon D80, Nikkor 105mm, ISO 100, f/16, 1/160, Ikelite housing with two Ikelite strobes
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A star is born by Peet J Van Eeden
A star is born
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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The Sun never sets underwater The beauty of a cup coral by Peet J Van Eeden
The Sun never sets underwater
The beauty of a cup coral
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Home sweet home_a nice tube blenny peering out of its hou... by Antonio Venturelli
Home sweet home_a nice tube blenny peering out of its house hole on the bottom of the sea_Majahuitas dive site_Vallarta_2022
(Canon 100mm,t1/250, f/16, iso 125)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 13, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Waiting for a dental cleaning by Peet J Van Eeden
Waiting for a dental cleaning
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Morray eel getting cleaned by Aboy Capili
Morray eel getting cleaned
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 6, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Parablennius gattorugine Contour by the torch by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius gattorugine
Contour by the torch
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 5, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Hypsoblennius invemar (Tessellated blenny)_2022 (Canon 1... by Antonio Venturelli
Hypsoblennius invemar (Tessellated blenny)_2022
(Canon 100mm,t1/250,f/20,iso160)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 4, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Sandy anemone dressed in a beautiful blue dress by Peet J Van Eeden
Sandy anemone dressed in a beautiful blue dress
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 3, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) South Africa
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Perfect mimetism for this specimen of Achaeus Japonicus_P... by Antonio Venturelli
Perfect mimetism for this specimen of Achaeus Japonicus_P.V._2022
(Canon100mm,t1/250,f/20,iso 160)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A beautiful goby with crest disheveled by the current_Pue... by Susanna Randazzo
A beautiful goby with crest disheveled by the current_Puerto Vallarta_2022
(Canon 60mm,t1/200,f/20,iso 200)
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 28, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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The Hideaway by Peet J Van Eeden
The Hideaway
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Cardinal fish by Aboy Capili
Cardinal fish
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The Beauty of Sea Anemones by Peet J Van Eeden
The Beauty of Sea Anemones
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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Soft coral close up_2022 (Canon60mm,t1/200,f/20,iso100) by Susanna Randazzo
Soft coral close up_2022
(Canon60mm,t1/200,f/20,iso100)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 26, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Fang Blenny by Aboy Capili
Fang Blenny
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 25, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This is a photo of my cuttlefish friend, nuki! I have bee... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of my cuttlefish friend, nuki! I have been diving on the house reef of my friend's dive resort and this fella always shows up towards the end of my photo dives. He always poses before my camera and always gets intrigue by lights.
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 25, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Goby profile_Los Arcos dive site_Puerto Vallarta_2022 (C... by Antonio Venturelli
Goby profile_Los Arcos dive site_Puerto Vallarta_2022
(Canon100mm ,t1/250,f/20,iso160)
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Protector of the jewel. by Peet J Van Eeden
Protector of the jewel.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Goldentail moray eel portrait by Michele Kelly
Goldentail moray eel portrait
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Bahamas
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