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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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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Family Portrait
Emperor shrimp on sea apple
...
Crabs do what crabs do
Hairy shrimp
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator), Raja Ampat (Indonesia)
shortlistedShortlisted!
Parablennius gattorugine
She is wating to mount guard to protect her eggs.
Secretary Blenny
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
Spotted porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus), approx. 3 cm, Sali Bay, Moluccas (Indonesia)
Tubularia indivisa with ampipods
Shrimpgoby
Hermodice carunculata
Fire worm
taken while on liveaboard in Raja Ampat
Leopard Crinoid Shrimp (Laomenes pardus),
Anilao, Philippines
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2021

Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
Harlequin Shrimp II
Chromodoris kuniei, Raja Ampat (West Papua)
Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp (approx. 2 cm)
Raja Ampat (West Papua, Indonesia)
Dancing in the current (two White-tufted worms Protula tubularia)
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2021
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
Robotics
Harlequin Shrimp - I love these guys, they are usually in pairs, often eating a starfish sometimes very shy. But always make my dive when I see them.
This was my first encounter with a blue ring octopus and was just as amazing as I expected
christmas tree, panasonic Lumix GH4, olympus macro lens 60mm, diopter plus 10, two sea and sea strobe YS D2, nauticam housing
black sea urchin,Canon 60D , canon macro lens 60mm,two ikelite strobe DS125, seacam housing.
blenny, canon 60D, canon macro lens 60mm, two ikelite subtrobe DS 125, seacam housing.cuba
flamingo tongue, Canon 5D mark II, canon lens 100mm, seacam housing, two ikelite subtrobe.
flamingo tongue conch, canon 5D mark III, canon lens 100 mm macro, seacam housing. two ikelite subtrobe DS125
fire worm,canon 5D mark III, tokina lens 10-17mm at 15mm, two ikelite subtrobe Ds125, seacam housing.
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