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These picture of the frog I made in my own garden. It tooks some time to come close enough with my 50mm macro lens.
By John De Jong
posted Thursday, May 15, 2008
49 votes

These male Sepia tried to impress me.
By John De Jong
posted Thursday, July 10, 2008
40 votes

Some playing with the snoot yesterday. These Aeolidia papillosa was willing to pose.....
By John De Jong
posted Sunday, January 29, 2012
32 votes

These pictures of the mating of the Sepia was made at a moment with good visibility, no other divers around and som sunlight at 7 meter depth.
By John De Jong
posted Thursday, December 18, 2008
31 votes

Another result of my snorkling trip in the small canal close to my home. You need to see it bigger I assume....
By John De Jong
posted Monday, May 31, 2010
30 votes

These karpers are normaly hard to encounter. I made this picture waiting with my snorkel between the vegetation, I could almost tough him.
By John De Jong
posted Monday, January 14, 2008
28 votes

The first time I ever saw Syngnathus acus mating, last weekend in our Oosterschelde. Unfortunately I had my macro lens on the camera :-(
By John De Jong
posted Sunday, April 25, 2010
28 votes

Sepia´s at the start of mating. Some seconds later and they will be right ahead each other.
By John De Jong
posted Thursday, July 23, 2009
27 votes

I made some pipes on my underwaterhousing to make half/half pictures. Ofcourse I have to test it close to my home with these water lily.
By John De Jong
posted Thursday, May 27, 2010
26 votes

These female Sepia is putting her egg to a stick, while her partner is in the neighborhood.
By John De Jong
posted Friday, May 18, 2012
26 votes
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127 Entries Found: Page 1  of  5
Sleeping beauty during a nightdive on the housereef of Po... by John De Jong
Sleeping beauty during a nightdive on the housereef of Port Ghalib.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 2, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Some sun at Lake Grevelingen, the Netherlands last weeken... by John De Jong
Some sun at Lake Grevelingen, the Netherlands last weekend. Watertemperatur 5 degrees C
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 23, 2015
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Netherlands
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Playing with the snoot under bad conditions last weekend. by John De Jong
Playing with the snoot under bad conditions last weekend.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 18, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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My daughter and her friend in the swimming pool of our ho... by John De Jong
My daughter and her friend in the swimming pool of our hotel in Mallorca.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 4, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Spain
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Polycera quadrilineata with snoot. by John De Jong
Polycera quadrilineata with snoot.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Pike during snorkling last weekend. by John De Jong
Pike during snorkling last weekend.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 8, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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Carp during snorkling last weekend. by John De Jong
Carp during snorkling last weekend.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 5, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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Playing with the snoot last weekend. Poor visibility. by John De Jong
Playing with the snoot last weekend. Poor visibility.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Nathalie between the jellyfish at lake Grevelingen, the N... by John De Jong
Nathalie between the jellyfish at lake Grevelingen, the Netherlands.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 19, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Last weekens I made my first dive after 4 weeks. I can't ... by John De Jong
Last weekens I made my first dive after 4 weeks. I can't remember when I didn't dive for such a long time, but influenza.....
These lumbsucker wit eggs was my goal for these dive, and I was glad I found him ;-)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 4, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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In winter time the colored eggs of the Myoxocephalus scor... by John De Jong
In winter time the colored eggs of the Myoxocephalus scorpius are very attractive to a lot of divers. Water temperature around 5 degrees C.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 8, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Take these shot of Diadumene cincta last Saturday. The wa... by John De Jong
Take these shot of Diadumene cincta last Saturday. The water temp is about 6 degrees C for the moment. Snoot on my flash mounted.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Polycera quadrilineata willing to pose..... by John De Jong
Polycera quadrilineata willing to pose.....
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Last weekend during snorkling, without strobe/light. by John De Jong
Last weekend during snorkling, without strobe/light.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Netherlands
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Small pike just above me. Picture during snorkling. by John De Jong
Small pike just above me. Picture during snorkling.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 19, 2012
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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Because a small accident during bike racing I couldn't di... by John De Jong
Because a small accident during bike racing I couldn't dive last weekend. But snorkling was possible. I removed the flashes from my camera and was > 2 hours in the water. These pike was about 80-90cm in length, only natural light.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 13, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Netherlands
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I first thought to discover a strange parasite on the Jan... by John De Jong
I first thought to discover a strange parasite on the Janolus cristatus. Later I found that it was a juvenile Aeolidia papillosa of 1-2mm. Shot with a +10 diopter on my 50mm macro lens.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Iso 100, F7.1, 1/100s with Olympus E330 and 12-60mm lens ... by John De Jong
Iso 100, F7.1, 1/100s with Olympus E330 and 12-60mm lens at Dreischor, the Netherlands. Syngnathus acus between vegetation.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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The beginning of the mating season of our Sepia's some we... by John De Jong
The beginning of the mating season of our Sepia's some weeks ago. There were four on these sticks, now there are plenty. Unfortunately there are also plenty divers now......
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 21, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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These female Sepia is putting her egg to a stick, while h... by John De Jong
These female Sepia is putting her egg to a stick, while her partner is in the neighborhood.
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 18, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Hidden in these oister, shot last weekend with my 50mm ma... by John De Jong
Hidden in these oister, shot last weekend with my 50mm macro and +10 diopter.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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These Tinca tinca was the only positive during my dive la... by John De Jong
These Tinca tinca was the only positive during my dive last friday close to my home. Poor visibility, glad I had the snoot on my flash.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 2, 2012
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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These lumbsucker was hidden between the oysters in the Oo... by John De Jong
These lumbsucker was hidden between the oysters in the Oosterschelde. Hide for all these photographers with their irritating flash lights….
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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I missed him last week, but yesterday I was lucky enough ... by John De Jong
I missed him last week, but yesterday I was lucky enough to find him. There will be more the next weeks, waiting for the lady's
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 2, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
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Father looking for his future childs..... by John De Jong
Father looking for his future childs.....
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Today my first icedive with camera. No fish, but the scul... by John De Jong
Today my first icedive with camera. No fish, but the sculptures were nice.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Netherlands
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Some playing with the snoot yesterday. These Aeolidia pap... by John De Jong
Some playing with the snoot yesterday. These Aeolidia papillosa was willing to pose.....
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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