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Gulf signal blenny in an tube wormhole, cosy!
By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Monday, September 30, 2013
72 votes

Tarpon entering grotto at dawn During daytime silversides hide in caverns, swim-throughs, grottos and wrecks. As dawn settles the predators follow them.
By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Monday, July 1, 2013
59 votes

MANTA MAGIC
By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Wednesday, April 23, 2014
59 votes

Freediver meets Eagle Ray
By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Sunday, December 15, 2013
58 votes

APOCALYPSE
By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Tuesday, September 23, 2014
57 votes

On precious planet Earth, change is needed. Sometimes people are driven by fear or greed and that causes damage to the balance. One victim is the species sharks, the cruel act of finning decimated numbers by 70%, they deserve respect & protection.
By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Tuesday, November 26, 2013
55 votes

Manatee in the springs to keep warm
By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Monday, January 6, 2014
53 votes


By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Thursday, July 10, 2014
52 votes

Out in the blue
By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Saturday, February 22, 2014
51 votes

The girl in the picture is my firstborn and she saw the light:-) more than 14 years ago under water...I guess this makes this image predestined! Shot with Olympus EPL-2, Panasonic 8mm, 1/320 f6.3 Iso 200, magic filter.
By Ellen Cuylaerts
posted Sunday, April 15, 2012
50 votes
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Ex-USS Kittiwake on her side after Tropical Storm Nate (2... by Ellen Cuylaerts
Ex-USS Kittiwake on her side after Tropical Storm Nate (2017)
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 11, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Stealth! Oceanic white tip, Cat Island by Ellen Cuylaerts
Stealth!
Oceanic white tip, Cat Island
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 4, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Blue Sharks around the UK coast are the most beautiful cr... by Ellen Cuylaerts
Blue Sharks around the UK coast are the most beautiful creatures but sadly also targeted by fishermen for catch and release which can be harmful to the sharks!
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 9, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Be a shark! by Ellen Cuylaerts
Be a shark!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 18, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Seal having a comfortable throne in Kelp around Farne Isl... by Ellen Cuylaerts
Seal having a comfortable throne in Kelp around Farne Islands
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2017
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Sunset at the Sandbar, the calm returns! by Ellen Cuylaerts
Sunset at the Sandbar, the calm returns!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 12, 2017
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Flying in Grey seal in Farne Islands by Ellen Cuylaerts
Flying in
Grey seal in Farne Islands
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 13, 2017
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Mahi Mahi Fest Ascension Island by Ellen Cuylaerts
Mahi Mahi Fest
Ascension Island
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 26, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Ready for the hunt by Ellen Cuylaerts
Ready for the hunt
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2016
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Barents Sea Norway
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Hold your head up high Grey seal by Ellen Cuylaerts
Hold your head up high
Grey seal
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 10, 2016
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Memories Hunter & prey at Devil's Grotto some weeks ago... by Ellen Cuylaerts
Memories
Hunter & prey at Devil's Grotto
some weeks ago the dive sit and grottoes were severely damaged by a container ship grounded on the reef. Hoping the coral can be saved and the site restored for future visits of the silvery schools of fish!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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It's hard to explain what it does to you to have encounte... by Ellen Cuylaerts
It's hard to explain what it does to you to have encounters like this, eye to eye, two souls, one heartbeat. In the ice cold waters of the bay of Virgohamna, we had some time with the little colony of harbour seal far up North 79° 43′ 24″.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 8, 2016
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Barents Sea Norway
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And then there was you... Portrait of an Orca in the chi... by Ellen Cuylaerts
And then there was you...
Portrait of an Orca in the chilly waters of Kaldfjord Norway
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Wanna play? Grey seal in Farne Islands by Ellen Cuylaerts
Wanna play?
Grey seal in Farne Islands
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2016
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Good morning Monday! Beluga portrait, Churchill, Canada ... by Ellen Cuylaerts
Good morning Monday!
Beluga portrait, Churchill, Canada
It was a cold and dark day. When the beluga came close enough, his mouth before clear through the thermocline blur.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Canada
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Fata Morgana by Ellen Cuylaerts
Fata Morgana
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2016
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'I had a dream' by Ellen Cuylaerts
'I had a dream'
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 2, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Happy International Whaleshark day Image taken in St. He... by Ellen Cuylaerts
Happy International Whaleshark day
Image taken in St. Helena, British Overseas Territories, South Atlantic
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Ascension Island A face to face encounter with a smoot... by Ellen Cuylaerts
Ascension Island
A face to face encounter with a smooth hammerhead, a shark very rare since decades in Ascension waters.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Adult Yellowfin Tuna in Ascension waters by Ellen Cuylaerts
Adult Yellowfin Tuna in Ascension waters
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 26, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Saint Helena
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"Laugh or Cry" Gray seal by Ellen Cuylaerts
"Laugh or Cry"
Gray seal
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 24, 2016
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Tarpon hunting silversides by Ellen Cuylaerts
Tarpon hunting silversides
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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I wish the Cayman grottoes would be filled with silversid... by Ellen Cuylaerts
I wish the Cayman grottoes would be filled with silversides once more.
Devil's Grotto, July 2013 (the last year of big numbers)
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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This young male bear attempts to hunt for his first seaso... by Ellen Cuylaerts
This young male bear attempts to hunt for his first season on the ice. He had seen it done by his mother and she was still around from a distance.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Ready to spread my wings Southern stingray at the sandbar by Ellen Cuylaerts
Ready to spread my wings
Southern stingray at the sandbar
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
2nd place Monthly HotShots
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Editor's Comment
Incredible over/under shot taken at exactly the right time!
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Polar bear sleeping in Svalbard by Ellen Cuylaerts
Polar bear sleeping in Svalbard
shortlistedShortlisted!
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2016
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Daydream Grey seal lying in the kelp Farne islands by Ellen Cuylaerts
Daydream
Grey seal lying in the kelp
Farne islands
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 27, 2016
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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