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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 2  of  5
Some month's ago I found the secret of the green colour o... by John De Jong
Some month's ago I found the secret of the green colour of the Dutch water......
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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The mating of the Sepia is for many divers in the Netherl... by John De Jong
The mating of the Sepia is for many divers in the Netherlands the start of the diving season. However, in May the start was 5 month's earlier.......
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 18, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Snoot close up of a mussel, last weekend. by John De Jong
Snoot close up of a mussel, last weekend.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Detail of a crab, using my snoot. by John De Jong
Detail of a crab, using my snoot.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Playing with the snoot with bad conditions these weekend.... by John De Jong
Playing with the snoot with bad conditions these weekend. However, I was satisfied with these quadrolineata......
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Practising with the snoot on macro subjects. by John De Jong
Practising with the snoot on macro subjects.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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One of last winter. A Cyclopterus lumpus in close up. by John De Jong
One of last winter. A Cyclopterus lumpus in close up.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Practicing in the swimming pool. For the divers and for t... by John De Jong
Practicing in the swimming pool. For the divers and for the photographer in this case.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 8, 2011
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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Pike between vegetation, waiting for some prey. by John De Jong
Pike between vegetation, waiting for some prey.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 2, 2011
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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Some half-half in fresh water from last weekend. Used HDR... by John De Jong
Some half-half in fresh water from last weekend. Used HDR for the effect.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 27, 2011
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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Eureka ! by John De Jong
Eureka !
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 30, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Mirror. by John De Jong
Mirror.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 26, 2010
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Netherlands
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My friend the Swan, close to the channel were I made some... by John De Jong
My friend the Swan, close to the channel were I made some of my freshwater pictures. Some days later she attacked me. Hint: don’t use sunglasses with reflection glass….We were friends again after that.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 25, 2010
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Netherlands
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Dutch Nudibranchia are not so colorfull as the species fr... by John De Jong
Dutch Nudibranchia are not so colorfull as the species from tropical waters. But I still like them. Goniodoris castanea with spawn.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Also our cold waters give fantastic colours, especialy th... by John De Jong
Also our cold waters give fantastic colours, especialy the Dahlia, one of my favorites.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 23, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Pike picture made some weeks ago. The same pike as the gr... by John De Jong
Pike picture made some weeks ago. The same pike as the green picture, now I used my strobes.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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I make these Pike picture without strobes, at ISO400 to g... by John De Jong
I make these Pike picture without strobes, at ISO400 to get the mystic green in the picture.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Netherlands
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Small Pike between the vegetation. by John De Jong
Small Pike between the vegetation.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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My first Flabellina lineata in the Netherlands. They are ... by John De Jong
My first Flabellina lineata in the Netherlands. They are not often seen here, with thanks to Pater van Bragt for showing me this one.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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My first Facelina auriculata of 2010, spotted yesterday a... by John De Jong
My first Facelina auriculata of 2010, spotted yesterday at Goes, at a dept of 15 meters.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Another result of my snorkling trip in the small canal cl... by John De Jong
Another result of my snorkling trip in the small canal close to my home. You need to see it bigger I assume....
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands
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I made some pipes on my underwaterhousing to make half/ha... by John De Jong
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.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 27, 2010
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Netherlands
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Picture taken down under, in a small canal close to my ho... by John De Jong
Picture taken down under, in a small canal close to my home. As long as I didn´t move visibility was OK ;-)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 24, 2010
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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UFO !!!!!! These jellyfish looks like an Ufo in space.... by John De Jong
UFO !!!!!!
These jellyfish looks like an Ufo in space. The backscatter are the stars, I didn’t remove it because I like the effect.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 9, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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My budy Frans taking pictures of Cyclopterus lumpus. I wa... by John De Jong
My budy Frans taking pictures of Cyclopterus lumpus. I was iritated that he tooks pictures at the same moment I try to photograph him.... Then I realized he is using slave flashes....
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 2, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Cyclopterus lumpus can be found in the beginning of each ... by John De Jong
Cyclopterus lumpus can be found in the beginning of each year in our Oosterschelde. The coloured males stay in the neighbourhood of the eggs for about 6 weeks. After that they disappear to deeper waters. Notice the green colour of our Northsee.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 26, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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The first time I ever saw Syngnathus acus mating, last we... by John De Jong
The first time I ever saw Syngnathus acus mating, last weekend in our Oosterschelde. Unfortunately I had my macro lens on the camera :-(
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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