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Blue cod Parapercis colias
By Daniel Poloha
posted Thursday, January 9, 2014
23 votes

Girls swimming in the clear waters of Tarawera River Note: A pre-digital photo, Nikon F90, no flash
By Daniel Poloha
posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013
21 votes

Blue cod Parapercis colias yawning
By Daniel Poloha
posted Tuesday, May 20, 2014
20 votes

Dendrodoris gemmacea/denisoni
By Daniel Poloha
posted Wednesday, January 8, 2014
19 votes

Curious hermit crab on a silty bottom
By Daniel Poloha
posted Wednesday, February 27, 2013
18 votes

Pipefish
By Daniel Poloha
posted Sunday, July 28, 2013
17 votes

Friendly octopus close-up
By Daniel Poloha
posted Thursday, January 16, 2014
17 votes

Tunicates on the silty bottom of Mahurangi harbour
By Daniel Poloha
posted Sunday, March 17, 2013
16 votes

A cropped image, visibility was ~0.5m that day after a heavy rain :(
By Daniel Poloha
posted Tuesday, May 7, 2013
16 votes

Another beauty from the 'barren' Browns Bay. 60mm lens used.
By Daniel Poloha
posted Thursday, July 4, 2013
16 votes
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Coral gardens of the Kingdom of Tonga by Daniel Poloha
Coral gardens of the Kingdom of Tonga
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Tonga
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Young freediver approaches a coral rock by Daniel Poloha
Young freediver approaches a coral rock
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Tonga
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Lion fish 'chief' under resort's wharf by Daniel Poloha
Lion fish 'chief' under resort's wharf
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 26, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Tonga
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White-tentacled anemone (Actinothoe albocincta) close-up by Daniel Poloha
White-tentacled anemone (Actinothoe albocincta) close-up
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Snapper gliding above meadows of brown algae in shallows ... by Daniel Poloha
Snapper gliding above meadows of brown algae in shallows of Goat Island marine reserve.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Sabella spallanzanii, a pest in nz waters by Daniel Poloha
Sabella spallanzanii, a pest in nz waters
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Pipefish by Daniel Poloha
Pipefish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 28, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Too blue to be real? by Daniel Poloha
Too blue to be real?
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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This is a cropped image, the jelly was less than 1cm in d... by Daniel Poloha
This is a cropped image, the jelly was less than 1cm in diameter and I had only a 60mm lens frown
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Fan worm from murky Browns Bay by Daniel Poloha
Fan worm from murky Browns Bay
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Diver approaching wall covered with Ecklonia kelp by Daniel Poloha
Diver approaching wall covered with Ecklonia kelp
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 14, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Another beauty from the 'barren' Browns Bay. 60mm lens u... by Daniel Poloha
Another beauty from the 'barren' Browns Bay. 60mm lens used.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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A gem nudibranch (Dendrodoris) on a "barren" Browns Bay b... by Daniel Poloha
A gem nudibranch (Dendrodoris) on a "barren" Browns Bay beach
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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My companion for the whole dive by Daniel Poloha
My companion for the whole dive
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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A beautiful sponge in a very silty harbour by Daniel Poloha
A beautiful sponge in a very silty harbour
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 13, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Violet finger sponge glowing in the murky waters of Mahur... by Daniel Poloha
Violet finger sponge glowing in the murky waters of Mahurangi Harbour.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 2, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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That catchy eye by Daniel Poloha
That catchy eye
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 27, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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A cropped image, visibility was ~0.5m that day after a he... by Daniel Poloha
A cropped image, visibility was ~0.5m that day after a heavy rain frown
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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A jellyfish floating next to our diving boat. Note: Pre... by Daniel Poloha
A jellyfish floating next to our diving boat.
Note: Pre-digital times, Canon 300, negative film.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Girls swimming in the clear waters of Tarawera River Not... by Daniel Poloha
Girls swimming in the clear waters of Tarawera River
Note: A pre-digital photo, Nikon F90, no flash
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: New Zealand
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An old image from my pre-digital times, a huge school of ... by Daniel Poloha
An old image from my pre-digital times, a huge school of juvenile fish just under the surface
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 29, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Kelp in the current by Daniel Poloha
Kelp in the current
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Astropecten spiny sea star by Daniel Poloha
Astropecten spiny sea star
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Blue cod gliding over the kelp forest by Daniel Poloha
Blue cod gliding over the kelp forest
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 25, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Under the kelp forest canopy by Daniel Poloha
Under the kelp forest canopy
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Snapper face to face by Daniel Poloha
Snapper face to face
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 22, 2013
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Astropecten spiny sea star on the silty bottom of Mahuran... by Daniel Poloha
Astropecten spiny sea star on the silty bottom of Mahurangi Harbour
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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