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Hungry?
By Reidar Opem
posted Thursday, February 16, 2012
61 votes

Hippocampus Denise in white variaton. The size is between 15 and 20 mm.
By Reidar Opem
posted Monday, February 16, 2009
55 votes

The little giant
By Reidar Opem
posted Monday, February 23, 2009
54 votes

Sweetlips at west mansuar
By Reidar Opem
posted Friday, February 3, 2012
53 votes

Hippocampus bargibanti: The most common variation is the red one. The yellow variation is more difficult to find, but did you know that there is an orange variation too :-)
By Reidar Opem
posted Monday, March 23, 2009
51 votes

Life sucks!
By Reidar Opem
posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010
51 votes

Hello, how are you?
By Reidar Opem
posted Thursday, February 5, 2009
46 votes

Female ribbon eel
By Reidar Opem
posted Monday, March 15, 2010
45 votes

Dactyloptena orientalis
By Reidar Opem
posted Tuesday, March 13, 2012
45 votes

This is the view you get at manta point in raja ampat. Just find a sandy spot and lay down. Canon 400, 8mm with subtronic mini strobes
By Reidar Opem
posted Friday, February 20, 2009
42 votes
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Female ribbon eel by Reidar Opem
Female ribbon eel
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45 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Hairy octopus! by Reidar Opem
Hairy octopus!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Tigershrimp by Reidar Opem
Tigershrimp
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Editor's Comment
a craker Reidar
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Shrimp (with eggs) on whipcoral. by Reidar Opem
Shrimp (with eggs) on whipcoral.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Life sucks! by Reidar Opem
Life sucks!
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51 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Robust Ghost Pipefish in red variation by Reidar Opem
Robust Ghost Pipefish in red variation
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Wonderpus! by Reidar Opem
Wonderpus!
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Bobtail squid at Goraici close to Ternate. Canon 500D + ... by Reidar Opem
Bobtail squid at Goraici close to Ternate.
Canon 500D + EF100mm Macro IS + EF25 extension tube + wetdiopter.
The size of the squid is around 10mm.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Blue-ringed octopus in Lembeh strait by Reidar Opem
Blue-ringed octopus in Lembeh strait
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Cowfish by Reidar Opem
Cowfish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Hiding by Reidar Opem
Hiding
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Clown by Reidar Opem
Clown

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Editor's Comment
U/W photo comps get inundated with Nemo shots and by and large they should not win. It's hard to come up with a new shot but every now and then a new treatment comes along and should be pointed out
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Juvenile lionfish in lembeh strait. by Reidar Opem
Juvenile lionfish in lembeh strait.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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I am not sure if this is allowed in the competition but a... by Reidar Opem
I am not sure if this is allowed in the competition but anyway here is pygmy seahorse in twelve variations.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2009
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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The magnificent Chromodoris Magnifica from Lembeh strait by Reidar Opem
The magnificent Chromodoris Magnifica from Lembeh strait
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Halgerda Batangas in Lembeh strait by Reidar Opem
Halgerda Batangas in Lembeh strait
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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This is a juvenile Hippocamous Bargibanti. It shared the ... by Reidar Opem
This is a juvenile Hippocamous Bargibanti. It shared the fan with some adults and when i compared the sizes i could observe that this guy was as big as the head of the adults. This means that it is between 5 and 10 mm long.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Anyone who know this species? I and the critter has somet... by Reidar Opem
Anyone who know this species? I and the critter has something in common, we are both a huge questionmark :-)
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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In early spring the swan is resting on the icefree part o... by Reidar Opem
In early spring the swan is resting on the icefree part of the lake waiting to migrate further north.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 6, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Norway
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Cuttlefish by Reidar Opem
Cuttlefish
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Mug shot by Reidar Opem
Mug shot
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Hippocampus bargibanti: The most common variation is the ... by Reidar Opem
Hippocampus bargibanti: The most common variation is the red one. The yellow variation is more difficult to find, but did you know that there is an orange variation too :-)

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it's unusual to shoot a pygmy seahorse head on so well done Reidar
51 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Pretty in pink..... (Lauriea siagiani baba) by Reidar Opem
Pretty in pink.....
(Lauriea siagiani baba)
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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The characteristic eyes of a mimic octopus by Reidar Opem
The characteristic eyes of a mimic octopus
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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A colorful life in a colorful society by Reidar Opem
A colorful life in a colorful society
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 19, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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A pair of two spot goby (Signigobius biocellatus) by Reidar Opem
A pair of two spot goby
(Signigobius biocellatus)
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) by Reidar Opem
Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon)
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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