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Hammerhead, Galapagos, up close!
By Michael Gallagher
posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010
59 votes

Harlequin Shrimp claiming a starfish, Indonesia
By Michael Gallagher
posted Wednesday, December 7, 2011
56 votes

My starfish!!!
By Michael Gallagher
posted Wednesday, October 19, 2011
50 votes

Yellow Pygmy Portrait, Indonesia
By Michael Gallagher
posted Saturday, December 24, 2011
50 votes

Parrotfish portrait, taken at night in the Maldives
By Michael Gallagher
posted Thursday, November 12, 2009
49 votes

Free-swimming BRO, Lembeh
By Michael Gallagher
posted Thursday, August 4, 2011
48 votes


By Michael Gallagher
posted Sunday, November 13, 2011
47 votes

Juvenile flying fish with its own reflection at the surface, Indonesia
By Michael Gallagher
posted Friday, June 17, 2011
45 votes

Juvenile Cuttlefish, Byron Bay, Australia
By Michael Gallagher
posted Thursday, June 30, 2011
44 votes

Hairy Frogfish with snoot, Lembeh
By Michael Gallagher
posted Thursday, July 21, 2011
44 votes
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Yellow cuttlefish on a night-dive in Komodo National Park... by Michael Gallagher
Yellow cuttlefish on a night-dive in Komodo National Park, Indonesia
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Crocodilefish portrait, Komodo, Indonesia by Michael Gallagher
Crocodilefish portrait, Komodo, Indonesia
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Nice symetrical composition Michael with loads of detail
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Close-up of a wobbegong shark, Byron Bay, Australia by Michael Gallagher
Close-up of a wobbegong shark, Byron Bay, Australia
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 12, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Porcelain Crab Toofer!! A tiny juvenile porcelain crab ri... by Michael Gallagher
Porcelain Crab Toofer!! A tiny juvenile porcelain crab rides atop an adult of the same species. Shot taken in Komodo, Indonesia.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Komodo dragon in Indonesia, taken in between dives on a l... by Michael Gallagher
Komodo dragon in Indonesia, taken in between dives on a liveaboard trip there last year...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2011
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Jack Stack!!! A stack of horse eye jacks in the Sudanese ... by Michael Gallagher
Jack Stack!!! A stack of horse eye jacks in the Sudanese Red Sea...
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 28, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Sub-adult whale shark with snorkeller, Djibouti by Michael Gallagher
Sub-adult whale shark with snorkeller, Djibouti
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Editor's Comment
nice interaction Michael
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Djibouti
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Eye contact - Blue Spotted Stingray at night - Red Sea, E... by Michael Gallagher
Eye contact - Blue Spotted Stingray at night - Red Sea, Egypt
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Emperor shrimp hitching a ride on the back of an orange n... by Michael Gallagher
Emperor shrimp hitching a ride on the back of an orange nudibranch, Komodo, Indonesia.
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this shot is all about the colour contrast
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Grouper portrait, Byron Bay, Australia... by Michael Gallagher
Grouper portrait, Byron Bay, Australia...
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Reef squid at night, Komodo by Michael Gallagher
Reef squid at night, Komodo
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41 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"Solitude". Sunset in the Orkney Islands in midsummer, af... by Michael Gallagher
"Solitude". Sunset in the Orkney Islands in midsummer, after a fantastic day diving the WW1 wrecks in Scapa Flow. Shot taken on slide film and converted to digital.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 7, 2011
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Teensy-tiny anemone shrimp in Komodo, Indonesia by Michael Gallagher
Teensy-tiny anemone shrimp in Komodo, Indonesia
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Strangler!!! Otherwise known as a striped anglerfish, fou... by Michael Gallagher
Strangler!!! Otherwise known as a striped anglerfish, found in the muck at the bottom of Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour.
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 5, 2011
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Juvenile Cuttlefish, Byron Bay, Australia. by Michael Gallagher
Juvenile Cuttlefish, Byron Bay, Australia.
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Filefish eyeball, close up. Shot taken in the Seychelles. by Michael Gallagher
Filefish eyeball, close up. Shot taken in the Seychelles.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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Barracuda, Sudan - trying to isolate an individual in the... by Michael Gallagher
Barracuda, Sudan - trying to isolate an individual in the swirling mass was harder than I thought it would be...
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Goby on a elephant ear sponge, Milne Bay, PNG. by Michael Gallagher
Goby on a elephant ear sponge, Milne Bay, PNG.
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Freestyle frog! A masked tree frog promptly exits the swi... by Michael Gallagher
Freestyle frog! A masked tree frog promptly exits the swimming pool when a hungry snake appears. Shot taken in the jungle in Costa Rica after a liveaboard trip to Cocos Island.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
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Kung fu, crab style!! The free swimming crabs in Djibouti... by Michael Gallagher
Kung fu, crab style!! The free swimming crabs in Djibouti are seriously aggressive, and I still have the scars to prove it...
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 13, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Djibouti
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My first ever whale shark!!! What a way to end the year... by Michael Gallagher
My first ever whale shark!!! What a way to end the year...
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36 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 19, 2010
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean Djibouti
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A twofer!! A pair of pygmy cuttlefish, each not much bigg... by Michael Gallagher
A twofer!! A pair of pygmy cuttlefish, each not much bigger than the size of my thumbnail, taken in Komodo, Indonesia
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Ribbon sweetlip close-up, taken in Komodo, Indonesia. Suc... by Michael Gallagher
Ribbon sweetlip close-up, taken in Komodo, Indonesia. Such beautiful fish...
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Goby silhouette, with some experimental lighting... by Michael Gallagher
Goby silhouette, with some experimental lighting...
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Wobbegong shark surrounded by glassfish at the Cod Hole, ... by Michael Gallagher
Wobbegong shark surrounded by glassfish at the Cod Hole, Byron Bay, Australia. One of my rare attempts at using a compact camera - IXUS 85 in Canon Housing with Inon Fisheye lens...
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41 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Muck diving, Sydney style!! Sea horse at Chowder Bay, in ... by Michael Gallagher
Muck diving, Sydney style!! Sea horse at Chowder Bay, in Sydney Harbour, Australia...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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White mouthed moray eel, Seychelles by Michael Gallagher
White mouthed moray eel, Seychelles
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date posted posted: Monday, November 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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