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School of Barracudas, Scoglio del Medico, Ustica
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Saturday, September 30, 2017
19 votes

Ustica Island
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Sunday, August 13, 2017
17 votes

Posidonia meadows
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Tuesday, October 3, 2017
17 votes

Photograph nudis in these parts of Arabic Sea is a bit more challenging than elsewhere given the poor visibility. But when you succeed, beautiful colors come out as for this Phidiana m. shotted at the wreck dive site_Goa (Canon100,1/200,f20,i.125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Monday, March 27, 2023
17 votes

Xunaan-Ha cave diving
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Wednesday, July 5, 2017
15 votes

Coral blenny_Aquarium dive site_Havelock island_2023 (Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Saturday, March 11, 2023
15 votes

Mediterranean grouper
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Sunday, February 11, 2018
14 votes

Dreamgate
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Friday, April 19, 2019
14 votes

a shot taken during cave diving in Xunaan -ha ,Chemuyil, Mexico. Artificial lights permit to admire mineral formation ..otherwise always in dark state.
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Wednesday, December 14, 2016
13 votes

Islas del Rosario
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Sunday, May 14, 2017
13 votes
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I almost always use 100 mm focal. Challenging especially ... by Antonio Venturelli
I almost always use 100 mm focal. Challenging especially at the beginning but surprising for the sharpness, the mass of colors & the gradualness with which it fades into blur, as for this Cratena of Mediterranean sea.
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso200)
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date posted posted: Monday, July 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Beautiful eyes of Mediterranean Hermit crab_2023 (Canon6... by Antonio Venturelli
Beautiful eyes of Mediterranean Hermit crab_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f18,iso200)
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Felimare tricolor are quite common in the Mediterranean S... by Antonio Venturelli
Felimare tricolor are quite common in the Mediterranean Sea but difficult to photograph due to their small size. I like the contrast between strong yellow & electric blue that distinguishes this species of nudis_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso200)
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Mediterranean Cratena Peregrina with typical intense oran... by Antonio Venturelli
Mediterranean Cratena Peregrina with typical intense orange colored cerata & blue tips_June 2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f18,iso200)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A small,colorful, elegant & sinuous Cratena, tenaciously ... by Antonio Venturelli
A small,colorful, elegant & sinuous Cratena, tenaciously clinging to a rock, comes towards me resisting the current. I enjoy photographing it looking for the contrast with the intense red of the sponge behind it _2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,i.200)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 18, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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During my dives in Goa,sometimes I came across a Flabelli... by Antonio Venturelli
During my dives in Goa,sometimes I came across a Flabellina & thought to myself — what an enormous one! And it turned out… it wasn't just 1. It's at times difficult to tell a singular from a mating pair as this photo.
(Canon100,1/250,f25,i.250)
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date posted posted: Friday, June 16, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Mediterranean Cratena. With its colorful shades, it looks... by Antonio Venturelli
Mediterranean Cratena. With its colorful shades, it looks like the creation of a talented painter_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 11, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A close up of a bright red Flabellina (with one of the tw... by Antonio Venturelli
A close up of a bright red Flabellina (with one of the two orange horns which is shorter, surely bitten by some predator), commonly found in the waters surrounding Goa_2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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I admit it: I like gobies. These amazing little fish whe... by Antonio Venturelli
I admit it: I like gobies. These amazing little fish when they are illuminated they show off bright colors on their little bodies. An assortment of beautiful metallic blue spots, bright red-orange lines, bars, & others.
(Canon100,1/200,f16,i.100)
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Close up photo of an Hermit Crab ( Dardanus arrosor) in i... by Antonio Venturelli
Close up photo of an Hermit Crab ( Dardanus arrosor) in its typical protective shell,taken a few meters deep in the Tyrrhenian Sea near Palermo_ June 2023 (Canon60,1/200,f16,iso200)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 7, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Another photo of this small creature that roams the rocky... by Antonio Venturelli
Another photo of this small creature that roams the rocky terrain of Havelock Is. named Bedford's Flatworm , or Persian rug. It’s beauty is not only in how it looks but also in how it moves. Beautiful evolutions!
(Canon100,1/250,f13,i.100)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 1, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Phidiana militaris. These nudis are covered in appendages... by Antonio Venturelli
Phidiana militaris. These nudis are covered in appendages named cerata which increase surface area for gas exchange and also to display ingested chemicals or for defence. Sophisticated and surprising nature as always!
(Canon100,1/250,f20, iso200)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Microlife on the Andamans reef.Here we see a beautiful Bl... by Antonio Venturelli
Microlife on the Andamans reef.Here we see a beautiful Blenny close-up . Abundant and highly biodiverse, these species mature early, produce many offspring and they are a vital food source for other marine creatures.
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Friday, May 26, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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"Good morning! "seems to say this little goby met at the ... by Antonio Venturelli
"Good morning! "seems to say this little goby met at the end of my last dive in the Andamans. I take it as a goodbye and look forward to coming back here very soon_Feb 2023
(Canon100,1/250,f11,iso100)
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date posted posted: Friday, May 26, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Cratena nudibranchs, fascinating creatures of Mediterrane... by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena nudibranchs, fascinating creatures of Mediterranean sea .This is taken at La Formica dive site, in Sicily_August 2022.
(Canon100, 1/250,f18,iso200)
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 25, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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This is small Hermit crab having very pretty colors on it... by Antonio Venturelli
This is small Hermit crab having very pretty colors on its body. It lives between the surface up to 70 meters deep. Its shell is a matter of survival, to protect its soft abdomen. I took this photo in the sea of Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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I took this photo one second before this Cratena nudibran... by Antonio Venturelli
I took this photo one second before this Cratena nudibranch disappeared into the sea grass. I often enjoy waiting for them to emerge from some bush to photograph their big orange eyes!
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso400)
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date posted posted: Monday, May 15, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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The u/w world becomes ever more fascinating when you dive... by Antonio Venturelli
The u/w world becomes ever more fascinating when you dive slowly, look closely & appreciate the little things. Like this red Flabellina on the wreck off Goa. Here there are many tangled on the wreckage lying a few mt deep.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 14, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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It has to be said there is something rather satisfying ab... by Antonio Venturelli
It has to be said there is something rather satisfying about a well framed picture of a nudibranch with the rhinophores in sharp focus! This is Chromodoris trimarginata nudibranch_ photographed in Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Friday, May 12, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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There might be more than one purple nudibranchs in your a... by Antonio Venturelli
There might be more than one purple nudibranchs in your area, as we see in this picture. When I photograph them, I use two strobes and macro lens 60 or 100 mm. Otherwise everything will just be blue or green!
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Friday, May 12, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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That day the visibility was terrible, a meter or less .. ... by Antonio Venturelli
That day the visibility was terrible, a meter or less .. at the end of the dive our guide pointed out these two Chromodoris trimarginata ,two white flames that emerge from fog ! Beautiful, colored with their red spots.
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 11, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Phidiana militaris nudibranch_Wreck dive site_Goa_2022 (... by Antonio Venturelli
Phidiana militaris nudibranch_Wreck dive site_Goa_2022
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date posted posted: Monday, May 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Persian rug ( Bedford's flatworm) . Elegant , beautiful, ... by Antonio Venturelli
Persian rug ( Bedford's flatworm) . Elegant , beautiful, .. a masterpiece of ocean_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f13,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Flabellina of Mediterranean sea_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f22... by Antonio Venturelli
Flabellina of Mediterranean sea_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f22,iso400)
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date posted posted: Monday, May 1, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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This is a macro detail of an hard coral, taken a few mete... by Antonio Venturelli
This is a macro detail of an hard coral, taken a few meters deep around Havelock Island, in India. As you can see nature creates real works of art, don't you think? Andamans_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso125)
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date posted posted: Monday, May 1, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Small fish have bright colors and flamboyant shape that a... by Antonio Venturelli
Small fish have bright colors and flamboyant shape that attract experienced & novice divers alike. Unless it moves.. it can be difficult to distinguish them from the context around, as seen in this photo! Goa_India_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 29, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Coral blenny-Havelock Is. -Andamans_2023 (Canon100,1/200... by Antonio Venturelli
Coral blenny-Havelock Is. -Andamans_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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