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<((((º>.....Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses." title=""I spy with my little eye" an Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)......¸><((((º>.....Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses." style="margin: 0px auto;max-height:650px;max-width:100%;" />
By Brian Mayes
posted Thursday, June 11, 2009
74 votes


By Brian Mayes
posted Wednesday, April 7, 2010
73 votes

Eyes of a Strombus (Vomer vomer)...and I didn't even have to wrangle the conch, it was just there crawling along. :-)......¸><((((º>.....Canon G9 & Inon UCL 165
By Brian Mayes
posted Wednesday, March 11, 2009
71 votes

Imperial Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on a large sea cucumber. <><><><>Canon G9, full frame shot with stacked Inon UCL-165 macro lenses.
By Brian Mayes
posted Saturday, July 12, 2008
69 votes

<><><>Canon G9" title=""Dont mess with me!"............................ A snarling Mosaic Moray (Gymnothorax prionodon)<><><><>Canon G9" style="margin: 0px auto;max-height:650px;max-width:100%;" />
By Brian Mayes
posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008
68 votes

Full Frontal NUDIty. Tambja verconis head on full frame. <><><><>Canon G9, Inon UCL-165, Poor Knights, New Zealand
By Brian Mayes
posted Monday, March 24, 2008
67 votes

This charming little Red-Papulose Gymnodoris (Gymnodoris rubropapillosa) is one of the predator nudibranchs that hunts down and eats other nudibranchs. ..¸><((((º>·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>·..Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 macro lens
By Brian Mayes
posted Sunday, August 10, 2008
65 votes

From Tenerife, one of a sequence of photos showing a Lizardfish catching and swallowing an Ornate Wrasse alive. The photos had to be taken in between bouts of thrashing by the Lizardfish. The whole sequence can be seen on my Flickr site.
By Brian Mayes
posted Thursday, July 5, 2007
60 votes

The Leopard Nudi (Chromodoris leopardus)....¸><((((º>`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>`·..Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 macro lens
By Brian Mayes
posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008
59 votes

Close enough to see the parasites above the nostrils on this Undulated Moray (Gymnothorax undulatus)..¸><((((º>...Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165s
By Brian Mayes
posted Sunday, November 23, 2008
57 votes
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Cowfish from Bonaire.........Canon G7 by Brian Mayes
Cowfish from Bonaire.........Canon G7
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 26, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Up close and personal!.........Canon G7 maximum 35mm sett... by Brian Mayes
Up close and personal!.........Canon G7 maximum 35mm setting.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Tube Anemone from Bandar Khairan near Muscat. Canon G7 by Brian Mayes
Tube Anemone from Bandar Khairan near Muscat. Canon G7
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 21, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Blacktail Comber with attitude. Canon G7, El Hierro, Cana... by Brian Mayes
Blacktail Comber with attitude. Canon G7, El Hierro, Canary Is.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 19, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Large Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) gets between... by Brian Mayes
Large Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) gets between the camera and my buddy. Taken at "El Bajón", El Hierro, Canary Islands with Canon G7.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Time to blow my own Trumpet. Taken in Bonaire with Canon G7 by Brian Mayes
Time to blow my own Trumpet. Taken in Bonaire with Canon G7
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a new way to fit a trupetfish in the frame!
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Seahorse from Bonaire. Canon G7 by Brian Mayes
Seahorse from Bonaire. Canon G7
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 13, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Chain Moray from Bonaire. I'm not sure if this moray has ... by Brian Mayes
Chain Moray from Bonaire. I'm not sure if this moray has worn his teeth down on passing divers or whether in this species the teeth are always large and blunt. Canon G7.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Sharknose Goby resting on the coral waiting for a custome... by Brian Mayes
Sharknose Goby resting on the coral waiting for a customer to clean.
Taken in Bonaire with Canon G7 and Inon UCL 165 macro lens
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 9, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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From Tenerife, one of a sequence of photos showing a Liza... by Brian Mayes
From Tenerife, one of a sequence of photos showing a Lizardfish catching and swallowing an Ornate Wrasse alive. The photos had to be taken in between bouts of thrashing by the Lizardfish. The whole sequence can be seen on my Flickr site.
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Another image you need a double take on. I saw the colorful fish then saw the subject was actually devouring it. Nice one Brian
60 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 5, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Peacock Flounder from Bonaire, Canon G7 + Inon macro lens by Brian Mayes
Peacock Flounder from Bonaire, Canon G7 + Inon macro lens
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 29, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A Yellowline Arrow Crab defends his colourful anemone. Ta... by Brian Mayes
A Yellowline Arrow Crab defends his colourful anemone. Taken in Bonaire with Canon G7
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A happy Stoplight Parrotfish goes about his work. Taken i... by Brian Mayes
A happy Stoplight Parrotfish goes about his work. Taken in Bonaire with Canon G7
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Sharknose Goby on colourful sponge. Taken in Bonaire with... by Brian Mayes
Sharknose Goby on colourful sponge. Taken in Bonaire with Canon G7 and Inon macro lens
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Cute looking and tiny Spotted Trunkfish. by Brian Mayes
Cute looking and tiny Spotted Trunkfish.
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 11, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Caribbean Reef Squid by Brian Mayes
Caribbean Reef Squid
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 7, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Spotted cleaner shrimp sitting on anemone tentacle. by Brian Mayes
Spotted cleaner shrimp sitting on anemone tentacle.
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A nice clean shot - that works with a central subject
50 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Cute but timid little Redlip Blenny......... Canon G7 plu... by Brian Mayes
Cute but timid little Redlip Blenny......... Canon G7 plus Inon macro lens
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A couple of Hypselodoris nigrostriata feeding on sponge by Brian Mayes
A couple of Hypselodoris nigrostriata feeding on sponge
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 5, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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A couple of Risbecia pulchella proudly displaying their g... by Brian Mayes
A couple of Risbecia pulchella proudly displaying their gills..........Canon G7
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 3, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Just a quick snap of a Rusty Parrotfish, but I like the c... by Brian Mayes
Just a quick snap of a Rusty Parrotfish, but I like the colours and lighting, hopefully you will too.................Canon G7
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Moray double act.........Canon G7 by Brian Mayes
Moray double act.........Canon G7
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nice double take Brian
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 29, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Cute looking Spiny Puffer with a smile...................... by Brian Mayes
Cute looking Spiny Puffer with a smile......................Canon G7
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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This Honeycomb Moray was huge, easily 6ft in length and i... by Brian Mayes
This Honeycomb Moray was huge, easily 6ft in length and it's head shown here, seemed as big as mine. Very intimidating to photograph.....................Canon G7
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Aden Blenny..................Canon G7 & Inon UCL 165 macr... by Brian Mayes
Aden Blenny..................Canon G7 & Inon UCL 165 macro lens
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date posted posted: Friday, April 20, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Risbecia pulchela munching on some hydroid.........Canon ... by Brian Mayes
Risbecia pulchela munching on some hydroid.........Canon G7 & Inon UCL165 Macro lens
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date posted posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Tiny Red-dotted Coral Crab safe and secure from predators... by Brian Mayes
Tiny Red-dotted Coral Crab safe and secure from predators and photographers............Canon G7 & Inon UCL 165 macro lens
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date posted posted: Friday, April 13, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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