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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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Feather Star making interesting pattern and colour variat... by Brian Mayes
Feather Star making interesting pattern and colour variation. Canon A70
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date posted posted: Friday, December 1, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Loch's Chromodoris from Taveuni, Fiji. We saw quite a few... by Brian Mayes
Loch's Chromodoris from Taveuni, Fiji. We saw quite a few of these in the Somo Somo Straits and refered to them as "Toothpaste" Nudibranch. Everyone knew what you meant. Canon A70 with internal flash
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Normally Stargazers hide in the sand and only by luck did... by Brian Mayes
Normally Stargazers hide in the sand and only by luck did we disturb this one. Having witnessed how it completely buries itself in the sand, It's probably the first and last I will ever see!!. Whitemargin Stargazer from Taveuni. Canon A70
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Anemonefish from Taveuni, Fiji. Canon A70 with internal f... by Brian Mayes
Anemonefish from Taveuni, Fiji. Canon A70 with internal flash and diffuser.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Spinecheek Anemonefish from Whitsundays Islands. Nikon 99... by Brian Mayes
Spinecheek Anemonefish from Whitsundays Islands. Nikon 990 and URPro filter. (see if you can spot the spine on his cheek)
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 10, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Moridilla brockii from Exmouth in Westren Australia. Niko... by Brian Mayes
Moridilla brockii from Exmouth in Westren Australia. Nikon 990 + Ikelite Pro II Video Light
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date posted posted: Monday, October 9, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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A couple of Roos relaxing on the beach at our shore dive ... by Brian Mayes
A couple of Roos relaxing on the beach at our shore dive site, Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grand, Western Australia. Nikon 990
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 6, 2006
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Social Feather Duster Worms swaying gently in the current... by Brian Mayes
Social Feather Duster Worms swaying gently in the current. Nikon 990 & Ikelite Video light
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 5, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Scottish sunset, view over Loch Indaal on the island of I... by Brian Mayes
Scottish sunset, view over Loch Indaal on the island of Islay. They have some great malt whisky there, and this shot was opposite the Bowmore Distillery.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 3, 2006
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic United Kingdom
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Magic Kingdom or Pillar Coral you decide. Taken in St.Eus... by Brian Mayes
Magic Kingdom or Pillar Coral you decide. Taken in St.Eustatius (Statia) with Nikon 990 and Ikelite Pro II Video Light.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 30, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Black Moray (Muraena muppeti)from La Gomera in the Canari... by Brian Mayes
Black Moray (Muraena muppeti)from La Gomera in the Canaries....One of your favourites Dave!.... Canon A70 with integral flash

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
What eyes on this specimen!
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 28, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp from Bonaire. Nikon 990 with Ikeli... by Brian Mayes
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp from Bonaire. Nikon 990 with Ikelite Pro II Video Light.
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Porcupinefish from twilight dive in Bonaire......Resubmit... by Brian Mayes
Porcupinefish from twilight dive in Bonaire......Resubmitted due to accidental deletion by UWP....Apparently it didn't get enough votes. Nah, only joking!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 25, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Divers ascend the stern line of the "Doc Polson" wreck, G... by Brian Mayes
Divers ascend the stern line of the "Doc Polson" wreck, Grand Cayman. Canon A70 with URPRO filter
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 24, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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My little Princess! from twilight/night dive in Bonaire. ... by Brian Mayes
My little Princess! from twilight/night dive in Bonaire. Obviously before the little darling had gone to bed! Canon A70 with integral strobe.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 22, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Reef photo with natural light taken at "Rock Pile" on Kle... by Brian Mayes
Reef photo with natural light taken at "Rock Pile" on Klein Bonaire. Canon A70 and URPRO filter
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 21, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A couple of Whitespotted Filefish in natural light. Canon... by Brian Mayes
A couple of Whitespotted Filefish in natural light. Canon A70 with URPRO Filter
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A couple of Batwing Slugs (Sagaminopteron ornamtum) from ... by Brian Mayes
A couple of Batwing Slugs (Sagaminopteron ornamtum) from Esperance, Western Australia. Although, only 2cm, these cute little critters are good swimmers. If only I had known that when I found them!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Another flower of the sea shot. Club-tipped Anemone from ... by Brian Mayes
Another flower of the sea shot. Club-tipped Anemone from La Gomera in the Canaries.....Canon A70
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date posted posted: Monday, September 18, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Juvenile Frogfish from Bonaire. This one was forced to mo... by Brian Mayes
Juvenile Frogfish from Bonaire. This one was forced to move on by an aggresive Damselfish......... Nikon Coolpix 990 and Ikelite Pro II video light
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 14, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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My buddy thinks about lunch. Canon A70 with UR Filter by Brian Mayes
My buddy thinks about lunch. Canon A70 with UR Filter
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Red-Ridged Clinging Crab from Grand Cayman. Canon A70 wit... by Brian Mayes
Red-Ridged Clinging Crab from Grand Cayman. Canon A70 with internal flash
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date posted posted: Monday, September 11, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Just clowning about here on the reef! by Brian Mayes
Just clowning about here on the reef!
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 10, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Flamingo Tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) showing the pattern on... by Brian Mayes
Flamingo Tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) showing the pattern on it's foot and with the mantle only partly extended over the shell.
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date posted posted: Friday, September 8, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Black Durgon from Grand cayman with nice diamond patterns... by Brian Mayes
Black Durgon from Grand cayman with nice diamond patterns and markings. Canon A70
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 7, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A curious Smooth Trunkfish. Canon A70 with internal flash . by Brian Mayes
A curious Smooth Trunkfish. Canon A70 with internal flash .

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Editor's Comment
Give us a kiss!
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Small friendly Turtle ignores buddy without camera and po... by Brian Mayes
Small friendly Turtle ignores buddy without camera and poses for close-up. If only everything was so cooperative!
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date posted posted: Monday, September 4, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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