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I lay on sand quietly watching this chap. Loved it when he opened his mouth for the cleaners.
By Valda Fraser
posted Tuesday, October 8, 2013
57 votes

A honeycomb moray in a green tree coral.
By Valda Fraser
posted Wednesday, October 2, 2013
49 votes

A huge bohar snapper giving me an ugly look.
By Valda Fraser
posted Wednesday, September 25, 2013
45 votes

A real beauty - Goniobranchus sp.
By Valda Fraser
posted Wednesday, November 20, 2013
42 votes

A trio at the grass bed where the females deposit their eggs.
By Valda Fraser
posted Thursday, November 7, 2013
41 votes

This sea pen is home to a porcelain crab that is feeding at night.
By Valda Fraser
posted Thursday, January 17, 2013
39 votes

A pair of yellow-mouthed moray eels.
By Valda Fraser
posted Wednesday, May 8, 2013
38 votes

Gobies laying and fertilising eggs.
By Valda Fraser
posted Monday, September 23, 2013
36 votes

A longnose hawkfish in its favourite spot.
By Valda Fraser
posted Wednesday, March 20, 2013
34 votes

Lying in wait at night.
By Valda Fraser
posted Thursday, August 29, 2013
34 votes
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A Venus' girdle in a perfect pose. by Valda Fraser
A Venus' girdle in a perfect pose.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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The shrimp jumped into the eels mouth, but the landing wa... by Valda Fraser
The shrimp jumped into the eels mouth, but the landing wasn't great.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Commensal shrimp on a nudibranch. by Valda Fraser
Commensal shrimp on a nudibranch.
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A Spanish Dancer treating me to its graceful dance. by Valda Fraser
A Spanish Dancer treating me to its graceful dance.
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Wow, one of my favorites. Your second Orange over Blue shot, maybe I have a weakness for this color combination. Very well taken.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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So annoying to have other males trying to steal my 'girl'. by Valda Fraser
So annoying to have other males trying to steal my 'girl'.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 16, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Take two. by Valda Fraser
Take two.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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The cleaner wrasse has lots of work to do. by Valda Fraser
The cleaner wrasse has lots of work to do.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 9, 2013
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A squat lobster with coloration to match its host feather... by Valda Fraser
A squat lobster with coloration to match its host feather star.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Focusing on the rhinophores - the major sensory structures. by Valda Fraser
Focusing on the rhinophores - the major sensory structures.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Flowing snappers at Snapper College, Sodwana Bay. by Valda Fraser
Flowing snappers at Snapper College, Sodwana Bay.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 2, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A trumpetfish. by Valda Fraser
A trumpetfish.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 28, 2013
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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The baby cuttlefish has just emerged from the egg and is ... by Valda Fraser
The baby cuttlefish has just emerged from the egg and is launching itself into the world.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Suddenly it reared up like a frightened horse - Chromodor... by Valda Fraser
Suddenly it reared up like a frightened horse - Chromodoris africana.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A gorgonian wrapper, so pretty but really a nasty parasite. by Valda Fraser
A gorgonian wrapper, so pretty but really a nasty parasite.
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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A real beauty - Goniobranchus sp. by Valda Fraser
A real beauty - Goniobranchus sp.
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Showing a leg - a specially adapted one for keeping clean... by Valda Fraser
Showing a leg - a specially adapted one for keeping clean, while filter-feeding.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 11, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A trio at the grass bed where the females deposit their e... by Valda Fraser
A trio at the grass bed where the females deposit their eggs.
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41 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 7, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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A crab with a self image problem. It's battling because ... by Valda Fraser
A crab with a self image problem. It's battling because this 'house' is too big and heavy.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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An unexpected visit from a big tiger that came in to chec... by Valda Fraser
An unexpected visit from a big tiger that came in to check me out. Was sad about the broken-off trace in her mouth.
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2013
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A beautiful juvenile emperor angelfish. Such a tricky su... by Valda Fraser
A beautiful juvenile emperor angelfish. Such a tricky subject because it moves so fast.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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I lay on sand quietly watching this chap. Loved it when ... by Valda Fraser
I lay on sand quietly watching this chap. Loved it when he opened his mouth for the cleaners.
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This ones is a clear winner. A classic CFWA and great work having the complete body in focus. Well done, a personal favorite for me.
57 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A honeycomb moray in a green tree coral. by Valda Fraser
A honeycomb moray in a green tree coral.
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49 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 2, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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A huge bohar snapper giving me an ugly look. by Valda Fraser
A huge bohar snapper giving me an ugly look.
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It's the Orange over perfect deep blue that makes this shot stand out. Very nice.
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A tube anemone retracted its tentacles as I swam past. T... by Valda Fraser
A tube anemone retracted its tentacles as I swam past. This is what I saw when I peeped inside.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Gobies laying and fertilising eggs. by Valda Fraser
Gobies laying and fertilising eggs.
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36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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A spiny seahorse. by Valda Fraser
A spiny seahorse.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Lots of activity at the nesting site - broadclub cuttlefish. by Valda Fraser
Lots of activity at the nesting site - broadclub cuttlefish.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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