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2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire.  This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away.  Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (2 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch 
( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024
(Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Monday, December 23, 2024
0 votes

Pterois miles
Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted 09:21 CST Today (10 hours ago)
0 votes

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Dolphins playing in the Bay of Islands, NZ
Blue Maumau circling a pinnacle within Riko Riko cave, Poor Knight Islands
Curious little Blenny poking his head out
Entrance to Jan's Tunnel at Poor Knights Island circa 10m
I can't decide whether I prefer this or the previous Tamja. This shows the relationship between the feeding and the colour of the animal better, and he's sitting up nicely (in between surges!).
Canon A710, Inon D2000
Jason Mirabillis at Barren Arch, Poor Knights Islands. I presume the colour of the nudibranch is from the food they eat. This one's pretty in pink!
Canon A710, Inon D2000
Tamja Verconis at Magic Wall, Poor Knights Islands. I liked the way he appeared to be popping out from concealment
Snapper at Tye Dye Arch, Poor Knights Islands
Green Mussel stuffed with crab. Tutukaka, NZ.
Milford Sound waterfall -from the clouds to the sea. Sometimes it helps to have a wide-angle lens. Sea and Sea DX-1G.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Taken at the Poor Knights at a divesite called Middle Arch.
Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Taken while snorkelling at the end of a dive, Canon Ixus 90IS.
Dolphins playing on bow wave in the Southern Ocean.
Beautiful male foraging in the sand at the Poor Knights on a perfect diving day.
Janolus mokohinau. poor Knights, New Zealand. Canon G7, Canon housing with intova strobe
Scorpaena cardinalis. Poor Knights New Zealand. Canon G7, Canon housing with intova strobe
White striped anemone on the wreck of the Tioma. An old tug sunk off Bay of Plentys Motiti island. Adjusted in photoshop
Koura, freshwater cray. Agro bugger attacked me.
Koura, freshwater crayfish at lake Rotoiti, Bay of plenty NZ.
The octopus wouldnt come out to play
Tambja Verconis chilling, Poor Knights NZ
Dwarf Scorpion fish on Okiparu reef just off Motiti Island. One of my favourite photography sites. Roll on the weekend
Close up of a common (white striped) anemone.
just a little shot of my mate dropping into a barrel
Mum & Dad.....Yellow-eyed Penguins, resting before another trip to the supermarket (sea).......Canon G7
Baby Yellow-Eyed Penguin waiting patiently for mum and dad to come home from the sea to feed it......Canon G9
Waiting for a ride. Diver waits for the boat after enjoying the Poor Knights Islands.
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