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Alien Nation
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Monday, March 23, 2009
65 votes

CFWA. Wire Coral Goby & Diver
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Wednesday, July 28, 2010
65 votes

Nudibranch
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Friday, March 19, 2010
61 votes

Nudibranch Dondice Banyulensis.
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009
56 votes

Like A Rose (Gastropteron Rubrum)
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Thursday, June 24, 2010
50 votes

Reflection
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007
48 votes

The gills of Cryptobranch dorid nudibranch
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Monday, April 19, 2010
48 votes

Lophius Piscatorius. Canon 5D, Canon 17-40mm, Two S&S 250 strobes.
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Thursday, March 20, 2008
45 votes

“Underwater majesty,  Unending inspiration”
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Saturday, June 21, 2008
44 votes

The engine of ship wreck
By Nicholas Samaras
posted Monday, September 1, 2008
43 votes
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104 Entries Found: Page 1  of  4
Τhe last rays. Τomorrow is a new day. "Rizostoma pulmo".
Lost is a swirl of fish.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II.
Lens: Canon EF8-15 @ 15
Exposure: 1/100sec, f/7,1, ISO 100
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Unicorn. Hippocampus guttulatus.
Vintage style.
Stormy weather brings great encounters from the deep sea.
Hypsolodoris picta
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
That's a tasty specimen Nicholas!
Gastropteron rubrum. This digital composition gives pretty good sense of how this beautiful creature moving in the water. Four shots in a row.
Travel Buddies
Observator
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Gastropteron rubrum. He was snooted at while flying.
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Snell's window shot
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Snooted Blenny
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CFWA. Wire Coral Goby & Diver
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2010
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
There's some speculation how this one was done. Looks like an old fashioned double exposure (remember them?) given the extremes in subject size I'd say two lenses were used but it was a Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye.
Ancient shipwreck cargo.
Like A Rose (Gastropteron Rubrum)
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
well snooted!
Snooting a crab
The Lord of the Pool
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
another for the foot fetishists!
Junevile Pinnate Batfish (Platax pinnatus)
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The gills of Cryptobranch dorid nudibranch "Hypselodoris picta"
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
it's good to concentrate on a feature sometimes
Detail of Echinaster sepositus - Red starfish. Sometimes even in a common starfish can find interesting perspectives.
Nudibranch "Hypselodoris bullockii"
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Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging
Pregnant Yellow Pigmi Seahorse.
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Pipefish
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my personal dance floor
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Spaceship
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finswimmer & Wreck
Model Shooting
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