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The machine-room of the Kalais. This beautyful wreck laying in only 30 meters depth will disappear because it is inside the ampliation area of the exterior mole of the harbour at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. This picture was taken may 2004.
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Monday, March 20, 2006
59 votes

Red sea-horse. This is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen. This animal was living a few years at the same place, and we visited it almost every time we went there. The photo has the original frame, and has no photoshop adjusts.
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Sunday, March 26, 2006
45 votes

Cleaning shrimp on a red grouper.
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Friday, February 26, 2010
45 votes

Jelly by night. This was a very lucky moment: I had attached the fisheye for that nightdive, a very unusual combination. Just entering the water we found this beautyful jellyfish. I think it will be very difficult to get such an opportunity again.
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010
43 votes

Green turtle with diver. Picture taken in the south of Tenerife, Canary Islands. EOS 5D, 15 mm Sigma, ...
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Sunday, January 6, 2008
41 votes

Jewel anemones on the shell of a mussle. Photographed at Ria de Arousa, Galicia, Spain.
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Tuesday, December 26, 2006
40 votes

This is another of the winning portfolio in Eilat, Israel. Yes, a little bit of luck, but I think that this picture is much more than luck.
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Tuesday, February 9, 2010
40 votes

This is a very friendly big grouper called Felix by the local divers from Lanzarote. I've added a special effect with a long shutter time. Hope you enjoy it. More on my web artefotosub.com
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Monday, December 1, 2008
37 votes

A different point of view...
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Thursday, January 10, 2008
36 votes

A little bit tired, or am I so boring? F100, 90 mm Tamron, Hartenberger 250 Ws
By Arthur Telle Thiemann
posted Thursday, January 25, 2007
35 votes
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Jelly by night. This was a very lucky moment: I had attac... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Jelly by night. This was a very lucky moment: I had attached the fisheye for that nightdive, a very unusual combination. Just entering the water we found this beautyful jellyfish. I think it will be very difficult to get such an opportunity again.
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Underwater shopping...they just can't let it be ;-) by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Underwater shopping...they just can't let it be ;-)
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 15, 2010
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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2 for the price of 1. Another picture of the winning port... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
2 for the price of 1. Another picture of the winning portfolio at the Eilat Red Sea World of Underwater Images 2009.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Cleaning shrimp in front of her home, a clup tip anemone by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Cleaning shrimp in front of her home, a clup tip anemone
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Cleaning goby on a viola grouper. by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Cleaning goby on a viola grouper.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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A common cuttlefish with a bit of special illumination... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
A common cuttlefish with a bit of special illumination...
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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A night active tube anemone. There's a large field of the... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
A night active tube anemone. There's a large field of these beautyful animals covering the sand in 8-12 m depth in front of Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote.
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Cleaning shrimp on a red grouper. by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Cleaning shrimp on a red grouper.
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45 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Comb seastar, Lanzarote, Canary Islands by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Comb seastar, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 25, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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I think this animal doesn't need much description... ;-) by Arthur Telle Thiemann
I think this animal doesn't need much description... ;-)
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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THE EYE. Eye of a cuttle fish. I found this girl putting ... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
THE EYE. Eye of a cuttle fish. I found this girl putting her eggs into a very tiny crevice in the rocks, and after a moment to get sure that I wouldn't harm her, she continued with her work allowing me to approach very close
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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SYMMETRY. The feathers of a spiral worm, extended into th... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
SYMMETRY. The feathers of a spiral worm, extended into the current to catch plancton.
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35 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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THRILLER. A few wooden rests of a wreck in the south of L... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
THRILLER. A few wooden rests of a wreck in the south of Lanzarote. This picture was part of the winning portfolio at the Open Fotosub Lanzarote 2008, and was shot in b/w. It has no PS adjustments, only size, sharpen and sign.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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ZOOMING. This is another picture from the winning portfol... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
ZOOMING. This is another picture from the winning portfolio in Eilat, Israel, past november. It's just as it came out of the camera, without any PS effect or adjustment, except size, of course.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Spain
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SPOTLIGHT. Canarian seastar (Narcissia canariensis) insid... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
SPOTLIGHT. Canarian seastar (Narcissia canariensis) inside a cave in Lanzarote.
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I know it's a setup but it's so simple and graphical it's great!
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 19, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Nudi. This picture was part of the winning portfolio at t... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Nudi. This picture was part of the winning portfolio at the Eilat Red Sea World of Underwater Images 2009. Taken at the beginning of the first dive of the competition, a rare encounter there in Eilat. Yes, a little bit of luck is necessary...
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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The eye in the sand. Greater weever buried in the sand wa... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
The eye in the sand. Greater weever buried in the sand waiting for some "food" passing by.
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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PAINTED. Center of an anemone, wit a very special colour ... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
PAINTED. Center of an anemone, wit a very special colour pattern, and on top of it a little bit special illumination.
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Bumblebee shrimp, Gnatophyllum elegans. A very common spe... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Bumblebee shrimp, Gnatophyllum elegans. A very common species, but difficut to see, and more difficult to find one well placed to take a good picture of it.
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Caulerpa, a very beautyful algae. I wonder why there are ... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Caulerpa, a very beautyful algae. I wonder why there are only very few such pictures on contests or forum. May be swimming things are more interesting...
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Light and shadow. Anemone (Telmatactis cricoides) with se... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Light and shadow. Anemone (Telmatactis cricoides) with selective illumination.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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The Phantom. A small scorpionfish with selective illumina... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
The Phantom. A small scorpionfish with selective illumination.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Good viz and sun shining! Perfect conditions for such a p... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Good viz and sun shining! Perfect conditions for such a pic. Personnally I like specially the reflection under the surface.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 11, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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This is another of the winning portfolio in Eilat, Israel... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
This is another of the winning portfolio in Eilat, Israel. Yes, a little bit of luck, but I think that this picture is much more than luck.
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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One of the pictures of the winning portfolio at the Epson... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
One of the pictures of the winning portfolio at the Epson Red Sea World of Underwater Images, held in Eilat last november
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 8, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Octopus eye. This guy was walking around the reef trying ... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Octopus eye. This guy was walking around the reef trying to find something to eat. It took me much time to get him enough confident to stay at only 2 or 3 inches away from my camera, but the result was worth it.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Disco crab!!! Arrow crab in front of an anemone. I adjust... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Disco crab!!! Arrow crab in front of an anemone. I adjusted a very narrow DOP to get the anemone completely blured. So the tips appear just as blue spots.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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