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Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight! (Sixpence None The Richer)
Reload
Lembeh Strait - Northsulawesi (Police Pier)
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Wednesday, June 14, 2017
43 votes

big eye
goby (Bryaniops amplus) on whip coral
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Monday, April 24, 2017
32 votes

pregnant ornate or harlequin ghost pipefish
(Solenostomus paradoxus)
backlighted shot
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Tuesday, August 1, 2017
31 votes

Silhouettes
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Tuesday, January 24, 2017
25 votes

family portrait
(mom and dad Zebra crab presenting the next generation)
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Monday, January 30, 2017
25 votes

Bigmouth
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Friday, March 17, 2017
25 votes

Wonderpus
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Friday, December 1, 2017
24 votes

tongue-eating parasite (Cymothoa exigua) inside the mouth of a poor clownfish 
(this isotopic parasite grows an inch in length and replaces the host's tongue)
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Friday, October 25, 2019
24 votes

Salut ma chérie!
(Hippocampus denise)
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Thursday, June 1, 2017
23 votes

Flabellina exoptata 
Lembeh Strait, Northsulawesi
By Lars Oliver Michaelis
posted Sunday, January 20, 2019
23 votes
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86 Entries Found: Page 1  of  4
Chromodoris kuniei,
Anilao, Philippines
diamondback (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)
BWD Anilao, Philippines
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
Manta @ night
shortlistedShortlisted!
Colemans on fire-sea urchin
(magic tube & snoot)
DENDRONOTUS REGIUS
spiny tiger shrimp
Anilao,Philippines
shortlistedShortlisted!
diamondback (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)
BWD Anilao
shortlistedShortlisted!
Echo & Narcissus
shortlistedShortlisted!
Family Portrait
DENDRONOTUS REGIUS
grey reefsharks @ maldives
Juvenile banded driftfish (Psenes arafurensis)
bwd
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021

Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) presenting its offspring
Leopard Crinoid Shrimp (Laomenes pardus),
Anilao, Philippines
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2021

Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
Rhinopias frondosa @ Anilao
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
sea butterfly (Cymbulia peronii Blainville, 1818)
ghostpipefish
fractal filter technique
dendronotus regius
Anilao - Philippines
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pufferfish eye
tiger Shrimp - Lembeh Strait
tongue-eating parasite (Cymothoa exigua) inside the mouth of a poor clownfish
(this isotopic parasite grows an inch in length and replaces the host's tongue)
shortlistedShortlisted!
Rhinopias eschmeyeri
bumble bee shrimp
bad mood...
(Costasiella usagi)
Lembeh Seadragon (Kyonemichthys rumengani)
Rhinopias
(backlit with bluelight and snooted)
shortlistedShortlisted!
spiny tiger shrimp - Lembeh
86 Entries Found: Page 1  of  4