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Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) standing by and defending its spawn layed on the wreck of the Leven, in Baleal, Portugal. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Sunday, May 25, 2008
33 votes

Anemone (Actinothoe sphyrodeta), taken in Baleal with a Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Ikelite Ai strobe, Fuji Velvia film
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Thursday, February 26, 2004
27 votes

A pair of Flabellina babai crawling over their hidroid prey. Shot in Sesimbra using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma DG EX 50mm macro, Ikelite 100a strobe.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008
27 votes

My wife Teresa at the Carnatic wreck. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm, Ikelite 100a and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, July 2, 2008
26 votes

Full frontal nudi. A large Felimare fontandraui posing in Sesimbra only 5m deep. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Friday, November 4, 2011
26 votes

Indian Ocean Crocodile Fish (Papilloculiceps longiceps) shot on a night dive using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Monday, June 23, 2008
23 votes

A very cooperating topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) posing.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, November 10, 2010
23 votes

AA gun at the stern of the Thistlegorm. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008
22 votes

Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) portrait.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008
21 votes

Inside a barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) shoal. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55 lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008
21 votes
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Face to face with a female Tripterygion delaisi. Shot ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Face to face with a female Tripterygion delaisi.
Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Pair of Polycera faeroensis mating. Shot using Canon E... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Pair of Polycera faeroensis mating.
Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Three Chromodoris purpurea feeding on sponges near colour... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Three Chromodoris purpurea feeding on sponges near colourful jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis).
Shot using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs. Shot in Sesimbra, P... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs.
Shot in Sesimbra, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Polycera faeroensis, shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Polycera faeroensis, shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Flabellina babai, shot 15m deep using a Canon EOS 350D in... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Flabellina babai, shot 15m deep using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A pair of very large Chromodoris purpurea, probably just ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A pair of very large Chromodoris purpurea, probably just after mating, feeding and spawning. Shot using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe on manual.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A very large Chromodoris purpurea crawling in the middle ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A very large Chromodoris purpurea crawling in the middle of jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis). Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Polycera faeroensis. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Polycera faeroensis. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Caloria elegans. This species shows some color variation ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Caloria elegans. This species shows some color variation along its distribution range, having either pale or orange/red cerata. This individual shows a mixed variation with the cerata being pale in the middle but orange near the tip and base.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A species less often seen, Favorinus branchialis, which m... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A species less often seen, Favorinus branchialis, which mainly feeds on eggs from other sea slugs. Shot using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Nudibranch (Chromodoris krohni) crawling over a sponge in... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Nudibranch (Chromodoris krohni) crawling over a sponge in Berlengas. Shot with Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Inside a barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) shoal. Shot usin... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Inside a barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) shoal. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55 lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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My wife Teresa at the Carnatic wreck. Shot using Canon E... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
My wife Teresa at the Carnatic wreck.
Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm, Ikelite 100a and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trinchesia sibogae feeding on hydroids. Canon EOS 300D... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Trinchesia sibogae feeding on hydroids.
Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Bluespotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) shot using Canon EO... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Bluespotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 26, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) portrait. by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) portrait.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Indian Ocean Crocodile Fish (Papilloculiceps longiceps) s... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Indian Ocean Crocodile Fish (Papilloculiceps longiceps) shot on a night dive using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 23, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Barracudas (Sphyraena barracuda) at the Ras Mohammed Nati... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Barracudas (Sphyraena barracuda) at the Ras Mohammed National Park.
Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon 18-55mm and Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 21, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A small clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus) swimming away fr... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A small clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus) swimming away from its home anemone to confront the intruder (me). Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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AA gun at the stern of the Thistlegorm. Shot using a Cano... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
AA gun at the stern of the Thistlegorm. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Caloria elegans with orage cerata. Until recently this wa... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Caloria elegans with orage cerata. Until recently this was the only color morph I had seen but in a recent dive I finally saw the withe cerata color morph. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) standing by and defend... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) standing by and defending its spawn layed on the wreck of the Leven, in Baleal, Portugal. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Comber (Serranus cabrilla) shot at the River Gurara wreck... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Comber (Serranus cabrilla) shot at the River Gurara wreck in Sesimbra. Although I was looking for nudibranchs, this small fish was very inquisitive. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Hypselodoris cantabrica crawling over the Leven's wreck. ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Hypselodoris cantabrica crawling over the Leven's wreck. Shot with a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 8, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Nudibranch (Hypselodoris cantabrica) shot at Leven's wrec... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Nudibranch (Hypselodoris cantabrica) shot at Leven's wreck using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 5, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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European lobster (Palinurus elephas) shot in Sesimbra usi... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
European lobster (Palinurus elephas) shot in Sesimbra using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes. These lobsters are getting increasingly more common with the establishment of a natural reserve.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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