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'Sunset Over Bali' on a live-aboard to Komodo (Canon G9, Speedlite 420ex)
By Marco Waagmeester
posted Wednesday, May 6, 2009
69 votes

Coconut or Veined Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) with it's shell - Puri Jati, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
By Marco Waagmeester
posted Tuesday, November 4, 2008
61 votes

Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) cleaned by bannerfish, Crystal Bay, Bali (Canon G9)
By Marco Waagmeester
posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008
59 votes

Hypselodoris Kanga nudibranch, Tukad Abu, Bali (Canon G9, WP-DC21,Inon D2000w)
By Marco Waagmeester
posted Monday, June 23, 2008
53 votes


By Marco Waagmeester
posted Thursday, September 4, 2008
52 votes

Nudibranch (Glossodoris atromarginata) - (Canon G9, D2000w, UCL165)
By Marco Waagmeester
posted Tuesday, September 2, 2008
50 votes


By Marco Waagmeester
posted Friday, June 26, 2009
46 votes

Tanah Lot temple at sunset. HDR from 3 photographs (Nikon D300, Tokina 116 ATX)
By Marco Waagmeester
posted Wednesday, January 13, 2010
44 votes

Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola) getting cleaned by bannerfish at Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Bali. (Canon G9)
By Marco Waagmeester
posted Thursday, August 28, 2008
43 votes

Another Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus denise) during a dive at Menjangan island, Bali. (Canon G9, Inon strobe D2000w, UCL165 macro lens)
By Marco Waagmeester
posted Sunday, August 3, 2008
41 votes
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229 Entries Found: Page 3  of  9
Small shrimp - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
Yellow-black Striped Cardinalfish (Apogon nigrofasciatus) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
Jewel Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Little Filefish (Monacanthidae sp.) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
Blue Ribbon Eel portrait (Rhinomuraena quaesita) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
"Kune's Chromodoris" - Chromodorididae Nudibranch (Chromodoris kunei) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
Diver and Big Puffer-fish - Crystal Rock, Gili Lawa (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Mantis Shrimp in it's burrow - Puri Jati, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
a pin sharp behavior study
"Eyes above the sand" - Puri Jati, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Yellow Margined Moray Eel (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) - Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Soft coral & Tunicates - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Swimming cleaner shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
how to isolate a subject from its background using depth of field!
Coral encrusted bow gun of the USAT Liberty Shipwreck - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w) no cropping
Fimbriated moray (Gymnothorax fimbriatus) - Sangeang Island (Canon G9, Inon D2000w) Used 'large' aperture f/3.2 to get the focus on mainly the eye.
Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) getting cleaned by shrimps and wrasse - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
shortlistedShortlisted!
Unfamiliar (for me) Triplefin during a dive at 'Manta Alley', South-Komodo (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
Blue Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) - Nusa Penida, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Pygmy seahorse (Hypocampus bargibanti) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
Nudibranch portrait (Nembrotha kuberyana) - Gili Banta, Indonesia (Canon G9, Inon D2000w 2xUCL165)
Anemone porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) trying to catch a meal - Puri Jati, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
Crocodile fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) - Banta island, Indonesia (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Reef Scene - Moyo island, Indonesia (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Thorny-back cowfish (Lactoria fornasini) - Crystal bay, Nusa Penida (Canon G9, D2000w)
Banded sea snake portrait (Laticauda colubrina) - Moyo island, Indonesia (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
'Sunset Over Bali' on a live-aboard to Komodo (Canon G9, Speedlite 420ex)
shortlistedShortlisted!
'Three Nemos' (Amphiprion ocellaris) - Moyo island, Indonesia (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
'Close up but wide angle' (Manta birostris) - Nusa Penida, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
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