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2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire. This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away. Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (3 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Tuesday, December 24, 2024
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted 05:47 CST Today (2 hours ago)
0 votes
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"Red Eyed Dragon". Leafy Seadragon taken off Kangaroo Isl... by Richard Wylie
"Red Eyed Dragon". Leafy Seadragon taken off Kangaroo Island.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Jelly Fish Australia ,Port Phillip Bay Victoria Nikon by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Jelly Fish Australia ,Port Phillip Bay Victoria Nikon
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Leafy Seadragon in Profile. Taken off Kangaroo Island in ... by Richard Wylie
Leafy Seadragon in Profile. Taken off Kangaroo Island in South Australia as part of research project earlier this year.
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 21, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Wide Open Ocean ,Australia ,Melbourne EOS 7D by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Wide Open Ocean ,Australia ,Melbourne EOS 7D
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Who are you looking at? Leafy Seadragon taken off Kangaro... by Richard Wylie
Who are you looking at? Leafy Seadragon taken off Kangaroo Island in South Australia - very interactive and interested seadragon who kept watching to see what I was doing.
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 27, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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It is a widely held misconception that Great White sharks... by Sam Cahir
It is a widely held misconception that Great White sharks only breach in South Africa. Freckles is a 4m male who is an aerial specialist attacking baits at up to 56 K's an hour to enable him to launch his entire body out of the water.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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"Synchronised swimming" These two dolphins buzzed by righ... by Richard Wylie
"Synchronised swimming" These two dolphins buzzed by right past me while working with KI Dolphin Watch research in early January - studying and identifying wild bottlenose dolphins in the cool temperate waters off Kangaroo Island.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 3, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Sea Lion Silhouette, Just under Rye pier on Mornington pe... by Phil Davison
Sea Lion Silhouette, Just under Rye pier on Mornington peninsula, there are a couple of Australian Fur seal pups who've made their home & show their cheeky side by taking fish and squid from the fishermen! Canon S90 w INON UFL165, 1/400 F2.2 ISO80
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2012

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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Canon EOS 7D ,minimal light ,minimal flash ,Ikelite DS 15... by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Canon EOS 7D ,minimal light ,minimal flash ,Ikelite DS 150 single strobe,Melbourne ,Australia
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Same leafy seadragon but up close - these guys are amazin... by Richard Wylie
Same leafy seadragon but up close - these guys are amazing animals and so photogenic! Sorry had uploaded the wrong photo - this was the one I meant to post (i.e. not cut off)...
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) in profile - taken off... by Richard Wylie
Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) in profile - taken off Kangaroo Island
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 13, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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'Shaggy'. This 4m Great White cruised in while we were d... by Sam Cahir
'Shaggy'. This 4m Great White cruised in while we were deploying acoustic listening stations to track GWS movements in the Neptune Islands, South Australia.
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56 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 8, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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'White Tip' the 4.5m male Great White. Taken during a sc... by Sam Cahir
'White Tip' the 4.5m male Great White. Taken during a scientific expedition to deploy acoustic listening stations (to track tagged GWS) in the North Neptune Islands, South Australia. 3 December 2011.
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41 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 4, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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My Giant. Giant Australian Cuttlefish. Taken at Tumby B... by Jamie Coote
My Giant.
Giant Australian Cuttlefish.
Taken at Tumby Bay jetty SA.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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This was taken while on a tour for Museum Victoria lookin... by Richard Wylie
This was taken while on a tour for Museum Victoria looking for leafy seadragons under Rapid Bay Jetty - no leafys but beautiful nonetheless!
Taken with a canon D10 compact
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 28, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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"Ascidian Glow" Growing on a jetty pylon at Tumby Bay SA. by Jamie Coote
"Ascidian Glow"
Growing on a jetty pylon at Tumby Bay SA.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Meet Chainsaw the little 3.5m Great White. The lens make... by Sam Cahir
Meet Chainsaw the little 3.5m Great White. The lens make him look small but he's a feisty little bugger. Chainsaw has a huge chunk out of his head (unfortunately the other side from this pic) and really does look he's been in the wars.
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging

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I admire how intimate sam is with his subject!
44 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
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Meet Bruce, the smiling 5m male great white. Bruce was o... by Sam Cahir
Meet Bruce, the smiling 5m male great white. Bruce was one of 5 whites that circled us during the dive, making for a nerve racking ascent. Taken at 24m at the Neptune Islands, South Australia using a Nikon D700 16mm & 1.4x converter.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2011

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48 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
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Watching Great Whites in their natural environment (in th... by Sam Cahir
Watching Great Whites in their natural environment (in this case down at 26 metres) is an incredible site. On this dive we had 5 GW's encircle us including this 4.5m male. Certainly made getting back to the surface interesting.
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47 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 25, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
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Surprise!! While sitting patiently watching a big Great ... by Sam Cahir
Surprise!! While sitting patiently watching a big Great White playing with some sea weed, this 4+m male GW scared the hell out of me as he snuck by for an ultra close pass. Evidently I don't taste good.
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58 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 25, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
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Introducing Kiwi the 4.4m female Great White. The orange... by Sam Cahir
Introducing Kiwi the 4.4m female Great White. The orange acoustic tag was deployed by Andrew Fox (The great Rodney Fox's son) and is monitored by the CSIRO for their study of GW's. taken at the Neptune Islands South Australia August 2011.
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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"Moving on" A Short Headed Sea Horse moving between reeds. by Jamie Coote
"Moving on"
A Short Headed Sea Horse moving between reeds.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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"Searching the sands" Leafy sea dragon found cruising in... by Jamie Coote
"Searching the sands"
Leafy sea dragon found cruising inside the "Blueline" upon the shore sands.
2.5m of water.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2011
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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"For the love of Leafys" Leafy Sea Dragon at Tumby Bay j... by Jamie Coote
"For the love of Leafys"
Leafy Sea Dragon at Tumby Bay jetty SA.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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"Wobbygone?" Seal eating his prise catch of a Wobbygong ... by Jamie Coote
"Wobbygone?"
Seal eating his prise catch of a Wobbygong shark.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Shaw it's a Cow? A "Shaws cow fish" moving in for a clos... by Jamie Coote
Shaw it's a Cow?
A "Shaws cow fish" moving in for a closer look.
Taken at Tumby Bay SA.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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"Golden Leaf" taken at Tumby Bay Jetty SA by Jamie Coote
"Golden Leaf"
taken at Tumby Bay Jetty SA
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 3, 2011
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