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By Gaetano Gaetgiulo
posted Tuesday, January 8, 2013
36 votes


By Gaetano Gargiulo
posted Wednesday, December 24, 2014
34 votes

Swimming...
By Gaetano Gaetgiulo
posted Wednesday, May 15, 2013
31 votes

OMG...my water just broke!!!
By Gaetano Gargiulo
posted Sunday, January 26, 2014
31 votes

space-jelly
By Gaetano Gargiulo
posted Wednesday, January 8, 2014
30 votes

creative experiment with a friendly weedy sea-draqon. Shot during a population survey...
By Gaetano Gargiulo
posted Friday, January 10, 2014
29 votes

Meanwhile in the sand of chowder-bay
By Gaetano Gargiulo
posted Tuesday, June 20, 2017
29 votes

when the sun was my 3rd strobe
By Gaetano Gargiulo
posted Wednesday, August 15, 2018
29 votes

Bobtail squids mating... They are not shy and if you are lucky enough they come very close to your camera!!! I used a 105 micro-lens for this shot
By Gaetano Gargiulo
posted Thursday, August 29, 2013
28 votes

Fiddler ray eye close-up
By Gaetano Gargiulo
posted Tuesday, January 7, 2014
28 votes
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Very small (less than 1 cm) juvenile wrasse hovering over... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Very small (less than 1 cm) juvenile wrasse hovering over sponges
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Black-scatter-anglerfish take III easy to create these im... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Black-scatter-anglerfish take III easy to create these images when non expert divers kick the hi-reflective sand all around... the white point is simply selected on the sand in the curve tool...
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Turned B&W to increase the contrast of this ugly fish by Gaetano Gargiulo
Turned B&W to increase the contrast of this ugly fish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 29, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Ahwww so cute. it tried to swallow me...but only once!!! ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Ahwww so cute. it tried to swallow me...but only once!!! 1.2cm and growing
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 24, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Soo cute... it tried to kill me, but it's OK only once :D by Gaetano Gargiulo
Soo cute... it tried to kill me, but it's OK only once :D
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Blue... the blue hue is almost natural, just enhanced a b... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Blue... the blue hue is almost natural, just enhanced a bit with the curve tool
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 21, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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I want to fly away from here... by Gaetano Gargiulo
I want to fly away from here...
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Just a pineapple :D they are so skittish I attempted this... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Just a pineapple :D they are so skittish I attempted this shot many time with a wideangle. Tokina 10-17 @17
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Love is: Holding tail, no matter what... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Love is: Holding tail, no matter what...
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Is this my best side?? This guy was so still that anemone... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Is this my best side?? This guy was so still that anemones started to use it as support (look close on its lips)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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White sea-horse and I mean it :D by Gaetano Gargiulo
White sea-horse and I mean it :D
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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They rarely swim... but when they do they are awesome... ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
They rarely swim... but when they do they are awesome...
This fellow simply could not stands the noise of regs and swam away from divers as soon they they approach. it swims back and forth between 2 nearby pylons so I took this shot
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Whaat? they said that ghosts cannot reflect in mirrors...... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Whaat? they said that ghosts cannot reflect in mirrors... (in reality what looks alike water surface is the high reflecting sand in Chowder bay and they are a pair...)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Now I know why they are called white sea-horses... they g... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Now I know why they are called white sea-horses... they glow white :D
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 24, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Despite the appearance, the white background is not artif... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Despite the appearance, the white background is not artificial. The water is so full of small algae that the strobe reflects almost entirely when angled. This shot is with 3 strobes to illuminate the subject too
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Very impressive technique! White background with minimum post processing is very hard to achieve, especially while lighting up the subject so well.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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... and then she looked at me with big brown eyes and sai... by Gaetano Gargiulo
... and then she looked at me with big brown eyes and said: "you ain't seen nothing yet..." :D
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Swimming ghost. The female of the pair by Gaetano Gargiulo
Swimming ghost. The female of the pair
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"the dark knight" no PS to achieve the background I used ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"the dark knight" no PS to achieve the background I used a 3rd strobe to blow the water. shot in Clifton too much south for them how long they will stay around is not known...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 13, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Ghost pipefishes are sometimes stranded by the current de... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Ghost pipefishes are sometimes stranded by the current descending from the GBR to Sydney. Here they are shot in midwater with a very close aperture to just make their stunning color popping up...
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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close up and personal portrait of a friendly wobbegong...... by Gaetano Gargiulo
close up and personal portrait of a friendly wobbegong... in reality I was very mindful not to spook it :-)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"The alien" They get carried by the current and end up d... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"The alien"
They get carried by the current and end up dead because of the cold Sydney water. Illuminated with low strobe powers and UV video lights
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Somebody wastes it... somebody enjoys it... Some fisherm... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Somebody wastes it... somebody enjoys it...
Some fisherman decided that the fish was too small/not of taste (although > 20 cm) and dumped dead in the water for the joy of this small octopus (that was not in the idea to share it)!!!
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Hello, my name is Pinky and I am the new ruler of the whi... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Hello, my name is Pinky and I am the new ruler of the white sponges of Clifton Gardens!!!
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Black-scatter Angler-fish. Conditions were so bad that v... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Black-scatter Angler-fish.
Conditions were so bad that visibility was less than a meter. I was with fisheye so I had to improvise the illumination in order to get pictures. So all the pictures where blown out background and full of backscatter...
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"Sweet-dancer-lipps": composed from rapid shot-burst of t... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"Sweet-dancer-lipps": composed from rapid shot-burst of the same specimen. Very small and very crazy swimmer...shot in Tulamben
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 17, 2015
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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I got the key... do you? (playing with may new snouts) by Gaetano Gargiulo
I got the key... do you? (playing with may new snouts)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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white on white... playing with a very patient shrimp. the... by Gaetano Gargiulo
white on white... playing with a very patient shrimp. the fused background is achieved pointing the main strobes to the sand
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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