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Southern Stingrays cruising over a shallow sand bar to the North of Grand Cayman. The split is part photoshop manipulated to correct some dome splashing in the heavy swell.
By Paul Colley
posted Wednesday, February 23, 2011
62 votes

Cardinalfish brooding eggs: 60mm lens with +3 diopter.
By Paul Colley
posted Monday, June 6, 2011
47 votes

Barracuda school with one Great Barracuda interacting with the school of smaller ones; not sure what this behaviour was.
By Paul Colley
posted Monday, August 19, 2013
47 votes

Southern Stingray passing under a dive boat
By Paul Colley
posted Monday, February 14, 2011
45 votes

My first encounter with a stunning silky shark.
By Paul Colley
posted Saturday, December 14, 2013
45 votes

Split level shot of a Southern Stingray off the coast of Grand Cayman
By Paul Colley
posted Wednesday, February 2, 2011
43 votes

Natural light monochrome of the USS Kittiwake
By Paul Colley
posted Friday, April 1, 2011
42 votes

This is the newly-sunk wreck of USS Kittiwake in the Cayman Islands. Shot with a 10-17mm lens in clear water, you can see the wreck from bow to midships.
By Paul Colley
posted Monday, January 31, 2011
40 votes

Ascension Island Black Durgon. This Trigger Fish looks almost jet black at a distance, but close up is a riot of colour.
By Paul Colley
posted Sunday, November 20, 2011
40 votes

Red Sea reef at dusk.
By Paul Colley
posted Thursday, November 7, 2013
39 votes
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Red Sea Grouper by Paul Colley
Red Sea Grouper
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Black Durgon soup by Paul Colley
Black Durgon soup
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Anchor, Grouper & Blue Tang on the China wreck, Ascension... by Paul Colley
Anchor, Grouper & Blue Tang on the China wreck, Ascension Island
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 4, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Broadband Moray by Paul Colley
Broadband Moray
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Close up of a Black Durgon Triggerfish eye by Paul Colley
Close up of a Black Durgon Triggerfish eye
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Ascension Island Black Durgon. This Trigger Fish looks a... by Paul Colley
Ascension Island Black Durgon. This Trigger Fish looks almost jet black at a distance, but close up is a riot of colour.
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Ascension Island Fang Tooth Moray by Paul Colley
Ascension Island Fang Tooth Moray
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Crescent Tail Bigeye by Paul Colley
Crescent Tail Bigeye
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Editor's Comment
red and black always catch the eye
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Tompot Blenny photographed while searching for the wreck ... by Paul Colley
Tompot Blenny photographed while searching for the wreck of a WWII fighter aircraft off the coast of Eastbourne
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Rainbow Trout in Capernwray Lake, N England by Paul Colley
Rainbow Trout in Capernwray Lake, N England
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 27, 2011
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Alien (an inverted close up image of a Cardinal Fish). by Paul Colley
Alien (an inverted close up image of a Cardinal Fish).
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A Red Sea Blenny looking rather more like an Alien... by Paul Colley
A Red Sea Blenny looking rather more like an Alien...
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Male Anthias mid-water by Paul Colley
Male Anthias mid-water
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Small Damsel in coral habitat by Paul Colley
Small Damsel in coral habitat
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A natural light high ISO (not great quality) image, but i... by Paul Colley
A natural light high ISO (not great quality) image, but it captures a rather amusing moment as a Mallard duck checks out a big trout...
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 31, 2011
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Pembrokeshire rock pool by Paul Colley
Pembrokeshire rock pool
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 31, 2011
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Starfish detail by Paul Colley
Starfish detail
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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An image from inside the wreck of the Carnatic; a school ... by Paul Colley
An image from inside the wreck of the Carnatic; a school of Glassfish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 29, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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School of Jacks off Ascension Island, South Atlantic by Paul Colley
School of Jacks off Ascension Island, South Atlantic
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Coral outcrop & Glassfish school by Paul Colley
Coral outcrop & Glassfish school
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Porthkerris beach by Paul Colley
Porthkerris beach
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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A Velvet Swimming Crab... by Paul Colley
A Velvet Swimming Crab...
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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A Flatworm (unknown species) by Paul Colley
A Flatworm (unknown species)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Cornish coastline near Porthkerris by Paul Colley
Cornish coastline near Porthkerris
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 25, 2011
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Male Anthias by Paul Colley
Male Anthias
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Black Durgon off English Bay, Ascension Island by Paul Colley
Black Durgon off English Bay, Ascension Island

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
outcome exceeds subject matter
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 15, 2011
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Lettuce Coral & Anthias by Paul Colley
Lettuce Coral & Anthias
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 11, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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