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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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P I O V R A... Octopus... "Micropus" :-) as big as a 2eur... by Gaetano Gargiulo
P I O V R A... Octopus... "Micropus" :-) as big as a 2euro coin...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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small blenny hiding in a dead muscle by Gaetano Gargiulo
small blenny hiding in a dead muscle
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Italy
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Pajama striped cuttlefish mating dance. They swim with a ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Pajama striped cuttlefish mating dance. They swim with a fantastic cork-screw movement until they are done or one of the 2 is buried under the sand!!!
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"Into the dome" I was attempting something new during the... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"Into the dome" I was attempting something new during the dive at the sunken city of Baia
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 8, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Fiery maned electric sea-horse... Poseidon is upset these... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Fiery maned electric sea-horse... Poseidon is upset these days here in Naples I guess he is going around on his war horses...I bet that I have seen one :D
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 5, 2015
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Mankind tirelessly is working to preserve it, however, on... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Mankind tirelessly is working to preserve it, however, one piece at the time Poseidon is tearing it apart and after almost 2000 years only few parts remain intact and shine in their real colors once they have been freed from the sand...
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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This little one had so many blue veins that I enhanced wi... by Gaetano Gargiulo
This little one had so many blue veins that I enhanced with PS
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 1, 2015
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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rare yellow hue scorpionfish by Gaetano Gargiulo
rare yellow hue scorpionfish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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bumblebee shrimp taken with 105 micro on a wall while run... by Gaetano Gargiulo
bumblebee shrimp taken with 105 micro on a wall while running for shelter
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Xmas Pygmy pipe-horse. This specie can be found only in S... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Xmas Pygmy pipe-horse. This specie can be found only in Sydney area and only around Xmas :-) to take this hot I had to help my 105micro with the subsee +10
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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This is after that the tube worm retracted after this sho... by Gaetano Gargiulo
This is after that the tube worm retracted after this shot the shrimp fled into the anemone that was at the base of the rock
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"A bugs' life" found this little shrimp walking across a ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"A bugs' life" found this little shrimp walking across a Sabella and could not resist... I had to take a shot :D
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Amazing background, looking forward to seeing this one in high res.
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Pigmy pipe-horse. This kind of sea horse is ~30mm and can... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Pigmy pipe-horse. This kind of sea horse is ~30mm and can be found only in a small area in NSW
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Roaming unusual grounds... this Flabellina was on kelp m... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Roaming unusual grounds... this Flabellina was on kelp moving very fast
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 17, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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using 3 strobes I was able to obtain an X-ray effect on t... by Gaetano Gargiulo
using 3 strobes I was able to obtain an X-ray effect on this small nudi
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Tangerino-Tino... our new net keeper, Mosman's people can... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Tangerino-Tino... our new net keeper, Mosman's people can sleep well with such monster guarding the shore...
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 3, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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this guy was getting angry at me and every time I was rai... by Gaetano Gargiulo
this guy was getting angry at me and every time I was raising my camera it was raising its tentacles...maybe thought I was a competitor??
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Big face... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Big face...
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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'The flame' Very little I ad to add the +10 on the top o... by Gaetano Gargiulo
'The flame'
Very little I ad to add the +10 on the top of my 105 micro
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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courting scorpion-fishes I have seen 3 couples in 1 night... by Gaetano Gargiulo
courting scorpion-fishes I have seen 3 couples in 1 night, they rub each other while standing or swimming/crawling...
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"Feeling blue" by Gaetano Gargiulo
"Feeling blue"
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"Shark-aerial" Shot at North rock (Nelson bay, NSW) by Gaetano Gargiulo
"Shark-aerial"
Shot at North rock (Nelson bay, NSW)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 16, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"Abducted"... the water was cold and full of seals and se... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"Abducted"... the water was cold and full of seals and sea-birds excrement but was fun!!
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 3, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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millions of juvenile fishes. vis was good but swamped by ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
millions of juvenile fishes. vis was good but swamped by clouds of little juvenile swimming thru the pylons
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 20, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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the months are passing by.. but this guys is always there... by Gaetano Gargiulo
the months are passing by.. but this guys is always there :-)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 13, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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my strobe malfunctioned at 20m... so I had to improvise... by Gaetano Gargiulo
my strobe malfunctioned at 20m... so I had to improvise...
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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diving with seals is always great!!! by Gaetano Gargiulo
diving with seals is always great!!!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 5, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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