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School of Barracudas, Scoglio del Medico, Ustica
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Saturday, September 30, 2017
19 votes

Ustica Island
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Sunday, August 13, 2017
17 votes

Posidonia meadows
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Tuesday, October 3, 2017
17 votes

Photograph nudis in these parts of Arabic Sea is a bit more challenging than elsewhere given the poor visibility. But when you succeed, beautiful colors come out as for this Phidiana m. shotted at the wreck dive site_Goa (Canon100,1/200,f20,i.125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Monday, March 27, 2023
17 votes

Xunaan-Ha cave diving
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Wednesday, July 5, 2017
15 votes

Coral blenny_Aquarium dive site_Havelock island_2023 (Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Saturday, March 11, 2023
15 votes

Mediterranean grouper
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Sunday, February 11, 2018
14 votes

Dreamgate
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Friday, April 19, 2019
14 votes

a shot taken during cave diving in Xunaan -ha ,Chemuyil, Mexico. Artificial lights permit to admire mineral formation ..otherwise always in dark state.
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Wednesday, December 14, 2016
13 votes

Islas del Rosario
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Sunday, May 14, 2017
13 votes
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Flabellina rubrolineata_Goa_2023 (Canon100,1/250,f16,iso... by Antonio Venturelli
Flabellina rubrolineata_Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f16,iso100)
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Elysia ornata_Goa_India_Dec 2023 (Canon100,1/200,f18, is... by Antonio Venturelli
Elysia ornata_Goa_India_Dec 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f18, iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, December 25, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Phyllidia varicosa. Found singly or in pairs on coral and... by Antonio Venturelli
Phyllidia varicosa. Found singly or in pairs on coral and rocky reefs amongst sand and rubble areas, at depths of 1 to 30m. Widespread in the Indo-Pacific region.
This specimen measured about 5cm_Dec 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Coryphellina rubrolineata_2023 (Canon100,1/250,f16,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Coryphellina rubrolineata_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f16,iso100)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Pilgrim Hervia_2023 (Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Pilgrim Hervia_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 25, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Flabellina _Aug 2023 (Canon100,1/200,f16,iso160) by Antonio Venturelli
Flabellina _Aug 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso160)
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date posted posted: Friday, November 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Trypterigion tripteronotum photographed just a few meters... by Antonio Venturelli
Trypterigion tripteronotum photographed just a few meters deep. Nobody looks at it because there are so many of them, but it has its own particular charm and colours!_Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso100)
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date posted posted: Friday, November 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A macro photo on a black background of a beautiful Flabel... by Antonio Venturelli
A macro photo on a black background of a beautiful Flabellina photographed in the sea of ​​Casteldaccia, Sicily_Sept 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso160)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Lamprohaminoea ovalis, a very small mollusc ( not a nudib... by Antonio Venturelli
Lamprohaminoea ovalis, a very small mollusc ( not a nudibranch) with beautiful colors, which entered the Mediterranean from the Red Sea and is rapidly expanding_Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, November 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Bavosa cervina_Sicily Oct 2023 (Canon100,1/200,f9,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Bavosa cervina_Sicily Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f9,iso100)
0 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 5, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cratena nudibranch_Sicily, Oct 2023 (Canon100,1/200,f14,... by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena nudibranch_Sicily, Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 4, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Trypterigion tripteronotum is named peperoncino in Italy ... by Antonio Venturelli
Trypterigion tripteronotum is named peperoncino in Italy because its red color during reproductive period, with a black head . Normally the color is brown-green with lighter vertical bands like this photo _Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 29, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cratena nudibranch_Casteldaccia Sea_Sicily_Oct 2023 (Can... by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena nudibranch_Casteldaccia Sea_Sicily_Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 28, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Parablennius zvonimiri( Bavosa cervina)_2023 ( Canon100,... by Antonio Venturelli
Parablennius zvonimiri( Bavosa cervina)_2023
( Canon100, 1/200, f8,iso100)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Flabellina affinis_2023 (Canon100, 1/250,f14,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Flabellina affinis_2023
(Canon100, 1/250,f14,iso100)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 22, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Flabellina affinis_2023 (Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Flabellina affinis_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Pair of Cratena nudibranchs_2023 (Canon100, 1/200,f/20,i... by Antonio Venturelli
Pair of Cratena nudibranchs_2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f/20,iso160)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Parablennius p. usually live in shallow waters, spending ... by Antonio Venturelli
Parablennius p. usually live in shallow waters, spending their time with body in ravines and head alert &curious to observe the environment. For this reason they are excellent shooting subjects for macro uw photos.
(Canon 100,1/200,f13,iso100)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 17, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Peperoncino fish ( Trypterigion tripteronotus)_2023 (Can... by Antonio Venturelli
Peperoncino fish ( Trypterigion tripteronotus)_2023
(Canon100,,1/200,f10,iso100)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 12, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cratena peregrina nudibranch _Sicilian Sea_Oct 2023 (Can... by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena peregrina nudibranch _Sicilian Sea_Oct 2023
(Canon 100,1/250,f16,iso100)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A Flabellina Affinis nudibranch stands up tall as if roar... by Antonio Venturelli
A Flabellina Affinis nudibranch stands up tall as if roaring for the camera. Macro lenses can create such radical perspectives with these little subjects! Taken in September 2023
(Canon 100,1/200,f14,iso160)
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date posted posted: Monday, October 9, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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An individual of Lamprohaminoea ovalis photographed at ~1... by Antonio Venturelli
An individual of Lamprohaminoea ovalis photographed at ~15 mt depth_ La Formica dive site_Casteldaccia,Sicily_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 7, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cratena nudibranch while eating.Its flashy coloration is ... by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena nudibranch while eating.Its flashy coloration is aposematic, i.e. it warns predators of the intrinsic poisonousness if by chance an inexperienced fish were to eat it would spit it out due to the terrible taste.
(Canon100, 1/250,f16,iso10...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 4, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Mexican barnacle blenny_El Morro_Vallarta_2021 (Canon100... by Antonio Venturelli
Mexican barnacle blenny_El Morro_Vallarta_2021
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso125)
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 28, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Two Cratena are quietly feeding on hydroids in the sea of... by Antonio Venturelli
Two Cratena are quietly feeding on hydroids in the sea of Casteldaccia. See the open mouth flanked by the oral tentacles. Notice the vertical orientation of the mouth that is the most common configuration in all sea slugs.(Canon100,1/200,f20,i.160)
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date posted posted: Monday, September 25, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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If you were to count all the shades of white, purple, ora... by Antonio Venturelli
If you were to count all the shades of white, purple, orange, yellow, blue and pink contained in a Mediterranean Flabellina I think one page (in small print) would not be enough! Sept_2023 (Canon100, 1/200,f13,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cratena nudibranch_2023 (Canon100,1/200,f18,iso200) by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena nudibranch_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso200)
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date posted posted: Friday, September 15, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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