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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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626 Entries Found: Page 8  of  24
A Felimare nudi emerges from a seaweed called Padina pavonica. _Not everyone knows that an active ingredient is extracted from P. pavonica & used in cosmetics for skin moisturize . Natura always reserves surprises!_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,i.200)
Flabellinae are often found perched in precarious positions. But by waiting a bit you can often find the right angle to see them almost entirely, as in this photo.Sept_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso160)
Nudis are usually on top of something. This has climbed onto a hydroid twig. I don't worry if body is out of focus. Indeed, the photo can be even more beautiful the more the body is blurred, as long as the head is clear.
(Canon100,1/200,f14,i.200)
Chromodoris tricolor nudibranch_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso200)
A glass shrimp close up. Its beautiful eyes say me hello, I am here!Andamans_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20, iso125)
Cratena nudibranchs_August 2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f20,iso160)
An Elysia timida nudibranch close up. In the background a tube-shaped hermit crab, also very small, whose carapace does not exceed 10 mm in length, with a white & red,the eye stalks very long & black eyes_
August 2023.
(Canon100,1/200,f16,i.125)
Felimare tricolor close up. Here I've cropped the shot a bit. Let's say about 30%-40% of the image while still making sure I kept the head with rhinophores quite in focus_August 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso160)
Couple of Cratenas_August 2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f20,iso200)
I usually find this type of Flabellina where there is a hidden current, however it prefers to shelter in creeks. Once found it is pleasant to shot when it opens its cerata upwards as in this photo taken ~15 mt deep_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,i.160)
A pair of Cratena peregrina nudibranchs crawls across the seafloor near Casteldaccia, Sicily.
Photo taken in August 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso160)
This Flabellina a. with its lively colors seems to say "be careful"!.After feeding on hydroids, they keep intact the stinging nematocysts contained therein & transfer to cerata for defense against predators_July2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,i.200)
Cratena nudibranchs_August 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso160)
Lately I've enjoyed finding two or more Cratenas close to each other, I wait and, as if they knew I want to photograph them, they approach each other to give me some shots while they are tangled together_August 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso160)
Felimare tricolor of Mediterranean Sea_June 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso200)
Close up on the bright eyes for this little Hermit crab. Photo taken during a dive in Scilla in 2021
(Canon60,1/200,f20,iso200)
Photographing from below can be difficult, but it pays off especially if you can find a nudibranch that's on top of a twig like in this photo of a beautiful Flabellina_Scilla_July 2021
(Canon60,1/200,f22,iso200)
Beautiful Flabellina affinis photographed at "La Montagna of Scilla" dive site,Italy_July 2021
(Canon60,1/200,f22,iso200)
The Flabellina affinis nudibranch , an intricate lilac colored tangle, whose head I often fail to locate, is always fascinating for me to photograph_July_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso200)
Felimare tricolor_June 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso200)
Prostheceraeus Giesbrechtii_July 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso200)
Two Cratena nudibranchs dancing in the current."La Formica" dive site_Casteldaccia,Sicily_July2023 (Canon100,1/200,f20,iso200)
Pink Flabellina nudibranch_July 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso200)
A pair of colorful Cratena nudibranchs feeding on hydroids of the genus Eudendrium. Photo taken at the dive site La Formica (Casteldaccia_Sicily)_July 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso200)
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Flabellina affinis_July2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso200)
Flabellina affinis_July 2023
(Canon 100,1/200,f20,iso200)
Flabellina affinis. Although I photographed hundreds of them, it is always one of my favourites. She was struggling to hold on to her twig without being swept away by current. A pleasant underwater encounter!_July 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f18,i.200).
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