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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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It was a split second and this is the only shot that I wa... by Gaetano Gargiulo
It was a split second and this is the only shot that I was able to take of the angler snatching a snack... poor pipefish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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using a twin YS250 pro with snoots I achieved the full be... by Gaetano Gargiulo
using a twin YS250 pro with snoots I achieved the full belack background with a lit subject... lens: tokina 10-17 +kenko 1.4x @14
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 1, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Running away... Tokina 10-17 (1.4x ring at the back) @10m... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Running away... Tokina 10-17 (1.4x ring at the back) @10mm (14mm) YS250pro with snoot
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 22, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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very tiny nudi. I had to use the 105micro in combination ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
very tiny nudi. I had to use the 105micro in combination with the 1.4 multiplier on a cropped sensor...
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Just a portrait of a proud papa`... Nikon D300s +105/2.8 ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Just a portrait of a proud papa`... Nikon D300s +105/2.8 micro twin YS250pro 1/60 f36 ISO100
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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cardinal fish with eggs by Gaetano Gargiulo
cardinal fish with eggs
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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The "best" flower of the bunch... pretty unusual to see a... by Gaetano Gargiulo
The "best" flower of the bunch... pretty unusual to see a scorpionfish hiding in the octocoral
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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This little shrimp (hiding in a sea-pen) was pictured usi... by Gaetano Gargiulo
This little shrimp (hiding in a sea-pen) was pictured using a 105/2.8 micro + 1.4 kenko teleconverter and a +10macromate wet diopter. the use of the diopter allowed me to stay more distant and not to scare it off
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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2 generation of sea-horse in one shot... enjoy :-) by Gaetano Gargiulo
2 generation of sea-horse in one shot... enjoy :-)
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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OMG...my water just broke!!! by Gaetano Gargiulo
OMG...my water just broke!!!
3rd place Monthly HotShots

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Editor's Comment
One of my favorites of the month.
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 26, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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almost too big for my 105micro by Gaetano Gargiulo
almost too big for my 105micro
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Southern pigmy squid (~7mm in length) I used a 105micro +... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Southern pigmy squid (~7mm in length) I used a 105micro + kenko 1.4x and a wet 10+ diopter to achieve the shot. my setup can achieve a magnification of ~6 times the life size
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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just a little (very little) flabellina. I had to use the ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
just a little (very little) flabellina. I had to use the 2X macromate wet diopter on thetop of my 105micro
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Particular of a Sabella Spallanzanii by Gaetano Gargiulo
Particular of a Sabella Spallanzanii
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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cornered by Gaetano Gargiulo
cornered
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Pigmy wobbegong shark eye wide open... taken using a 105m... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Pigmy wobbegong shark eye wide open... taken using a 105micro+1.4x teleconverter and 2X macromate. it was a very tiny specimen
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"The golden beauty of the shark-net" by Gaetano Gargiulo
"The golden beauty of the shark-net"
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"pretty full mouth..." I guess that the waiting was almos... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"pretty full mouth..." I guess that the waiting was almost over for this happy dad...
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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creative experiment with a friendly weedy sea-draqon. Sho... by Gaetano Gargiulo
creative experiment with a friendly weedy sea-draqon. Shot during a population survey...
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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A "slow" climber... instead quite fast, why they call the... by Gaetano Gargiulo
A "slow" climber... instead quite fast, why they call them snails :-)
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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space-jelly by Gaetano Gargiulo
space-jelly
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Fiddler ray eye close-up by Gaetano Gargiulo
Fiddler ray eye close-up
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"Electric Sea-Horse" this little critter had some natural... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"Electric Sea-Horse" this little critter had some natural blue lines and blue hue that I enhanced a "bit"
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Macro close up of a tiny hermit crab, focusing on its gre... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Macro close up of a tiny hermit crab, focusing on its green eyes
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Bobtail squids mating... They are not shy and if you are... by Gaetano Gargiulo
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
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Man... this is what you get if you sleep in the wrong kel... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Man... this is what you get if you sleep in the wrong kelp... :0
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Swimming... "Gnam Gnam style" This guy was swimming and... by Gaetano Gaetgiulo
Swimming... "Gnam Gnam style"
This guy was swimming and eating at the same time, actually the entire school was doing it, I was able to get close only to this one...
D300s + 105microNikkor
1/60 f16 dual strobe
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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