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2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire.  This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away.  Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (3 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch 
( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024
(Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Pterois miles
Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Tuesday, December 24, 2024
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus 
ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted 05:47 CST Today (2 hours ago)
0 votes
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Unicorn fish taken during Shark Bonanza using direct flash and colour corrected in adobe photoshop
Leopard blennies have eye-crossing camouflage that helps them blend with their corals and they are terribly skittish. I've had trouble getting just one and so was very happy to get this pair on my recent trip to Cocos Keeling Island (Australia).

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Editor's Comment
Very subtle, very different. You need to zoom this one to understand the subject
fun with dolphins
shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Divers interacting with marine life. Always a great subject.
Pink Paper Fish taken on Reef at Sodwana Bay with Olympus camera.
bass and video camera take each other in- sodwana bay OCtober 2006. D200 with 10.5 fisheye f.2.8 lens
shortlistedShortlisted!

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We've seen this before but remember a non-diver hasn't and would be well impressed by it
a movie star in the making- our potato bass are just soooo vain! D200 in sea and sea housing.
Ribbon Eel
GasTanks inside Wreck Victory in the Maldives
'FAMILY PORTRAIT' Typical! Just when I had 'em all perfectly posed, Jr. over on the right... moves. Sweet Lips. Maldives. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
'PASSING BY' Sweet Lips under a ledge - Maldives. Housed Nikon F; 24mm Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Hawksbill turtle under an overhang on Kudi Ra Thila, South Ari Atoll, Maldives.
Manta head on. Canon A95 no flash
some fun with a kite board in the Seychelles when too windy to dive!

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A first kitesurfing shot for us!
another Great White- this time face on. awesome. taken with Nikon D200
two awesome great whites in Gansbaai south africa Oct 2006
Moridilla brockii from Exmouth in Westren Australia. Nikon 990 + Ikelite Pro II Video Light
turtle,during an hard drift dive in a pass.
Tiger Cowrie with its mantle out on a night dive at the Rowley Shoals.
A couple of Roos relaxing on the beach at our shore dive site, Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grand, Western Australia. Nikon 990
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa, or more affectionately Clown Nudi, posing. These are some of the funkiest coloured nudis around. Olympus 5050, 2 x Inon 165 macro stacked, single Inon 220s strobe.
Just when you thought is was safe to get back in the water.....
Trio of bannerfish at one of my favourite dive sites. Olympus 5050 with single Inon 220s strobe.
Blue spotted stingrays are always fun to photograph and I liked the way his wings framed him. Canon 20D & 60mm macro; single Inon 220s strobe.
Large cod patiently getting some dental work done. Canon 20D & 100mm macro w/ single Inon 220s strobe.
*resubmitted after accidental deletion wink
Devile Firefish on Alice in Wonderland reef Seychelles
Frog fish on the Khudimaa wreck, South Ari Atoll.
this foto is taken in the north ari atoll.
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