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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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anthias in a strong current, South Male atoll
Eagle rays, extreme visibility, I shot them without strobo
Aussie Summer, Coral Bay

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Fun, Sun, Sea. Could be a holiday brochure shot
Unknown nudibranch !!!
If somebody know his name, please tell me.
giant moorays
Anemonefish, Maldives, taken with Nikonos V
The fish and the anemone are telling me to bugger off!
photo was taken under a ledge using the camera's internal flash. Location Pulau Weh Indonesia.
Taken in Madivaru, Maldives with Sea&Sea 5000G. Should have taken the shot from the opposite side tears
Pipefish, taken with Nikonos V, SB 105, extension tube
Zanzibar, Mnemba Atoll, Nikon Coolpix 5000, case Sea&Sea, flash Sea&Sea YS 90 DX
diver and bat fish on manta reef , guinjata bay Moz
the vent of a clam surrounded by teardrop patterning , sodwna bay south africa
Tech diver and scooter exploring coral reefs , sodwanan south africa
snorkelling in paindane , central mozambique under the rib in crystal water . nikon f100
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2003

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
You can keep shooting between dives!
This image was made on the same day as a full lunar eclipse , the moon was shot that evening and the scooter diver the next day . sodwana bay, south africa
Moray eel eye and mouth detail. close up and detail of patterning of honeycomb moray, south africa
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2003

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
An interesting crop and the pattern makes this shot
freediving with wild dolphins @ 15m in Mozambique. Natural light photo on breath hold
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2003

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Nice freediving shot Andrew. The human seems one of the pod!
Longnose hawkfish challenging the macro port for his lookout on hotspots reef , Sodwana bay South Africa
Nuisance the potatoe bass/grouper eyeing himself in the domeport while acompaning Fiona under schools of baitfish, Ponto do Ouro, Mozambique.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2003

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
That's how you take this shot! Get the big fish in front of a diver to exaggerate scale on wide angle.
Freediving with this female whaleshark in Mozambique was a stunning experience. Sea & sea MM2 ex +16mm
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2003
Winner Monthly HotShots

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
natural light shot with a human giving a sense of scale. Pleanty of Whale shark shots, this one is in the top 5%
Whiteshark off gansbaai South Africa taken with 35mm Sea &Sea MM2.
Whale shark photo'd on freedibve to 6m in sodwan bay south africa

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
here's a nice shot of one of these big fellas!
Manta and diver , taken in mozambique. Reverted to natural light as the strobe power failed. The magic carpet of the sea with ascending photo buddy

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
it is sometimes a happy accident to have your strobe not fire...
 
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