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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 (4 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (6 days ago)
2 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted 10:23 CST Today (7 hours ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted Yesterday
0 votes
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The dancing queen! 1/250th of second needed to freeze the... by John M Akar
The dancing queen! 1/250th of second needed to freeze the motion of this juvenile sweetlips
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Red-Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandi) from Ani... by Jim Chambers
Red-Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandi) from Anilao. Nikon D200 with 60mm micro lens.
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Skunk clown in anemone - I just loved the vibrant colours! by John M Akar
Skunk clown in anemone - I just loved the vibrant colours!
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Nembrotha chamberlaini munching on a tunicate in Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Nembrotha chamberlaini munching on a tunicate in Anilao.
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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 26, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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BLUE HOLES by Andrey Tazba
BLUE HOLES
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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Editor's Comment
A quality natural light shot. Andrey is one of the guys to watch this year...
57 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Palau
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Xeno crab - it liked decorating itself with the polys fro... by John M Akar
Xeno crab - it liked decorating itself with the polys from the coral it was living on so does that make it a decorator crab after all?
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Colorful anemone shrimp from Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Colorful anemone shrimp from Anilao.
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52 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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one big nudi by Oliver Ko
one big nudi
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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cowrie in punta west, mactan by Oliver Ko
cowrie in punta west, mactan
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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too small by Luis Moro
too small
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Map cowrie at night by Martin Dalsaso
Map cowrie at night
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Menage a trois! These two mating nudibrachs had a voyeur ... by John M Akar
Menage a trois! These two mating nudibrachs had a voyeur voyager keeping track of the "goings on"
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pgymy Seahorse. Taken in Anilao with Canon Compact S80 wi... by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
Pgymy Seahorse. Taken in Anilao with Canon Compact S80 with single Inon strobe and double stack macro lens.Full Frame
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Juvenile Painted Frogfish, about 2 cm. Secret Bay, Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Juvenile Painted Frogfish, about 2 cm. Secret Bay, Anilao.
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Under Dauin pier in Dumaguete. The water was a turbid but... by John M Akar
Under Dauin pier in Dumaguete. The water was a turbid but that gave the light a lovely "glow"
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Did you see my buddies? by Jun Tagama
Did you see my buddies?
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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I was very fortunate to see these two Black-Saddled Tobie... by Jim Chambers
I was very fortunate to see these two Black-Saddled Tobies spiraling upward in a mating ritual. I got a sequence of about a dozen shots before the action ended. Dauin, Philippines.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2008

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Editor's Comment
You're too modest Jim - it's talent (as well as luck) that creates keenly observed behavior shots like these
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Yellow-banded goatfish by Martin Dalsaso
Yellow-banded goatfish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Juvenile mantis eyes before they get their characteristic... by John M Akar
Juvenile mantis eyes before they get their characteristic criss-cross look
47 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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tubbataha reef 2008 by Oliver Ko
tubbataha reef 2008
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 16, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The beauty of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippine... by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
The beauty of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. It is approximately 1.5 hours away from Anilao, Batangas by outrigger.
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 16, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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found this frogfish in sabang, puerto galera by Oliver Ko
found this frogfish in sabang, puerto galera
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 15, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Crab by Martin Dalsaso
Crab
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 14, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Dragon Shrimp, one of the most colorful crustaceans we sa... by Jim Chambers
Dragon Shrimp, one of the most colorful crustaceans we saw in the Philippines.
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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found this in canyons, puerto galera. shot with a canon ... by Oliver Ko
found this in canyons, puerto galera. shot with a canon ixus 70, no strobe.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hermit Crab from Anilao, Philippines. Nikon D200 with 60m... by Jim Chambers
Hermit Crab from Anilao, Philippines. Nikon D200 with 60mm lenns.
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Christmas Tree by Eric Javier
Christmas Tree
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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