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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

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

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

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted Yesterday
0 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted 10:23 CST Today (2 hours ago)
0 votes
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A Gloomy octopus holds on to a shell, using it as a trap ... by Shane Hermans
A Gloomy octopus holds on to a shell, using it as a trap door every time I got too close.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Coin De Mire ,Republic of Mauritius.9 metres by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Coin De Mire ,Republic of Mauritius.9 metres
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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At night under the jetty by Mark Reilly
At night under the jetty
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Parrotfish at night by Pietro Cremone
Parrotfish at night
shortlistedShortlisted!
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A very large Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) strikes a pos... by Shane Hermans
A very large Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) strikes a pose on the edge of its territory.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 2, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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I took some sunset shots from the water but the visibilit... by Kerri Keet
I took some sunset shots from the water but the visibility wasn't great... as I got out, I noticed that the tide had dropped low enough for me to hop into a rock pool and get some interesting sundown shots!
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 1, 2016
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Raggy tooth shark, taken at the 'Cathedral' South Africa. by Kris Davies
Raggy tooth shark, taken at the 'Cathedral' South Africa.
147 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Close encounter with an Oceanic Blacktip Shark at Aliwal ... by Kerri Keet
Close encounter with an Oceanic Blacktip Shark at Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A couple of banded toadfish Hide in the sand, only showin... by Shane Hermans
A couple of banded toadfish Hide in the sand, only showing their opalescent eyes to passersby.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Oceanic Blacktip Shark admiring his reflection in my dome by Kerri Keet
Oceanic Blacktip Shark admiring his reflection in my dome
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 18, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A perfect picture highlighting the benign nature of shark... by Kerri Keet
A perfect picture highlighting the benign nature of sharks. The diver wasn't even aware that he wasn't the center of attraction in the shot, until the shark swam in between us.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 17, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Beautifully fluorescent anemone by Kerri Keet
Beautifully fluorescent anemone
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Reef in Balaclava in Turtle Bay ,Mauritius.Jean-Yves Big... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Reef in Balaclava in Turtle Bay ,Mauritius.Jean-Yves Bignoux
Canon EOS 7D,Ikelite underwater housing DS160 strobe/flash.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Shy sharks glow green under fluorescent photography light... by Kerri Keet
Shy sharks glow green under fluorescent photography lighting. It was really great to watch these green sharks swimming around on the sandy bottom.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Home Sweet Home by Matt Kyle-Henney
Home Sweet Home
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Celebrating Jellyfish Day with this photo taken in Simon'... by Kerri Keet
Celebrating Jellyfish Day with this photo taken in Simon's Town, Cape Town earlier this year.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 4, 2016
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A Pachycerianthus spp or purple tipped tube anemone close... by Shane Hermans
A Pachycerianthus spp or purple tipped tube anemone close up, lit with a single 800lumen lamp from a top down perspective.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Sea Slug Day celebrated with a yellow gasflame nudibranch by Kerri Keet
Sea Slug Day celebrated with a yellow gasflame nudibranch
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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I celebrated Sea Slug Day on Saturday by shooting macro f... by Kerri Keet
I celebrated Sea Slug Day on Saturday by shooting macro for a change. We have LOADS of nudibranchs in Cape Town, all different shapes, colours and sizes. Here is an example of a gasflame nudibranch, named as its cerata resemble flames of gas light
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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The other side of a walking anemone. A species unique to ... by Peet J Van Eeden
The other side of a walking anemone. A species unique to the Cape Peninsula of South Africa
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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grouper by Pieter Firlefyn
grouper
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Walking sea anemone a rare and unique species of the Cape... by Peet J Van Eeden
Walking sea anemone a rare and unique species of the Cape Peninsula South Africa
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Open mouths by Pietro Cremone
Open mouths
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 27, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Schooling fish surrounding us on a dusk dive in Cape Town by Kerri Keet
Schooling fish surrounding us on a dusk dive in Cape Town
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2016
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Night hunting by Viktor Vrbovský
Night hunting
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Reef manta at the cleaning station. Taken at Baa Atoll, M... by Stacy Tseng
Reef manta at the cleaning station. Taken at Baa Atoll, Maldives
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 22, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Parrot fish with guest by Pietro Cremone
Parrot fish with guest
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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