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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 (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 (3 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 (2 days ago)
0 votes

Pterois miles
Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Yesterday
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus 
ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024
0 votes

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"bitten off more than it could chew"this bass had another adult bass in its mouth as it swam past me,it was to big to swallow and eventually spat it out descaled
Haerlem Wreck Port Elizabeth, Iso 100 1/40 f2.8
a very small blue shark trawling the ocean and looking for food becomes inquisitive when he sees a photographer in the water- and comes over for a look
another big bad fresh water bass in south africa
Nudibranch taken on the Haerlem wreck Port Elizabeth. Sony P8 ISO100 1/40th f2.8
swimming out of a cage with 3 great whites in the water is not for the faint hearted but what an thrill and an honor to be able to do!
in the kelp forest
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2008

Final RoundThrough to 2008 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Looking down rarely works underwater, looking up has here, especially with the offset disappearing point. Not many u/w photographers spot or know how to pull off simple subjects so well done Geoff
freshwater bass ,lying in ambush.south africa
another fresh water bass ,they seem to hide in structure and us a ambush attack statergy when feeding.
a small blue shark and its constant companion pilot fish- look into my lens. Almost cartoon like. Taken off Cape Point in 2007
freshwater forest.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Wierd subject, strange crop - well worth a look!
Taken at thunderbolt reef with a Sony P8 @ 1/40 F2.8
Nudibranch, Thunderbolt reef, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
a diver entering a clourful "coral cathedral" off the coast of Cape Town

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Now you swam around until you found a pink grotto that matched your model's mask and mouthpiece didn't you Geoff?
freshwater large mouth bass in southb african waters.
Nudibranch taken at Thunderbolt reef, Port Elizabeth. Sony P8. 1/40 s, F2.8, ISO 100.
sharptooth catfish in freshwater , southafrica
freshwater bass ,photo taken in a old flooded quary in south africa
a beautiful graceful great white shark
a humbling moment for an underwater hunter ( a Southern Right whale meets spearfisherman)
a fearless (or insensitive) silver nudibranch that I spotted moving on top of the spines of a sea urchin
a semicircle angelfish with a couple of cleaner wrasse
Waiting for lunch. Cave Bass (Sodwana Bay) Finepix F30
kelp stalks attaching to a colourful reef, False Bay, Cape Town
When the moon fills your Eye, like a big Pizza Pie (Thats a Moray). Taken at Sodwana 7 Mile Reef with Fuji F30
No matter What they do Ferrari will always lead the pack (Sorry Renault). Blue banded snappers, Dory Snappers and a Red fish smile Sodwana Bay, 2 Mile Reef.
Spotted Coral Hawkfish playing Hide and seek is the way to hunt and survive in the big Blue. Taken at Sodwana Bay 2 mile reef.
Only a mother could love this face. Yellow Frogfish (angler fish) sodwana bay two mile reef
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