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Last year I posted a jawfish with eggs that were about to hatch. This is the same jawfish shot a few days earlier just after the eggs were laid. From Little Cayman Island. Nikon D200 with 105mm lens.
By Jim Chambers
posted Friday, April 18, 2008
75 votes

Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes holthuisi) from Anilao.
By Jim Chambers
posted Friday, February 20, 2009
72 votes

Colorful anemone shrimp from Anilao.
By Jim Chambers
posted Saturday, June 21, 2008
52 votes

Armina sp. flatworm from Dauin, Philippines.
By Jim Chambers
posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008
52 votes

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.
By Jim Chambers
posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008
49 votes

Squat Hairy Lobster on a barrel sponge in Anilao, Philippines.
By Jim Chambers
posted Sunday, May 25, 2008
48 votes

Head-on and up close view of a little Saddled Blenny. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
By Jim Chambers
posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006
47 votes

This Black Grouper had pulled into a cleaning station, and the little cleaner fish were already at work. Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.
By Jim Chambers
posted Sunday, September 3, 2006
45 votes

A lot of searching and a lot of luck to find this male Yellowhead Jawfish incubating eggs on Little Cayman Island, BWI. The eggs are just about to hatch.
By Jim Chambers
posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007
45 votes

Mandarinfish from Puerto Galera, Philippines. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
By Jim Chambers
posted Friday, June 6, 2008
43 votes
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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp (Periclimenes yucatanicus) from Bo... by Jim Chambers
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp (Periclimenes yucatanicus) from Bonaire.
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes holthuisi) from Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes holthuisi) from Anilao.
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72 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Chromodoris lochi in Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Chromodoris lochi in Anilao.
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Pteraeolidia ianthina crawling on ascidians. by Jim Chambers
Pteraeolidia ianthina crawling on ascidians.
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Chromodoris willani photographed at Anilao in the South C... by Jim Chambers
Chromodoris willani photographed at Anilao in the South China Sea.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Crinoid Lobster. by Jim Chambers
Crinoid Lobster.
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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This Phyllidia exquisita was indeed exquisite. by Jim Chambers
This Phyllidia exquisita was indeed exquisite.
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), a type of Caribbean a... by Jim Chambers
Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), a type of Caribbean angelfish.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Chromodoris dianae in Anilao, Philippines. by Jim Chambers
Chromodoris dianae in Anilao, Philippines.
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge on an unusua... by Jim Chambers
San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge on an unusually nice spring day. I took this photo from the Marin Headlands.
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 7, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Red-Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandi). Anilao,... by Jim Chambers
Red-Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandi). Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Sharptail Eel (Myrichthys breviceps) from Bonaire. by Jim Chambers
Sharptail Eel (Myrichthys breviceps) from Bonaire.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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One of the residents of Bonaire. And no, this is not a se... by Jim Chambers
One of the residents of Bonaire. And no, this is not a self-portrait!
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum) from the Bligh Water o... by Jim Chambers
Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum) from the Bligh Water of Fiji. Nikon D100 with 60mm lens. From 2003, this was one of my first dive trips with a digital camera.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Elysia pratensis from the Cayman Islands. These little se... by Jim Chambers
Elysia pratensis from the Cayman Islands. These little sea slugs are very rare in the Caribbean, so I was really lucky to spot this one.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Nemos from Dauin, Philippines. by Jim Chambers
Nemos from Dauin, Philippines.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Look into my eyes... This little Toby seemed to be mesmer... by Jim Chambers
Look into my eyes... This little Toby seemed to be mesmerized by his reflection in my macro port. Anilao, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus) in the Cayman Isla... by Jim Chambers
Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus) in the Cayman Islands.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Nembrotha milleri grazing on ascidians in the South China... by Jim Chambers
Nembrotha milleri grazing on ascidians in the South China Sea.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009

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a broccoli nudi?
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Network Pipefish (Corythoichthys flavofasciatus). by Jim Chambers
Network Pipefish (Corythoichthys flavofasciatus).
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Portrait of a little Blackbar Chromis (Chromis retrofasci... by Jim Chambers
Portrait of a little Blackbar Chromis (Chromis retrofasciata) in the South China Sea of the Philippines.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Sailfin Blenny (Emblemaria pandionis). Sailfins are not r... by Jim Chambers
Sailfin Blenny (Emblemaria pandionis). Sailfins are not rare in the Cayman Islands, but this is the only one I've ever seen completely out of its tube and with its sail up. I only got one shot before it disappeared.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus) in Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus) in Anilao.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Puffball Sponge (Oceanapia sagittaria), a small sponge th... by Jim Chambers
Puffball Sponge (Oceanapia sagittaria), a small sponge that is normally buried under sand/rubble. The stalk and puffball are sent up periodically for reproduction. The tendrils remind me of synapses in the brain.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) in Anilao. This i... by Jim Chambers
Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) in Anilao. This is the the biggest and best camouflaged frogfish I've ever seen. It was about the size of a football! Look just above the center for the eye.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Portrait of a Scalefin Anthia (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)... by Jim Chambers
Portrait of a Scalefin Anthia (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) from Anilao.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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You talkin' to me? Two Sailfin Blennies in what appears t... by Jim Chambers
You talkin' to me? Two Sailfin Blennies in what appears to be a territorial dispute.
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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