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2 beautiful reef sharks happen to cross and block the sunball while clouds and a shadow of the boat is visible through the calm surface. Having so much natural light coming through the clear water, I turned off my strobes and captured this effect.
By Ann Donahue
posted Thursday, December 28, 2017
19 votes

Looks like an eye but what is it? It's the underside of a Triton Shell with the foot of the animal showing!
By Ann Donahue
posted Wednesday, December 27, 2017
15 votes

Flaming Beard A close-up look at a perched bearded scorpion fish.
By Ann Donahue
posted Saturday, May 26, 2018
15 votes

Eel peeking out of corals with Christmas Tree worms.
By Ann Donahue
posted Saturday, December 30, 2017
12 votes

Colour Blast! I found this interesting background on a wreck in the Solomons and then this Toby came and posed nicely for me!
By Ann Donahue
posted Wednesday, January 10, 2018
12 votes

Colourful upside down Jellyfish shot in Yap during an afternoon dive at Slow and Easy, a great macro spot!
By Ann Donahue
posted Saturday, December 23, 2017
11 votes

Coral polyps reflection captured in a Nassau Grouper eye.
By Ann Donahue
posted Tuesday, December 19, 2017
9 votes

Perfect for a blue Christmas! Double Christmas tree worms shot in Yap on a gorgeous drift dive!
By Ann Donahue
posted Friday, December 22, 2017
9 votes

A perfect day to shoot sharks silhouettes in Yap: calm, sunny, clear waters.
By Ann Donahue
posted Sunday, December 24, 2017
9 votes

Crinoid on Fan A wide open crinoid perfectly perched on a fan in the Solomon Islands
By Ann Donahue
posted Saturday, May 26, 2018
9 votes
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26 Entries Found

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The anemones in Bonaire are often full of shrinps like th... by Ann Donahue
The anemones in Bonaire are often full of shrinps like this one.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A young Batfish getting a good cleaning in the shallows i... by Ann Donahue
A young Batfish getting a good cleaning in the shallows in the Solomon Islands.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 4, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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Crocodile fish staring at me from the reef in Wakatobi by Ann Donahue
Crocodile fish staring at me from the reef in Wakatobi
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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A cute redlip blennie smiling for the camera at the house... by Ann Donahue
A cute redlip blennie smiling for the camera at the house reef of the Divi in Bonaire.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A diver just off the Yap divers boat on top of a reef in ... by Ann Donahue
A diver just off the Yap divers boat on top of a reef in the crystal clear waters of Micronesia.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Sexy Shrimps are abundant in the anemones in Bonaire. Thi... by Ann Donahue
Sexy Shrimps are abundant in the anemones in Bonaire. This one was particularly posing sexy for me!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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I love Xmas tree worms and this one has such unusual colo... by Ann Donahue
I love Xmas tree worms and this one has such unusual colours!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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A view of the shallows on a beautiful Wakatoobi reef by Ann Donahue
A view of the shallows on a beautiful Wakatoobi reef
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date posted posted: Monday, April 1, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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A cplourful example of the beauty of the reefs in the Sol... by Ann Donahue
A cplourful example of the beauty of the reefs in the Solomon islands: crinoid and anthias
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 30, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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Flaming Beard A close-up look at a perched bearded scorp... by Ann Donahue
Flaming Beard
A close-up look at a perched bearded scorpion fish.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 26, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Crinoid on Fan A wide open crinoid perfectly perched on ... by Ann Donahue
Crinoid on Fan
A wide open crinoid perfectly perched on a fan in the Solomon Islands
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 26, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Solomon islands
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Reef Scene I was focusing on the cuttlefish when a schoo... by Ann Donahue
Reef Scene
I was focusing on the cuttlefish when a school of Batfish swam by to complete the reef scene!
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Crinoid Wave A close-up look at a Crinoid arm. by Ann Donahue
Crinoid Wave
A close-up look at a Crinoid arm.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Glowing Anemone It was easy to spot this vibrant tube an... by Ann Donahue
Glowing Anemone
It was easy to spot this vibrant tube anemone in the black sand of Dumaguete.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Motherly Care This Pink Anemone fish is fining over its... by Ann Donahue
Motherly Care
This Pink Anemone fish is fining over its eggs to oxygenate them.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Feather duster worm reaching out A bright feather duster... by Ann Donahue
Feather duster worm reaching out
A bright feather duster worm brightening up a bleak background.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Scorpion Fish Taco! by Ann Donahue
Scorpion Fish Taco!
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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This young Wobbegong shark was lying in a vase coral whic... by Ann Donahue
This young Wobbegong shark was lying in a vase coral which provided a colourful background and made its delicate "tassels" really stand out!
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date posted posted: Friday, January 12, 2018
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Colour Blast! I found this interesting background on a w... by Ann Donahue
Colour Blast!
I found this interesting background on a wreck in the Solomons and then this Toby came and posed nicely for me!
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Solomon islands
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Eel peeking out of corals with Christmas Tree worms. by Ann Donahue
Eel peeking out of corals with Christmas Tree worms.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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2 beautiful reef sharks happen to cross and block the sun... by Ann Donahue
2 beautiful reef sharks happen to cross and block the sunball while clouds and a shadow of the boat is visible through the calm surface. Having so much natural light coming through the clear water, I turned off my strobes and captured this effect.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 28, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Looks like an eye but what is it? It's the underside of ... by Ann Donahue
Looks like an eye but what is it? It's the underside of a Triton Shell with the foot of the animal showing!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2017
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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A perfect day to shoot sharks silhouettes in Yap: calm, s... by Ann Donahue
A perfect day to shoot sharks silhouettes in Yap: calm, sunny, clear waters.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 24, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Colourful upside down Jellyfish shot in Yap during an aft... by Ann Donahue
Colourful upside down Jellyfish shot in Yap during an afternoon dive at Slow and Easy, a great macro spot!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 23, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Perfect for a blue Christmas! Double Christmas tree worms... by Ann Donahue
Perfect for a blue Christmas! Double Christmas tree worms shot in Yap on a gorgeous drift dive!
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date posted posted: Friday, December 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Coral polyps reflection captured in a Nassau Grouper eye. by Ann Donahue
Coral polyps reflection captured in a Nassau Grouper eye.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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