Underwater Photo Location: La Montagna di Scilla

by Vittorio Durante
Mullus Surmuletus

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by Francesco Pacienza
Scorpena scrofa. Taken with Nikon D60 in Easydive housing. 18-55 Nikkor VR; Nikon SB105 and Sea&Sea YS300 strobes.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Red polyps. Taken with Nikon D60 with Nikkor 18-55VR in Easydive Leo Housing. One strobe Nikon SB105; Manual mode.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Cerianhus with gorgonian bicolors. Taken with Nikon P7000 in Easysnap Housing by Easydive. With 12mm fish-eye dome, two strobes Nikonos SB-105 with optical fiber. Manual mode settings.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Gorgonian bicolors with fish. Taken with Nikon Coolpix P7000 in Easydive Easysnap Housing. Two strobes Nikonos SB-105 with optical fiber cable. Manual mode settings, non TTL.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Thalassoma pavo, male. Taken with Nikon D90 and Nikkor 60mm Micro. One strobe Nikonos SB-105, manual setting. Easydive Leo housing.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Hypselodoris picta. Taken with Nikon D90 with Nikkor 60mm Micro in Easydive Leo II Housing. Onte strobe Nikonos SB-105 with snoot. Manual setting.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Flame on the deep. Cratena peregrina photographed with Nikon D90, Nikkor 60mm Micro in Easydive Housing. One strobe Nikonos SB105 with snoot; manual settings.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Janolus cristatus, details.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Mermaid in Scilla. Above&Below

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by Francesco Pacienza
He says "Hallo".

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by Francesco Pacienza
Yellow coral (Leptosammia pruvoti) with HDR processing

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by Francesco Pacienza
Flabellina with eggs inside the body.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Jellyfish Noctiluca pelagia

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by Francesco Pacienza
Double exposure. Big cerianthus.

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by Francesco Pacienza
The event of sexual reproduction of two Leptosammia pruvoti. The male is moving the sperm in the female to his right.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Jellyfish under the Scilla's castle. It's no photoshop manipulated; the sky is really B&W.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Nudi under blue sky.

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by Francesco Pacienza
B&W jellyfish

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by Francesco Pacienza
Reaching the sky

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by Francesco Pacienza
Spinning shot. Nikon Coolpix P7000 with Fish-Eye and two Nikonos SB105 strobes. 1/8s f/8 ISO100 + ND Filter. No altering, no photoshop...all done underwater in manual mode settings.

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by Francesco Pacienza
Love to love... Hypselodoris tricolor, 1 cm. Light with optical zoom snoot. Nikon Coolpix P7000 with Subsee Lens +10

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by Antonio Venturelli
Cerianthus Membranaceus photographed with lens 10-22mm @ 11mm. (wide-angle zoom,1/160,f/8,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
coloured gorgonians photographed at diving site named La Montagna di Scilla, Italy. (wide-angle zoom @10mm,1/160,f/8,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
photo taken at La Montagna dive site, Scilla , Italy. (wide angle zoom@11mm,1/160,f/8,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Cerianthus , Messina strait. Canon lens 10-22mm @18 mm

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by Antonio Venturelli
Scilla, Italy

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by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena Peregrina_ La Montagna_Scilla (Canon macro 60 mm,1/200,f/20,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Vibranty coloured nudibranch(Cratena Peregrina)spotted in Scilla- Calabria-Italy (Canon macro 60mm, 1/200,f/20,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Pilgrim hervia-La Montagna-Scilla (Canon macro 60 mm,1/200,f/20/iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Pilgrim Hervia ( Cratena Peregrina)- La Montagna-Scilla ( Canon macro 60 mm,1/200,f/20,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena peregrina nudibranch_La Montagna_Scilla (Canon macro 60mm,1/200,f/20,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Gorgonian soft coral shotted in Scilla-Calabria-Italy (Canon zoom 10-22mm@16,1/160,f/9,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
orange nudibranch Cratena peregrina shotted in the Mediterranean sea (Canon macro 60mm,1/200,f/20,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Cerianthus Membranaceus (Canon zoom 10-22@20,1/125,f/9,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena nudibranch (Canon macro 60mm,1/200,f/20,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena nudi (Canon macro60mm,1/200,f/20,iso400)

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by Susanna Randazzo
Gorgonians in Scilla_2021 (Canon 14mm,t1/125,f/5.6,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Beautiful Flabellina affinis photographed at "La Montagna of Scilla" dive site,Italy_July 2021 (Canon60,1/200,f22,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Photographing from below can be difficult, but it pays off especially if you can find a nudibranch that's on top of a twig like in this photo of a beautiful Flabellina_Scilla_July 2021 (Canon60,1/200,f22,iso200)

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