Underwater Photo Location: Scoglio formica Porticello

by Alfonso Santoro
Sogno

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by Ferdinando Meli
Diving boat from below...

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by Ferdinando Meli
Flabellina affinis

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by Antonio Venturelli
color flames_Cratena nudi_2021 (Canon60mm,t1/200,f/25,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
I waited so many minutes for it to line up with my lens..and finally the shot is really close. Thank you sweet beauty Cratena (Canon 60mm,t1/200,f/22,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Mediterranean Cratena-2021 (Canon60mm,t1/200,f/22,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Colors of Mediterranean sea_2021 (Canon100mm, t1/200,f/20,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Lamprohaminoea ovalis-2021 (Canon100mm,t1/200,f/20,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
The sinuous shape of Cratena nudi_2021 (Canon100mm, t1/200,f/20,iso 200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Tricolor nudibranch_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f16,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Pagurus photo_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f14,iso125)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Sinuous movement of a beautiful Felimare nudibranch_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f22,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Bright colors of a Cratena in the Mediterranean Sea_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f18,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Summer is good time to shot these beautiful nudibranchs. This is a Cratena with flashy dorsal purple cerata and tips in blue. The name "cerata" comes from Greek meaning horns_2022. (Canon100,1/250,f18,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
A close look at a Cratena in search of hydroids_la Formica dive site_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f20,iso160)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Flabellina-2022 (Canon100,1/200,f/22,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Purple sea slug ( Flabellina affinis). We can see it often during all dives in Mediterranean sea_2022 (Canon100,1/200,f25,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Intense colors of Mediterranean Flabellina_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f22,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Orange cerata close up of Cratena nudibranch_2022 (Canon100,1/200,f22,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Beautiful Cratena posing on the seabed_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f22,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Flabellina affinis_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f22,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Mediterranean moray eel_2021 (Canon60,1/125,f7.1,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Tripterygion delaisi female_2022 (Canon100,1/250,f14,iso100)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Pink flatworm ( Prostheceraeus roseus)of Mediterranean sea_2022 (Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Felimare tricolor_2022 (Canon100,1/200,f20,iso200)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena nudibranch_close up the intense orange of cerata acting as extension of digestive tract with same color of food source (hydroids)_2022 (Canon100,1/200,f20,iso100)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena Peregrina close up.Clearly visible the white coiled egg-ribbons typical of this beautiful nudibranch and orange hydroids (main food source) which give the same color to the dorsal cerata. (Canon100,1/250,f22,iso100)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Magnificent Cratena nudibranch_2022 (Canon100,1/200,f22,iso400)

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by Antonio Venturelli
Intensely colorful Cratena nudibranch_2022 (Canon100,1/200,f20,iso250)

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by Antonio Venturelli
So much life, so many colors are hidden in the Mediterranean Sea. This is a specimen of Cratena peregrina nudibranch photographed at La Formica dive site,in 2022. (Canon100,1/200,f20,iso400)

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