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Daniel PetitmermetI just love the colours of it
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Daniel StrubRhincodon typus :-D
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Hamid RadTrue colorZ - Anemone detail, Fesdu Maaha, Maldives.
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Hamid RadLate afternoon light - Fesdu house reef, Maldives. Canon G9 / Ikelite housing & wide angle lens.
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Daniel PetitmermetFace to face with a platax
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Vladimir LevantovskyA rising star. This was an experiment trying to balance three different light sources - ambient light, a model with the torch and a single strobe illuminating a giant whip coral and the model's face. Canon T1i in Ikelite housing with DS-125 strobe.
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Vladimir LevantovskyOne very hungry manta during night time feeding frenzy. Canon T1i with Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens in Ikelite housing with DS-125 strobe.
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Vladimir LevantovskyManta ray during night time feeding in plankton-reach water.
Canon T1i with Tokina 10-17mm fisheye in Ikelite housing with DS-125 strobe.
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Pieter Rooswe where diving and suddenly very unusual a group of around 50 spinners came and played in front of us for over 10 minutes
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Pieter RoosGiant Manta, passing by
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Daniel StrubWhale shark :-D
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Bruno Van SaenA little kiss on my sweet lips?
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Cipriano (ripli) GonzalezThe flame
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Daniel WernliDon't stare at me like that, I'm shy!
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezleopard murena enjoying the photo
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Daniel StrubPortrait of a Napoleon Wrasse :-D
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Daniel WernliProfile in red
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezsunset at reef
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezbrave clownfish
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezred and blue
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezbatfishes at morning
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Paul NgDare Devil Cleaning wrasse!
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Brian Naylorjust another nudie
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Daniel WernliI'm angry
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Daniel WernliDon't come too close to me, I'm watching you!
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Hamid RadIcarus - Viligilee, Maldives
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Brian Naylordrifting into the lagoon on a clear day, looking up from 35m waiting for everyone to join me
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Brian NaylorLike the Stelth Bomber
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Hamid RadFamily business....
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Cipriano (ripli) GonzalezWatching you
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Daniel Strubfeeding porcelain crab :-D
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Cipriano (ripli) GonzalezFish faces
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezlove frenzy at Ari atoll
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezsnoot morey
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Cipriano (ripli) GonzalezHUNTING
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezcurious anemone fish
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezsnorkeling feeling
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezsunset aboard
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Paul NgThe Bornella!
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Tom BrumbackUrchin ouch.
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Fabio StrazziAri South, Maldives 2011.
Panasonic GF1, macro Leica 45mm, 10bar Housing
S&S YS 90 and 120
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Jonathan SalaBath Fish..
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Jonathan Salaleafe fish..
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Fabrice LeroyDamsel fish hiding in acropora
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Fabrice LeroyDivers around the table
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Fabrice Leroytokina 10/17 160 f/10
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezdeep dive with fierce current
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezstarry night
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Anthony SmithWhat do u want from me?....
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Erik Van DoesburgOlympus Pen1 with Magic Filter. (Undulate) triggerfish swimming in about 12m (40ft) water on the reefs of the Maldives.
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Erik Van DoesburgAlways wanted to capture a fish yawning and finally succeeded!
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Erik Van DoesburgRather pleased with the result, but can anybody tell me what kind of fish this is? Thnx :)
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Marchione GiacomoThe Flower
Nikon D200, 12-24 zoom Nikon twin strobo
Maldivian sea. Ari Atoll
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Cipriano (ripli) GonzalezTHE SINGING CLOWN
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Sergey Totskymanta is coming
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Sergey TotskyMooray
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Cat BriggsBearded moray (& friends)
Canon S95 in ilkelite housing, camera flash (no strobe)
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Cat Briggssmile for the camera
(no strobe, camera flash)
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Jonathan Salago go furia
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Mariano MañasPlectorhinchus chaetodonoides (Labios dulces)
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Hamid RadThe Office. North Ari atoll
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Fabio StrazziAnemone's cocktail
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Yoav LaviWire coral shrimp
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Julio SanjuanManta above the bubles of divers, Nikon D70, 10mm, 2 Inon Strobes
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Julio SanjuanBlenidodei in the coral. Nikon D70, 105 macro
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Yoav LaviMaldivian sunset
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Julio SanjuanMy son Julio, meeting with a whale shark in Maldives.
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Henrik Gram RasmussenPregnant Nurse Shark
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Henrik Gram RasmussenDancing Shrimp
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Henrik Gram RasmussenEyes
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Henrik Gram RasmussenLyretail Anthia
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Henrik Gram RasmussenGrey Reef Shark
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Julio SanjuanAngelfish
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Julio SanjuanClam's colors
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Robin NagyGrey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos "wheeleri". I was trying to change the contrast of the original photo and stumbled across contour lines which gave it a 'grainy' effect. I liked the confronting/ironic effect of a soft pink shark.
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Julio SanjuanLionfish in a Wreck
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Petteri ViljakainenHouse reef split
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Julio SanjuanGlasseye fish and divers
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Iñaki AlcaldeNurse shark at maldives
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Dmitry StarostenkovSnorkelers are chasing the whale shark at the waters of Ari Atoll, Maldives.
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Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalezmaldives clown
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Francis LauI love Manta ...
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Sean ChinnReflection. Taken at night from a snorkelling position at the back of my live aboard boat. We had a light to attract plankton which then would attract Manta Rays. Manta Rays turned up but not long enough to dive but I got in the water with one
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Adam HewNight dive at Alimatha Maldives, a lot of huge nurse sharks, marble rays.
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Anthony SmithHer Majsety
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Bradley KerslakeYoung hope
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Rasmus RaahaugeCasa Mia from another perspective
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David RapleyAn opportunity to take a second to see the buddy system in action along the reef!!!
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David RapleyGold spotted flat worm
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Goran Butajlaplaying with the sunset
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Rasmus RaahaugeIn the north Ari Atoll small stingrays came close to shore, an excellent opportunity for practicing over-under shots
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Miguel PereiraAnemone fish
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Kerri KeetI found the trumpet fish posing under an overhang. I have yet to find one that isn't posing!
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William Van RuitenAnemonefish
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Tracey JenningsNemo
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Tracey JenningsDoes poo count as a behaviour shot ?
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Tracey Jenningsjacks
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Tracey Jenningsmanta
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Tracey JenningsStar Wars ..
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Tracey JenningsManta with fusiliers
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Deniz Muzaffer Gökmenı am passing on
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Deniz Muzaffer GökmenWhen the documantary shooting
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Tom BurdThis photo was taken on a house reef in the Maldives, in an attempt contrast the beauty at the surface and the devastation of the coral bleaching below. It's hopefully an alarming, appealing and educational photo at the same time.
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Tim SteenssensDivers use a boat. The light of the boat attracts plankton. The plankton attracts manta rays. Manta rays attract divers. So things have come full circle.
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Deniz Muzaffer GökmenManta Ray in Maldives
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Conor CulverAll In a Line
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Conor CulverMassive school of snapper up close
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Conor CulverTwo Mantas
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Conor Culver"Bat Fish Night" part of my Underwater Surrealism body of work. This image is referencing their common name: the Bat Fish.
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Conor Culver"Snapper Fall" part of my Underwater Surrealism body of work. The massive school of these blue stripped snapper resembled the changing leaves of fall.
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Lars Oliver Michaelisgrey reefsharks @ maldives
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Margriet TilstraFlying Carpet.
Giant Manta Ray, Ari Atoll, Maldives.
Nikon D80 with Ikelite housing and two Ikelite strobes. Tamron 17-50mm (focal lenght 22 mm), ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/80.
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Marloes OttenWhat does a manta ray eat? Well...this... Krill. A manta ray is feasting on the krill gathering in the lightbeams of divelights during a nightdive.
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Owen PalmerWhile drift diving a shallow reef, this 2 meter Honeycomb Moray Eel came out of a crevasse near South Ari Atoll, Maldives.
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Alexis Smith“Midnight snack”
Two whale sharks feeding at night at the back of a boat in the maldives
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Jeffrey LimManta cruising over a school of blue striped snappers