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"Bat Fish Night" part of my Underwater Surrealism body of... by 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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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 10, 2019
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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"Maldivian Orange Tree" part of my Underwater Surrealism ... by Conor Culver
"Maldivian Orange Tree" part of my Underwater Surrealism body of work. Image is playing off the bright orange color of the Maldivian Clownfish. Like most plants and trees, these fish are endemic, they are only found in the Maldives
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 10, 2019
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Hanifaru Bay Mantas by Joerg Blessing
Hanifaru Bay Mantas
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date posted posted: Monday, September 9, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Freediving with this little eagle ray was pretty fun! by Joerg Blessing
Freediving with this little eagle ray was pretty fun!
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 8, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Juvenile form of surgeon fishes,Juvenile Bristletooth sur... by Marchione Giacomo
Juvenile form of surgeon fishes,Juvenile Bristletooth surgeonfish. Baa atoll . Dharavandhoo
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 8, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Laguna di Hanufaru , manta feeding frenzly by Marchione Giacomo
Laguna di Hanufaru , manta feeding frenzly
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 8, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Juvenile Bristletooth surgeonfish were swarming Maldivian... by Joerg Blessing
Juvenile Bristletooth surgeonfish were swarming Maldivian reefs in the last weeks.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 7, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Eagle ray hunting over sandy bottom by Joerg Blessing
Eagle ray hunting over sandy bottom
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 7, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Feeding frenzly, the mantas of the Hanifaru lagoon Baa at... by Marchione Giacomo
Feeding frenzly, the mantas of the Hanifaru lagoon Baa atoll, for a unique show . Pictures take during snorkelling witu housing Seacam , photocamera Nikon D800E , lens 17/35mm Nikon
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date posted posted: Friday, September 6, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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This was a nice postdive manta session. A dense patch of ... by Joerg Blessing
This was a nice postdive manta session. A dense patch of plankton outside of Hanifaru Bay attracted about 20 -30 mantas. Luckily I had a few bar left in my tank ;-)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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I took this image with a Canon Powershot whilst freedivin... by Marcus De La Haye
I took this image with a Canon Powershot whilst freediving in the Maldives in February 2018. The waters surrounding this small island now host a huge population of stingrays and moray eels, because a tuna factory on the island discards tuna waste.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 2, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Posted this before as BW. Better in colour? by Joerg Blessing
Posted this before as BW. Better in colour?
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 24, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Field of flowers and spikes - flower urchin - Toxopneuste... by David Pleuvret
Field of flowers and spikes - flower urchin - Toxopneustes pileolus
Reunion Island TG3
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Leaf fish by David Pleuvret
Leaf fish
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Smile....Lizard fish waiting for his prey by David Pleuvret
Smile....Lizard fish waiting for his prey
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date posted posted: Friday, August 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Black Eyes shrimp... amplustrum amplustre by David Pleuvret
Black Eyes shrimp... amplustrum amplustre
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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In the arms of a big acanthaster by David Pleuvret
In the arms of a big acanthaster
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date posted posted: Monday, July 29, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Seascape by Joerg Blessing
Seascape
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date posted posted: Friday, July 19, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Common dolphins cruising past following a mobile baitball... by Gemma Dry
Common dolphins cruising past following a mobile baitball - Sardine Run South Africa 2019
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Watching this school of neon fusiliers being hunted by bl... by Joerg Blessing
Watching this school of neon fusiliers being hunted by bluefin jack and dogtooth tunas was like watching NatGeo on TV, just better. To catch the movement I used a long shutter speed of 1/10th sec
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date posted posted: Monday, July 15, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Two Mantas by Conor Culver
Two Mantas
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 11, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Chill out! There was so much action going on around this ... by Joerg Blessing
Chill out! There was so much action going on around this lazy green turtle: squadrons of bluefin jack attacking the carpet of glass fish , tunas looking for an easy meal, anthias buzzing.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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More then friendly turtle. It already knew rule number on... by Joerg Blessing
More then friendly turtle. It already knew rule number one in underwater photography: get close!
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date posted posted: Monday, July 1, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Lions by Joerg Blessing
Lions
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date posted posted: Friday, June 28, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Fusilier cloud...at the moment the sea is very productive... by Joerg Blessing
Fusilier cloud...at the moment the sea is very productive on our side of the atoll. phytoplankton-zooplankton-small fish-big fish.its cool to watch some hunting scenes and small bait balls.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 27, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Massive school of snapper up close by Conor Culver
Massive school of snapper up close
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Let me scratch your port... by Joerg Blessing
Let me scratch your port...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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