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Elysia timida nudibranch_July 2025
(CanonRF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
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Goniobranchus rubrocornutus_March 2025
(CanonRF100,1/200,f18,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
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divers.
By Robert Polo
posted (4 days ago)
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By Robert Polo
posted (3 days ago)
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Couple of Cratena nudibranch_July 2025
(CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
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Not as camouflaged as I would like to be.
By Hunter Johnson
posted Yesterday
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Not as camouflaged as I would like to be.
By Hunter Johnson
posted Yesterday
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Inside the Heian Maru – A WWII Time Capsule Beneath the Waves ⚓📸

Exploring inside the Heian Maru in Chuuk Lagoon feels like stepping into history itself. Once an elegant passenger liner, later converted into a Japanese submarine tender during ...
By Christian Llewellyn
posted 05:59 CST Today (1 hour ago)
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Exploring inside the Heian Maru in Chuuk Lagoon feels like stepping into history itself. Once an elegant passenger liner, later converted into a Japanese submarine tender during WWII.
By Christian Llewellyn
posted 06:01 CST Today (within the last hour)
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6043 Entries Found: Page 35  of  224
Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters, or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Effervescent
Allied Cowry - Aclyvolva sp.
Padagbai, Bali, Indonesia
shortlistedShortlisted!
"Do You Like My Headdress?" - A tiny pipehorse portrait, photographed with SMC and a shallow depth of field to soften the background.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Blenny Face, La Paz México
shortlistedShortlisted!
Eye of the Crab.
Spot the Crab!
Neck crab with hydroids growing on it!
children's garden under the belly of mother
Tiger shrimp: I'm watching you!!
Isopods are not insects but crustaceans. They are relatives of insects however, with their jointed legs and exoskeleton. Actually they are more closely related to shrimp, crayfish and crabs.
strike the pose
Through the mountainous surface of a sea cucumber
Betwixt
Ornate Ghost Pipefish - Solenostomus paradoxus
Bali, Indonesia
Parablenius zvonimiri.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Fireworm side portrait.
Nikon D850 + 105 micro + SMC 2.
Hunchback Amphipod and friend
shortlistedShortlisted!
Tiny little devil (Skeleton Shrimp)
Pipehorse Portrait - My first pipehorse! This little guy is less than an inch long, and is very hard to spot with an untrained eye. The background is white from my strobes reflecting off the sand.
Frogfish
One of the hardest for me to get - this image of an isopod!
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2018
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
So hard to get this photo well lit and in focus! Bravo!
Double Trouble
Whip Coral Goby - Bryaninops yongei
Padagbai, Bali, Indonesia
Humpback Shrimp
Mabul Island, Eel Garden Reef - Malaysia
Anthis Nexus Nikon D810, Nikkor 60mm f2.8 Micro, Subsee +10 Diopter, Double YS-D1 Strobe, f22 1/200 ISO100
I found this little Xeno Crab sitting on a whip coral in about 25 meters depth. The crab tried to hide, but I managed to get the shot eventually. I placed my strobes left and right of the crab to get a nice black background.
Lubricogobius exiguus - Yellow Pygmy Goby
Cute
Dragon shrimp taken by D800E & Inon 240 with optic glass snoot
Profile portrait
Happy Halloween Shrimp
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2018
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Incredible close up of such a peculiar critter!
Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse
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