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Elysia timida_June 2025 (Canon RF100, 1/200,f16,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (5 days ago)
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The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
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Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
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The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
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Dwarf Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula
By Stefanos Michael
posted Yesterday
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Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted Yesterday
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Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted Yesterday
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shots taken with a WIDE ANGLE (or fisheye) lens having 1) a well defined close subject (usually strobe-lit) AND 2) a wide angle BACKGROUND with a second subject, usually a diver
Unfortunately holidays have to come to an end, so its bac... by Kerri Keet
Unfortunately holidays have to come to an end, so its back to work for us! Here's an image of a crowned nudibranch who stands proud and isn't intimidated by the immenseness of his surroundings
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 12, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Beautiful Corals on the Wreck by Taner Atilgan
Beautiful Corals on the Wreck
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 12, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Grouper taken on the Yongala wreck in the GBR. by Alicia Shaw
Grouper taken on the Yongala wreck in the GBR.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Australia
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Another practise of the close focus wide angle with my ne... by Kerri Keet
Another practise of the close focus wide angle with my new fisheye lens, bit of a shot on the run as we were participating in a survey of the biodiversity in the yacht basin
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Mantaray with sun, San Benedicto México by Alejandro Topete
Mantaray with sun, San Benedicto México
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 9, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A night dive , just love pufferfish when they are sleeping by Helen Hansen
A night dive , just love pufferfish when they are sleeping
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 9, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Working on my close focus wide angle shots with my new fi... by Kerri Keet
Working on my close focus wide angle shots with my new fisheye lens. The anemone under the jetty made for a good practise shot
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 9, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Male Sea Lion encounter, Isla Espiritu Santo Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Male Sea Lion encounter, Isla Espiritu Santo Mexico
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 8, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Jetty Life by Chris Lebas
Jetty Life
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 7, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Red Scorpionfish resting by Marcin Michalak
Red Scorpionfish resting
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 7, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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AARRGHHHH - Anglerfish, night dive by Marco Gargiulo
AARRGHHHH - Anglerfish, night dive
52 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 6, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Octopus mammoths by Salvatore Ianniello
Octopus mammoths
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 5, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Gorgonia portrait from Maldives. by Taner Atilgan
Gorgonia portrait from Maldives.
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 4, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Coy Fishes in river, Las Estacas Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Coy Fishes in river, Las Estacas Mexico
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mexico
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'In Orbit' - Shooting upward at a Caribbean reef squid as... by Tanya Houppermans
'In Orbit' - Shooting upward at a Caribbean reef squid as it drifts under a cloudy, drizzly sky in the shallow waters of Grand Cayman
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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UW Buddha by Kelvin H.y. Tan
UW Buddha
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 2, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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EAGLE BEAK The looks like eagle beak by Tianhong Wang
EAGLE BEAK
The looks like eagle beak
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Master of camouflage If it was not for the light from my... by Kyle Castelyn
Master of camouflage
If it was not for the light from my strobe this scorpion fish would be completely camouflaged with the reef
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Maldives
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When ya need a smile these friendly mammals answer the ca... by Steven Anderson
When ya need a smile these friendly mammals answer the call!
Bimini Bahamas
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Residents of Thistlegorm / North Red Sea by Mehmet Öztabak
Residents of Thistlegorm / North Red Sea
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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FTM by Marko Perisic
FTM
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Lion Fish.. by Ramin Ardestani
Lion Fish..
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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American Crocodile in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico by Alex Suh
American Crocodile in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Crocodile diving in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico by Alex Suh
Crocodile diving in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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JOLLY JELLY by Marko Perisic
JOLLY JELLY
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Accommodating cephalopod. A friendly cuttlefish in Myan... by William Domb
Accommodating cephalopod. A friendly cuttlefish in Myanmar.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bay of Bengal Myanmar (Burma)
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RED... by Alexey Zaytsev
RED...
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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