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Normally quite skittish, this pod actively hung out with us in the water... maybe we were invited as lunch. (taken under permit)
By Arun Madisetti
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Mediterranean Flabellina_May 2025
(CanonRF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullockii_January 2025
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso200)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Elysia timida_June 2025
(Canon RF100, 1/200,f16,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
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Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted Monday, June 30, 2025
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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Lobster tail.
Porth Ysgaden, N. Wales.
F90X, 60mm.
A happy blenny on its coral house.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
A superb shot - but is it spoilt by the text?
Bubble coral shrimp shot near the jetty in Kapalai
Scorpion Leaffish.Taken from kapalai /sony P9
red eye / indonesia
Whitemouth Moray - notice the Wrasse sitting on top.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
An ordinary shot transformed by a diagonal
Bloody Henry & Dead Man's Fingers.
St. Abbs, Berwickshire, Scotland.
F90X,60mm.
Prostheceraeus giesbrechtii - Lighthouse dive - Portofino reserve - Italy
Canon 20D - 60 mm Macro lens
taken in utila with a sea & sea 5000.
leaf fish shot in kapalai,very common in this area
Varicose Phyllida - Shot off North Shore Oahu, Hawaii @ ~30'depth.
Flabellina Affinis - Lighthouse dive - Portofino reserve - Italy
Canon 20D Macro 60 mm lens
Green Lionfish shot @ ~35' depth, west shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Saturation enhanced.
Pymy Seahorse taken at Lembeh Straits nite dive. Minolta 7xi, ikelite housing
Pygmy seahorse. Kapalai,sabah,borneo.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2005

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
another pygmy - but rather a nice one
Curly Xeno - Lembeh, Canon D10. First time I've seen one of these critters not hugging the whip coral
Together again. Imperial Shrimp.Shot at Mantanani Island,SABAH,BORNEO
Flabilina Verrucosa-Taken on a night dive in Barkley Sound B.C.
D70

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
nice use of negative space
sea cucumber climber,indonesia
Royal Hypselodoris. Taken with D70,105mm. Kapalai,SABAH,BORNEO
midnight snack.indonesia night dive.f100 and 105
Brick anoneme taken at the Oosterschelde the Netherlands with a Nikon D70 with a 60 mm macro lens
These things stand out like bright yellow lights. They especially like walls. Kranket Wall, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Olympus C8080/PT-023.
Dahlia anemones.
Menai Straits,N.Wales.
F90X,60mm.
A Parrot fish off the flodia keys.
squid portrait, bonaire
indonesia ,f100/105/twin strobes
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2005

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
worth a zoom, very detailed
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