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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 (6 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullockii_January 2025
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso200)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 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 Yesterday
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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)
Blenny Image was taken in Bonaire with a Nikon D100 Camera, 105mm micro lens in an Aquatica Housing with dual Ikelight 100 strobes.
I can see you! Smooth Trunk fish in Bonaire. Patience, Patience, Patience is what you need to capture this shy guy. You have to be quick as well as they turn on a dime in a split second.
Purple frogfish in Bonaire
Hermit Crab on an Orange Sponge. Was taken with a Nikonos V,15mm lens in Grand Cayman Island while i was working on my DiveMaster
Gooseneck Barnacles. British Columbia. Shot with housed Nikon N90 with 105mm Micro Nikkor lens.
Sea Star. Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with macro lense and two Sea&Sea YS-90 strobes.
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp
Death sentence ? A beautiful tridachna clam tucked in the reef at Pizion Pass in Truk Lagoon. It appears that the surrounding coral will eventually overtake the poor clam.
I took this close-up shot of a brightly colored Freckled Hawkfish in Palau, Micronesia.
Go away...no one's home!
This seahorse and its partner lived in Paradise 1 ( Mabul, Borneo ) for a long time nice and shallow. Many a deco stop was spent trying for something different with the last few shots of a roll .
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2004
Winner Monthly HotShots

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Editor's Comment
Roger explains one secret of u/w photographs like this - many rolls of film! Well done!
Taken at Mina al Fahal island, Oman. Motormarine IIex. 3:1 macro
Sea horse in an aquarium, Monaco 2004. Cute and alone :-)
taken on night dive at maeda point okinawa japan
Bernard L'Hermitte; Picture take in Med, Corsica; Canon G5 with Ikelite Housing and DS50;
Striped fang blenny , taken in Sangalaki , Indonesian Borneo . I found this cute little fella on a cleaning station while having a break from shooting the Mantas which visit this island in huge numbers to feed. Loved the flower garden all around him.
Arceye Hawkfish taken in Palau w/Nikon 90s w/105mm lens, Aquatica housing & Ike Substrobe 200.
Flabellina affinis - Mar mediterraneo - Italy - Isola di Giannutri - Nikonos III macro 1:1
Social feather dusters. Taken in Roatan w/Nikon N90s, Aquatica housing, 105mm lens & Ike Substrobe 200
Aragosta - S.Marinella (Civitavecchia - Italy )
Stingless Jellyfish in Palau, Micronesia. February 2004. It was resting on my hand and I snapped the picture. It wasnt till later that I found how much I really liked the shot.
Cayman friends. Taken with NikV, 35mm, close-up diopter & Ike Substrobe 200.
Shrimp, picture taken during a night dive using Fuji FinePix F700
Smooth Turban / Kelp Snail (Norrisia norrisii). These snail live on kelp feeding on the growth that covers the kelp. They work their way up to the top, fall off and begin again at the bottom.
Thumbprint taken in Grand Cayman w/NikV, 1:1 macro, Nik105 strobe
This picture of billowy orange cup coral was taken during a night dive in Bonaire. There was a fair amount of surge by the dock where this photo was taken, as evidenced by the direction of the polyps.
Christmas tree worm (Spirographis spallanzanii), shot in Porto Pim, Faial island, Azores, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 35mm UW-Nikkor lens, 1:3 extension tube, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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