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The free-swimming hydromedusae Gonionemus murbachii. Nikon D300s in Nauticam housing, 2 x Inon Z-240 strobes.
By Christian Skauge
posted Thursday, September 30, 2010
52 votes

Alien... composition of a Gonionemus murbachii and the eyes of a lemon sole, Microstomus kitt. Looks a little eerie :-) Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
By Christian Skauge
posted Saturday, December 29, 2007
49 votes

Lizardfish, up close and personal. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, Inon Z-240 strobes.
By Christian Skauge
posted Monday, April 28, 2008
47 votes

Another Polycera... this one was sitting on a dark kelp frond. Photographed with little light it seems to be floating in thin air... eh, water. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, Inon Z-240 strobes. Nikkor 105 mm, manual, ISO 100, f/16, 1/60.
By Christian Skauge
posted Sunday, April 27, 2008
46 votes

Close-up of the Alien of the Deep, the crown jelly Periphylla periphylla. Photographed at 40 meters depth, 260 meters above bottom at Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
By Christian Skauge
posted Tuesday, February 3, 2009
46 votes

Alien of the Deep - the deep-sea jelly Periphylla periphylla. Nightdive at 01:30 in february 2008, 600 feet above bottom. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 18-70 mm, manual.
By Christian Skauge
posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008
44 votes

Clione limacina, or sea angel, photographed outside Kristiansand on the Norwegian south coast. These little ophistobranchs grow to about 3 centimeters and sometimes occur in such grat numbers that they are food for whales :-)
By Christian Skauge
posted Monday, April 27, 2009
42 votes

Close-up of the cerata of an aeolid nudibranch. Nikon D200, Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes. 105mm, 2x teleconverter, 2x dioptre.
By Christian Skauge
posted Monday, August 11, 2008
41 votes

Underwater forest in lake Lygnstøylsvatnet, Norway.
By Christian Skauge
posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008
39 votes

A very cooperative specimen of the little goby Buenia jeffreysii. Nikon D300 in Nexus housing, twin Inon Z-240 strobes.
By Christian Skauge
posted Thursday, February 11, 2010
39 votes
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A beautiful aeolid nudibranch crawling over a crinoid. Ni... by Christian Skauge
A beautiful aeolid nudibranch crawling over a crinoid. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 60 mm + 1.4 teleconverter.
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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A Limacia clavigera nudibranch sitting on a string of sea... by Christian Skauge
A Limacia clavigera nudibranch sitting on a string of sea lace covered in bryozoans. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 60mm, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 3, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Sweden
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A really cool-looking anemone housing a single clownfish.... by Christian Skauge
A really cool-looking anemone housing a single clownfish. It was quite easy to photograph - the anemone was so small, the fish had nowhere to go! Somehow this image gives me a Bollywood-feeling ;-) Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Alien... composition of a Gonionemus murbachii and the ey... by Christian Skauge
Alien... composition of a Gonionemus murbachii and the eyes of a lemon sole, Microstomus kitt. Looks a little eerie :-)
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ET phone home. Well done Christian!
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 29, 2007
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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The rare Devil fangshell, catpured one night in the deep ... by Christian Skauge
The rare Devil fangshell, catpured one night in the deep fjord south of Oslo, Norway... Really a mixture between a seven-rayed scallop (Pseudamussium septemradiatum) and a lemon sole (Microstomus kitt). The teeth - I just made the space between them!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2007
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Whip Coral Shrimp photographed at the Farasan Banks in Sa... by Christian Skauge
Whip Coral Shrimp photographed at the Farasan Banks in Saudi Arabia. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Alien of the deep... the rarely seen crown jelly, or Peri... by Christian Skauge
Alien of the deep... the rarely seen crown jelly, or Periphylla periphylla, captured on a night dive in Lurefjorden, north of Bergen, Norway. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 20mm wide angle.
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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The eye of the Dragonet. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x ... by Christian Skauge
The eye of the Dragonet. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 19, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Norway redfish photographed in Kristiansund, Norway with ... by Christian Skauge
Norway redfish photographed in Kristiansund, Norway with a Nikon D70s in a Nexus housing.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 4, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Hermit crab sitting on dead mens fingers soft coral. Niko... by Christian Skauge
Hermit crab sitting on dead mens fingers soft coral. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 27, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Portrait of the squat lobster Munida rugosa, photographed... by Christian Skauge
Portrait of the squat lobster Munida rugosa, photographed at Romslo, south-east of Bergen, Norway. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 25, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Limacia clavigera nudibranch on red sponge. Nikon D200 in... by Christian Skauge
Limacia clavigera nudibranch on red sponge. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 60mm + 1.4 teleconverter.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 19, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Close-up of a dahlia anemone, Urticina felina. Nikon D200... by Christian Skauge
Close-up of a dahlia anemone, Urticina felina. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 105mm VR
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 18, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Squat lobster on cushion star by Christian Skauge
Squat lobster on cushion star
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Christian could have put the squattie in the center but rightly opted for a 'rule of thirds' composition
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Goby on whip coral, taken at farasan Banks, Saudi Arabia. by Christian Skauge
Goby on whip coral, taken at farasan Banks, Saudi Arabia.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 15, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Flmingo tongue sitting on a coral branch, Bonaire Neth. A... by Christian Skauge
Flmingo tongue sitting on a coral branch, Bonaire Neth. Antilles. Taken with my Olympus 5050, f8.0, supermacro.

date posted posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004
date posted category: Macro - Last years entries
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Dead men's fingers leather coral, Oslo Fiord. by Christian Skauge
Dead men's fingers leather coral, Oslo Fiord.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Hermit crab with hydroids growing on its shell, taken sou... by Christian Skauge
Hermit crab with hydroids growing on its shell, taken south of Oslo, Norway with an Olympus 505 in a PT-015 housing and a 50W HLX torch.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 4, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Schooling bannerfish taken at Woodhouse Reef, Strait of T... by Christian Skauge
Schooling bannerfish taken at Woodhouse Reef, Strait of Tiran in December 2003.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 18, 2003
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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A baby sea star sitting on kelp, taken with my Olympus c5... by Christian Skauge
A baby sea star sitting on kelp, taken with my Olympus c5050Zoom on fuly automatic. Taken at the island of Myken, northern Norway summer of 2003.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Whale shark taken at Koh Tao, Thailand, easter 2001. I us... by Christian Skauge, Norway
Whale shark taken at Koh Tao, Thailand, easter 2001. I used my Reefmaster CL with strobe, and got really lucky for once smile
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date posted posted: Friday, November 16, 2001
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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