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Mating cuttlefish, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
By Filip Staes
posted Wednesday, August 16, 2017
58 votes

Cuttlefish, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
By Filip Staes
posted Sunday, April 23, 2017
57 votes

Barrel jellyfish, Zeeland, the Netherlands.
By Filip Staes
posted Wednesday, June 21, 2017
54 votes


By Filip Staes
posted Saturday, August 26, 2017
54 votes


By Filip Staes
posted Sunday, December 24, 2017
54 votes

Cleaning time!
By Filip Staes
posted Wednesday, March 22, 2017
53 votes

Waterlily, Turnhout, Belgium.
By Filip Staes
posted Thursday, August 10, 2017
53 votes

Waterlilies,Turnhout, Belgium.
By Filip Staes
posted Wednesday, October 11, 2017
51 votes

Arborek, Raja Ampat.
By Filip Staes
posted Saturday, September 30, 2017
50 votes

Small snakelocks anemone (Sagartiogeton undatus) in backlight, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
By Filip Staes
posted Monday, November 6, 2017
50 votes
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"Must be an angel", model: mermaid Celine @Todi Belgium by Filip Staes
"Must be an angel", model: mermaid Celine @Todi Belgium
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 14, 2019
date posted category: Fashion
date posted location: Belgium
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Small snakelocks anemone (Sagartiogeton undatus), Zeeland... by Filip Staes
Small snakelocks anemone (Sagartiogeton undatus), Zeeland, The Netherlands
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 14, 2019
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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"The mermaid and the harp", TODI, Belgium. Mermaid: Maria... by Filip Staes
"The mermaid and the harp", TODI, Belgium. Mermaid: Marianne Bouvette
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 29, 2019
date posted category: Fashion
date posted location: Belgium
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Sap-sucking slug (Elysia viridis), Lake Grevelingen, Zeel... by Filip Staes
Sap-sucking slug (Elysia viridis), Lake Grevelingen, Zeeland, the Netherlands
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 29, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Sap-sucking slug (Elysia viridis), lake Grevelingen, the ... by Filip Staes
Sap-sucking slug (Elysia viridis), lake Grevelingen, the Netherlands.
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 27, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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American comb jelly fish(Mnemiopsis leidy, lake Greveling... by Filip Staes
American comb jelly fish(Mnemiopsis leidy, lake Grevelingen, Zeeland, the Netherlands.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 27, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina), Lake Grevelingen, Zeela... by Filip Staes
Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina), Lake Grevelingen, Zeeland, The Netherlands
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 6, 2019
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Cuttlefish, Oosterschelde, Zeeland, The Netherlands by Filip Staes
Cuttlefish, Oosterschelde, Zeeland, The Netherlands
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 6, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Common marine hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus), Oostersch... by Filip Staes
Common marine hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus), Oosterschelde, Zeeland, The Netherlands. Double exposure in camera.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Flabellina gracilis, Oosterschelde, Zeeland, The Netherlands by Filip Staes
Flabellina gracilis, Oosterschelde, Zeeland, The Netherlands
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Close-up of a Banded seasnake, Puerto Galera, The Philipp... by Filip Staes
Close-up of a Banded seasnake, Puerto Galera, The Philippines
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Small snakelocks anemone (Sagartiogeton undatus), Zeeland... by Filip Staes
Small snakelocks anemone (Sagartiogeton undatus), Zeeland, The Netherlands
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 25, 2019
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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The world upside down. Photoshoot with mermaid Celine. by Filip Staes
The world upside down. Photoshoot with mermaid Celine.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 25, 2019
date posted category: Fashion
date posted location: Belgium
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"Under the tree" Diver in lake Samaranger, Fernpas, Tirol... by Filip Staes
"Under the tree" Diver in lake Samaranger, Fernpas, Tirol, Austria.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 27, 2019
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Austria
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Clownfish, Dahab, Red sea. by Filip Staes
Clownfish, Dahab, Red sea.
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Netherlands
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Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) by Filip Staes
Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina),False bay, South Africa. by Filip Staes
Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina),False bay, South Africa.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 30, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Great pond snail(Lymnaea stagnalis) on a waterlily, Turnh... by Filip Staes
Great pond snail(Lymnaea stagnalis) on a waterlily, Turnhout, Belgium.
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 30, 2018
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Belgium
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Facelina bostoniensis, Lake Grevelingen, Zeeland, the Net... by Filip Staes
Facelina bostoniensis, Lake Grevelingen, Zeeland, the Netherlands
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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"Japanese garden", Banda sea, Indonesia by Filip Staes
"Japanese garden", Banda sea, Indonesia
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Mangrove,Raja Ampat,West-Papua, Indonesia by Filip Staes
Mangrove,Raja Ampat,West-Papua, Indonesia
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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An angel is watching over us. Model: mermaid Nyxe, TODI, ... by Filip Staes
An angel is watching over us. Model: mermaid Nyxe, TODI, Belgium.
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Belgium
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Secretary blenny(Acanthemblemaria maria), La Paz, Mexico. by Filip Staes
Secretary blenny(Acanthemblemaria maria), La Paz, Mexico.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Diver at the Fang Ming wreck, La Paz, Mexico by Filip Staes
Diver at the Fang Ming wreck, La Paz, Mexico
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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common prawn(Palaemon serratus), Zeeland, the Netherlands. by Filip Staes
common prawn(Palaemon serratus), Zeeland, the Netherlands.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Slender eolis (Microchlamylla gracilis), double exposure ... by Filip Staes
Slender eolis (Microchlamylla gracilis), double exposure in the camera, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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"Follow that turtle", Dahab, Egypt. by Filip Staes
"Follow that turtle", Dahab, Egypt.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 18, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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