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Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted Yesterday
1 votes

Santa Barbara Janolus at Monterey Wharf #2. We have been seeing these up here the last bunch of years in the fall. They used to not be this far north.
By David Lehrian
posted Yesterday
1 votes

Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Bay Pipefish in eel grass at Monterey Wharf #2. He was hiding in the eel grass and was difficult to get a clear shot of, but I managed to capture this dramatic image.
By David Lehrian
posted Yesterday
0 votes

A lone yellow Damselfish is centre stage in the staghorn coral.
By Conor Moore
posted Monday, September 21, 2026
0 votes

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Tiny Dancer. A diver meets a pygmy octopus at Anacapa Isl... by Douglas Klug
Tiny Dancer. A diver meets a pygmy octopus at Anacapa Island, CA. Shot with a Canon digital rebel and 60mm macro in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Kissing Buda I by Christian Vizl
Kissing Buda I
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Big Island, Hawaii. by Bill Arle
Big Island, Hawaii.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Close up of a Loggerhead turtle found 5 miles off the coa... by Christian Vizl
Close up of a Loggerhead turtle found 5 miles off the coast of Ixtapa, Mexico.
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 2, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Close up of fish hiding in corals, Ixtapa Mexico. by Christian Vizl
Close up of fish hiding in corals, Ixtapa Mexico.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 1, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Sea Turtles mating, found in open ocean 5 miles off the c... by Christian Vizl
Sea Turtles mating, found in open ocean 5 miles off the coast.
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 30, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Close up of the eyes of a fish swimming over corals. by Christian Vizl
Close up of the eyes of a fish swimming over corals.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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"Curiosity" - Pot Bellied seahorse curious about what I'm... by Richard Wylie
"Curiosity" - Pot Bellied seahorse curious about what I'm doing here!
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 28, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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eye to eye. A junior diver has a close encounter with a t... by Douglas Klug
eye to eye. A junior diver has a close encounter with a tiny pygmy ocotpus. Shot with a Canon 300D and 100mm macro in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Waiting on ... by Els Van Den Borre
Waiting on ...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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We were "blue water hunting", looking for things in blue ... by David Valencia
We were "blue water hunting", looking for things in blue water. It only took these silky sharks a few minutes to show up. More and more accumulated and in the end we had close to 200 hundred silkies. It was impossible to fit them all in the frame.
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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These were sailfish finishing a baitball and moving to an... by David Valencia
These were sailfish finishing a baitball and moving to another. We kept having to jump into the boat, find them, and jump in again. They would attack the bait for awhile, but would move on. One of my friends jumped in with scuba for a different look.
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Friendly whale shark swims circles around the boat during... by David Valencia
Friendly whale shark swims circles around the boat during surface interval. All had a great time swimming with the little guy.
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The interaction between animal & human combined with a nice composition made this one a winning shot.....and both "models" are looking just great :-) Well done, David !
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 25, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Do not step on us by Leon Burda
Do not step on us
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Spanish Shawl illuminated with a homemade spotlight. by Matthew Fischbach
Spanish Shawl illuminated with a homemade spotlight.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Hawaiian Monk seal by Stuart Ganz
Hawaiian Monk seal
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 23, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Archeye Hawkfish resting on the coral by Stuart Ganz
Archeye Hawkfish resting on the coral
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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"Art in Nature" by Richard Wylie
"Art in Nature"
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Urchin shell. Big Island, Hawaii. by Bill Arle
Urchin shell. Big Island, Hawaii.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Eagle Rays swimming over rocks, at Ixtapa, México. by Christian Vizl
Eagle Rays swimming over rocks, at Ixtapa, México.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Camouflage. A tiny pygmy (aka California lilliput) octopu... by Douglas Klug
Camouflage. A tiny pygmy (aka California lilliput) octopus does its best to blend into a kelp leaf. Shot with Canon Digital Rebel in Ikelite Housing, 100mm f/2.8 macro and dual DS51 strobes.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Into the elevator by Stuart Ganz
Into the elevator
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 16, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Surgeonfish up close and personal at Shark Reef Marine Re... by Blair Morgan
Surgeonfish up close and personal at Shark Reef Marine Reserve, Fiji Islands
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date posted posted: Friday, June 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Bannerfish on the wreck of the Ika 2, Carpet Cove, Beqa L... by Blair Morgan
Bannerfish on the wreck of the Ika 2, Carpet Cove, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji Islands
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date posted posted: Friday, June 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Portrait of a blenny resting on hard coral, Ixtapa, México. by Christian Vizl
Portrait of a blenny resting on hard coral, Ixtapa, México.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Inside the Canadian Destroyer HMCS Yukon. by Matthew Fischbach
Inside the Canadian Destroyer HMCS Yukon.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific United States
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A slightly different perspective of a weedy seadragon. by Richard Wylie
A slightly different perspective of a weedy seadragon.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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