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Alfonso SantoroSogno
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Ferdinando MeliDiving boat from below...
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Ferdinando MeliFlabellina affinis
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Antonio Venturellicolor flames_Cratena nudi_2021
(Canon60mm,t1/200,f/25,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliI waited so many minutes for it to line up with my lens..and finally the shot is really close.
Thank you sweet beauty Cratena
(Canon 60mm,t1/200,f/22,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliMediterranean Cratena-2021
(Canon60mm,t1/200,f/22,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliColors of Mediterranean sea_2021
(Canon100mm, t1/200,f/20,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliLamprohaminoea ovalis-2021
(Canon100mm,t1/200,f/20,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliThe sinuous shape of Cratena nudi_2021
(Canon100mm, t1/200,f/20,iso 200)
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Antonio VenturelliTricolor nudibranch_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f16,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliPagurus photo_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f14,iso125)
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Antonio VenturelliSinuous movement of a beautiful Felimare nudibranch_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f22,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliBright colors of a Cratena in the Mediterranean Sea_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f18,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliSummer is good time to shot these beautiful nudibranchs. This is a Cratena with flashy dorsal purple cerata and tips in blue. The name "cerata" comes from Greek meaning horns_2022.
(Canon100,1/250,f18,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliA close look at a Cratena in search of hydroids_la Formica dive site_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso160)
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Antonio VenturelliFlabellina-2022
(Canon100,1/200,f/22,iso400)
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Antonio VenturelliPurple sea slug ( Flabellina affinis). We can see it often during all dives in Mediterranean sea_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f25,iso400)
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Antonio VenturelliIntense colors of Mediterranean Flabellina_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f22,iso400)
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Antonio VenturelliOrange cerata close up of Cratena nudibranch_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f22,iso400)
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Antonio VenturelliBeautiful Cratena posing on the seabed_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f22,iso400)
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Antonio VenturelliFlabellina affinis_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f22,iso400)
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Antonio VenturelliMediterranean moray eel_2021
(Canon60,1/125,f7.1,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliTripterygion delaisi female_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f14,iso100)
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Antonio VenturelliPink flatworm ( Prostheceraeus roseus)of Mediterranean sea_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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Antonio VenturelliFelimare tricolor_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliCratena nudibranch_close up the intense orange of cerata acting as extension of digestive tract with same color of food source (hydroids)_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso100)
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Antonio VenturelliCratena Peregrina close up.Clearly visible the white coiled egg-ribbons typical of this beautiful nudibranch and orange hydroids (main food source) which give the same color to the dorsal cerata.
(Canon100,1/250,f22,iso100)
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Antonio VenturelliMagnificent Cratena nudibranch_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f22,iso400)
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Antonio VenturelliIntensely colorful Cratena nudibranch_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso250)
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Antonio VenturelliSo much life, so many colors are hidden in the Mediterranean Sea. This is a specimen of Cratena peregrina nudibranch photographed at La Formica dive site,in 2022.
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso400)
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Antonio VenturelliAs you can see in this shot, C. peregrina orients head-first, with the head being the end with two orange horns, two white tusks, and two orange eye patches in between_La Formica_2022
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso100)
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Antonio VenturelliI took this photo one second before this Cratena nudibranch disappeared into the sea grass. I often enjoy waiting for them to emerge from some bush to photograph their big orange eyes!
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso400)
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Antonio VenturelliCratena nudibranchs, fascinating creatures of Mediterranean sea .This is taken at La Formica dive site, in Sicily_August 2022.
(Canon100, 1/250,f18,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliMediterranean Cratena. With its colorful shades, it looks like the creation of a talented painter_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f20,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliFelimare tricolor are quite common in the Mediterranean Sea but difficult to photograph due to their small size. I like the contrast between strong yellow & electric blue that distinguishes this species of nudis_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliBeautiful eyes of Mediterranean Hermit crab_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f18,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliPink Flabellina nudibranch_July 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliFelimare tricolor_June 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso200)
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Antonio VenturelliI usually find this type of Flabellina where there is a hidden current, however it prefers to shelter in creeks. Once found it is pleasant to shot when it opens its cerata upwards as in this photo taken ~15 mt deep_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,i.160)
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Antonio VenturelliNudis are usually on top of something. This has climbed onto a hydroid twig. I don't worry if body is out of focus. Indeed, the photo can be even more beautiful the more the body is blurred, as long as the head is clear.
(Canon100,1/200,f14,i.200)
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Antonio VenturelliFlabellinae are often found perched in precarious positions. But by waiting a bit you can often find the right angle to see them almost entirely, as in this photo.Sept_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso160)
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Antonio VenturelliIf you were to count all the shades of white, purple, orange, yellow, blue and pink contained in a Mediterranean Flabellina I think one page (in small print) would not be enough! Sept_2023 (Canon100, 1/200,f13,iso100)
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Antonio VenturelliTwo Cratena are quietly feeding on hydroids in the sea of Casteldaccia. See the open mouth flanked by the oral tentacles. Notice the vertical orientation of the mouth that is the most common configuration in all sea slugs.(Canon100,1/200,f20,i.160)
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Antonio VenturelliTrypterigion tripteronotum is named peperoncino in Italy because its red color during reproductive period, with a black head . Normally the color is brown-green with lighter vertical bands like this photo _Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
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Antonio VenturelliCratena nudibranch_Sicily, Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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Antonio VenturelliA macro photo on a black background of a beautiful Flabellina photographed in the sea of Casteldaccia, Sicily_Sept 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso160)