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1) Larissa Roorda
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"Cirque du Soleil".   That's what this shrimp reminds me of.  Night dive in Palau.   Update:  Per Brian Mayes, this is a Marble Shrimp.  Thanks, Brian!!

2) Allen Walker
28 votes
Dusky :)

3) Reidar Opem
26 votes
Tiger

4) Daniel Strub
25 votes
Close-up of a whiplash gobie :-D, f22 @ 1/60, 100mm EF

5) Alin Ardelean
25 votes
Lion Fish resting on the sea fan

6) Michael Gallagher
24 votes
Pink squat lobster, tucked into a crevice on the outside of a pink barrel sponge, Komodo, Indonesia.

7) Abimael Márquez
24 votes
Nassau Grouper

8) Abimael Márquez
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I have very hungry.

9) Els Van Den Borre
23 votes
Smile, they're taking a picture :-)

10) Christian Nielsen
23 votes
Mola mola getting cleaned i Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida. Olympus E330, 8mm fisheye, 2 Ikelite DS125 strobes.


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by: Veronika Matějková
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date posted posted: 8:23:00 AM Today (1 hour ago)
category: Macro - not swimming
location: Croatia
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A Gnatophyllum elegans in the Mediterranean sea.

by: Ferdinando Meli
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A Gnatophyllum elegans in the Mediterranean sea.
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date posted posted: 5:53:00 AM Today (4 hours ago)
category: Macro - Super macro
location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A small "micro cosmos" living on the lower engine part of our dive-boat ( close to the propeller ). Size of frame in total : 5 cm.  60mm lens with +10 diopter

by: Rico Besserdich
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A small "micro cosmos" living on the lower engine part of our dive-boat ( close to the propeller ). Size of frame in total : 5 cm. 60mm lens with +10 diopter
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date posted posted: 4:47:00 AM Today (5 hours ago)
category: Macro - Super macro
location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Look familiar?  I'm not surprised, it's like looking in a mirror, isn't it? Tasmanian Blenny (Parablennius tasmanianus).

by: Brian Mayes
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Look familiar? I'm not surprised, it's like looking in a mirror, isn't it? Tasmanian Blenny (Parablennius tasmanianus).
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date posted posted: 4:15:00 AM Today (5 hours ago)
category: Temperate Waters
location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus). It may look like a big frogfish, but this baby is tiny, about 6mm

by: Brian Mayes
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Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus). It may look like a big frogfish, but this baby is tiny, about 6mm
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date posted posted: 4:05:00 AM Today (5 hours ago)
category: Macro - Super macro
location: South China Sea Indonesia
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North Cyprus / İskele

by: Timucin Ucar
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North Cyprus / İskele
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date posted posted: 3:16:00 AM Today (6 hours ago)
category: Macro - Close-Up
location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Photographed in the swimming pool-tennis balls

by: Veronika Matějková
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Photographed in the swimming pool-tennis balls
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date posted posted: 2:59:00 AM Today (7 hours ago)
category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
location: Czech Republic
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One of my first tests shooting a nudibranch with focus on the rhinophore

by: Bruno Van Saen
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One of my first tests shooting a nudibranch with focus on the rhinophore
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date posted posted: 2:52:00 AM Today (7 hours ago)
category: Macro - Nudibranchia
location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Underwater Sun flower.

by: Ah Chan Fong Ming
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Underwater Sun flower.
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date posted posted: 1:22:00 AM Today (8 hours ago)
category: Macro - not swimming
location: Asian Sea Philippines
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This friendly cuttlefish was laying eggs in the coral. It was interested in the domeport and came quite close. Olympus E330, 8mm fisheye, 2 Ikelite DS125 strobes.

by: Christian Nielsen
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This friendly cuttlefish was laying eggs in the coral. It was interested in the domeport and came quite close. Olympus E330, 8mm fisheye, 2 Ikelite DS125 strobes.
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date posted posted: 1:14:00 AM Today (8 hours ago)
category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Chromodoris Kunei

by: Charles Wright
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Chromodoris Kunei
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date posted posted: 1:04:00 AM Today (8 hours ago)
category: Macro - Nudibranchia
location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Harlequin shrimp having lunch

by: Charles Wright
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Harlequin shrimp having lunch

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date posted posted: 12:55:00 AM Today (9 hours ago)
category: Macro - not swimming
location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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this shot was taken whilst snorkeling in the yasawas just off manta ray island using the panasonic DMC-FT1

by: David Crutchley
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this shot was taken whilst snorkeling in the yasawas just off manta ray island using the panasonic DMC-FT1
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date posted posted: 12:17:00 AM Today (9 hours ago)
category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
location: Pacific Fiji
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Scalyhead sculpin (Artedîus harringtoni)

by: Bea & Stef Primatesta
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Scalyhead sculpin (Artedîus harringtoni)
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date posted posted: today
category: Temperate Waters
location: Pacific Canada
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Christmas Tree Worms.  Grand Cayman.

by: Patrick Reardon
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Christmas Tree Worms. Grand Cayman.
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category: Macro - not swimming
location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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it was a sleeping turtle until the drift dive got there, we were 9 people...... shot with a Nikonos RS and 50 mm with 2 Ikelite SS200 strobes.

by: Alan G. Miller
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it was a sleeping turtle until the drift dive got there, we were 9 people...... shot with a Nikonos RS and 50 mm with 2 Ikelite SS200 strobes.
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Brittle Star on the underside of a Sea Star
Olympus camera & housing 55mm lens with +6 diopter
Riveria Beach Lagoon, FL

by: Steve Jarocki, Jr.
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Brittle Star on the underside of a Sea Star
Olympus camera & housing 55mm lens with +6 diopter
Riveria Beach Lagoon, FL
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this leopard shark is usually found laying on the bottom during the day,i dropped down nice and slowly to get within 3 feet of her to get this shot the camera i used is a panasonic DMC-FT1 in underwater mode

by: David Crutchley
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this leopard shark is usually found laying on the bottom during the day,i dropped down nice and slowly to get within 3 feet of her to get this shot the camera i used is a panasonic DMC-FT1 in underwater mode
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date posted posted: today
category: Sharks
location: Pacific Fiji
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What can I say...., could not think of an appropriate name for this one...., suggestions are open.....

by: Allen Walker
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What can I say...., could not think of an appropriate name for this one...., suggestions are open.....
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Hermit Crab Eye

by: Matt Sullivan
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Hermit Crab Eye
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under a coral table...

by: Alberto Tozzi
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under a coral table...
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category: Wide Angle - Divers
location: Red Sea Egypt
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I make these Pike picture without strobes, at ISO400 to get the mystic green in the picture.

by: John De Jong
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I make these Pike picture without strobes, at ISO400 to get the mystic green in the picture.
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Yawning pumkinseed sunfish

by: Daniel Wernli
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Yawning pumkinseed sunfish
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date posted posted: today
category: Freshwater
location: Switzerland
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Close up face to face blue faced angel fish one of 3 three in a group approximately 2 ft in length
shot with canon G9 on underwater setting maldives 2010

by: Jo Rix
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Close up face to face blue faced angel fish one of 3 three in a group approximately 2 ft in length
shot with canon G9 on underwater setting maldives 2010
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the eye of the pumkinseed sunfish ... close, very close :-D

by: Daniel Strub
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the eye of the pumkinseed sunfish ... close, very close big grin
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Hmmm ... which is the shortest way out from here ? :-D

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Hmmm ... which is the shortest way out from here ? big grin
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Soft home
Nikon D200, 105 micro, twin strobo
Lembeh 2010

by: Marchione Giacomo
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Soft home
Nikon D200, 105 micro, twin strobo
Lembeh 2010
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Juvenile Cave Sweeper. Size: around 5 cm. He is living with his family under the jetty of our divecenter. Was hard to take this photo ;-) CANON 40D with 60mm macro lens, no strobe. F 3.5 , 1/250 sc., ISO 100

by: Rico Besserdich
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Juvenile Cave Sweeper. Size: around 5 cm. He is living with his family under the jetty of our divecenter. Was hard to take this photo ;-) CANON 40D with 60mm macro lens, no strobe. F 3.5 , 1/250 sc., ISO 100
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Like a painting of the 19th century

by: Raoul Caprez
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Like a painting of the 19th century
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Philippines taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot

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Philippines taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot
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