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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Antonio Venturelli

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Many nudibranchs display the bright colours to suggest to... by Antonio Venturelli
Many nudibranchs display the bright colours to suggest to predators that they are toxic. This is a technique used also by the Flabellinidae family.In this photo we see two of them found on a wreck a few meters deep_2023
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date posted posted: Friday, April 7, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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For me nudibranchs-hunting is like collecting stamps..You... by Antonio Venturelli
For me nudibranchs-hunting is like collecting stamps..You always want to find new ones for your private collection. This is Thuridilla multimarginata (really very small) photographed in the Aquarium dive site of Havelock Island_Andamans-India_2023
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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As you can see in this shot, C. peregrina orients head-fi... by Antonio Venturelli
As 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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date posted posted: Thursday, April 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A large chunk of coral life is tiny, lesser known, easily... by Antonio Venturelli
A large chunk of coral life is tiny, lesser known, easily hidden creatures. These include both sessile (fixed in one place) and mobile reef invertebrates, as well as the itty bitty reef fish like this in the photo_2023
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Stare long enough on a portion of the coral reef, and you... by Antonio Venturelli
Stare long enough on a portion of the coral reef, and you are guaranteed to catch some movement, a tiny fish like these blennies & gobies abundant on these barriers_Havelock island_2023
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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A squat shrimp often called sexy shrimp because of its pr... by Antonio Venturelli
A squat shrimp often called sexy shrimp because of its provocative dance. Their quirky abdominal movements, often in sync with one another, are amusing to observe and can captivate divers for long underwater time!
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 3, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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The incredible evolution of nudibranchs always surprise m... by Antonio Venturelli
The incredible evolution of nudibranchs always surprise me! I would stop and watch them for a long time to photograph them in the right position.. This is the iconic Cratena_La Formica dive site of Casteldaccia_Italy_2022
(Canon100,1/250,f22,iso400)
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 2, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A still goby looking at me with curiosity. The gobies usu... by Antonio Venturelli
A still goby looking at me with curiosity. The gobies usually stay within their territory in the rock but will go out and explore occasionally as in this photo taken at the Aquarium dive site _Havelock island_India_2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 1, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Photograph nudis in these parts of Arabic Sea is a bit mo... by Antonio Venturelli
Photograph nudis in these parts of Arabic Sea is a bit more challenging than elsewhere given the poor visibility.
But when you succeed, beautiful colors come out as for this Phidiana m. shotted at the wreck dive site_Goa
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 27, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Coryphellina exoptata_2023 (Canon100,1/250,f18,iso125) by Antonio Venturelli
Coryphellina exoptata_2023
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 16, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Diving in Havelock Island, Andamans_2023 (Canon100,1/200... by Antonio Venturelli
Diving in Havelock Island, Andamans_2023
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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So much life, so many colors are hidden in the Mediterran... by Antonio Venturelli
So 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.
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 12, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Coral blenny_Aquarium dive site_Havelock island_2023 (Ca... by Antonio Venturelli
Coral blenny_Aquarium dive site_Havelock island_2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 11, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Coryphellina rubrolineata,Havelock island_Andamans_India_... by Antonio Venturelli
Coryphellina rubrolineata,Havelock island_Andamans_India_2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 4, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Chromodoris trimarginata.This dorid nudibranchs have thei... by Antonio Venturelli
Chromodoris trimarginata.This dorid nudibranchs have their gills gathered in a tuft at the back of their body like a little bouquet of lungs which they use to breathe. Photo taken at wreck dive site_Goa_2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 18, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Chromodoris naiki nudibranch_Goa_2023 (Canon100,1/250,f1... by Antonio Venturelli
Chromodoris naiki nudibranch_Goa_2023
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Horned blenny(Parablennius intermedius) Goa_2023 (Canon1... by Antonio Venturelli
Horned blenny(Parablennius intermedius)
Goa_2023 (Canon100,1/200,f18,iso200)
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date posted posted: Friday, February 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Intensely colorful Cratena nudibranch_2022 (Canon100,1/2... by Antonio Venturelli
Intensely colorful Cratena nudibranch_2022
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Pair of Chromodoris trimarginata nudibranchs_Goa_2023 (C... by Antonio Venturelli
Pair of Chromodoris trimarginata nudibranchs_Goa_2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 4, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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My strobes illuminated this Flabellina well, perhaps too ... by Antonio Venturelli
My strobes illuminated this Flabellina well, perhaps too much .. but I like the same for the luminescence effect that makes the colors brighter ! Taken in Goa_2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 4, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Phidiana militaris close up at the "wreck" dive site arou... by Antonio Venturelli
Phidiana militaris close up at the "wreck" dive site around the Grand Island, Goa_India_2023.Thanks to West Coast Adventures staff, very capable of finding the smallest creatures even in poor visibility.(Canon100,1/250, f20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 2, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Iconic Cratena nudibranch of Mediterranean Sea_2022 (Can... by Antonio Venturelli
Iconic Cratena nudibranch of Mediterranean Sea_2022
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date posted posted: Friday, January 27, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Finally I was able to get a pair of these beautiful nudib... by Antonio Venturelli
Finally I was able to get a pair of these beautiful nudibranchs with a quite good focus_Flabellina Rubrolineata_Goa_2023
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 22, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Corals like flowers in the wind_Goa_2023 (Canon100,1/250... by Antonio Venturelli
Corals like flowers in the wind_Goa_2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Cratena nudibranch. These little creatures are tiny splas... by Antonio Venturelli
Cratena nudibranch. These little creatures are tiny splashes of color in the sea. The hard part is getting focus..I usually shot many attempts but I'm happy when I get a nice photo!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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There is a diving place here in Goa called "the wreck", a... by Antonio Venturelli
There is a diving place here in Goa called "the wreck", an iron barge sunk here in the 50s. Here there are many nudibranchs of this type named "Flabellina rubrolineata" ..very small, about a centimeter or so, but beautiful for their bright colors.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 14, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Beauty of Cratena nudibranch_2022 (Canon100,1/200,f22,is... by Antonio Venturelli
Beauty of Cratena nudibranch_2022
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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