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This shot was taken during this years annual sardine migration. I had removed my strobes due to the backscatter and forgot to add weight, i was sat on the surface whilst my friends were seeing an awesome ball below, i was lucky to nail this shot.
By Paul Cowell
posted Monday, August 09, 2010
96 votes

Female Tiger Shark,natural light, what an awesome animal!
By Roger Horrocks
posted Monday, March 06, 2006
79 votes

Amazing dolphin pod action in this years sardine run.
By Paul Cowell
posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010
76 votes

clinid Nikon F-100 with 60mm macro lens
By Geoff Spiby
posted Thursday, June 11, 2009
72 votes

free diver and cameraman at about 15 m's with a beauty of a tiger shark at Umkomaas South Africa. Taken with a Nikonos V and a 15 mm lens
By Fiona Ayerst
posted Monday, March 27, 2006
67 votes

Free
By Allen Walker
posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008
62 votes

Black Tip shark, pictured at Aliwal shoal, whilst on a tiger shark dive
By Paul Cowell
posted Saturday, August 14, 2010
62 votes

Whooohooo!
By Allen Walker
posted Tuesday, March 22, 2011
62 votes

ready for a teeth job
By Dray Van Beeck
posted Wednesday, February 18, 2009
56 votes

Painting with Natural Light
By Victor Tabernero
posted Sunday, November 30, 2008
56 votes
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A funeral feast - whelks feeding on a dead insect. Walki... by Valda Fraser
A funeral feast - whelks feeding on a dead insect. Walking along the beach I came across this macabre scene. Only managed to get in a couple of shots before a wave washed it all away.
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Oceanic blacktip with pilot fish by Spencer Burrows
Oceanic blacktip with pilot fish
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in the foreground by Afflitti Gianluca
in the foreground
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A pair of yellow-mouthed moray eels. by Valda Fraser
A pair of yellow-mouthed moray eels.
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And then a "tooth and scale" fight began. by Valda Fraser
And then a "tooth and scale" fight began.
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School of Yellow Snapper by Bernard Groenewald
School of Yellow Snapper
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Blacktip in action D600 by Spencer Burrows
Blacktip in action D600
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A type of jellyfish, complete with a few tick-like hitch-... by Valda Fraser
A type of jellyfish, complete with a few tick-like hitch-hikers, I encountered while ascending.
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Halequin Shrimp enjoying a starfish snack by Brendon Baines
Halequin Shrimp enjoying a starfish snack
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Taken in Sodwana, by Kenneth Hicks
Taken in Sodwana,
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Rockard taken up close in Sodwana South Africa (My 2nd Ti... by Rob Shepard
Rockard taken up close in Sodwana South Africa (My 2nd Time using a camera underwater)
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Great Whites love those decoys! by James Mason
Great Whites love those decoys!
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Great White shark makes off with decoy by James Mason
Great White shark makes off with decoy
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Over under of a Black tip. Shot taken with a standard Ike... by Kenneth Hicks
Over under of a Black tip. Shot taken with a standard Ikelite housing (No dome port smile )
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A spring in South Africa, turns into the Marico river eve... by Colin Davis
A spring in South Africa, turns into the Marico river eventually.
Crystal clear water, magical place!
Ikelite housing. 16 meters deep. 24 degrees C.
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Risbecia pulchella cuddling. by Valda Fraser
Risbecia pulchella cuddling.
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Three Common Dolphins during the Sardine run on the Natal... by John Miller
Three Common Dolphins during the Sardine run on the Natal South Coast
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Reef by Kenneth Hicks
Reef
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Great White Shark takes seal decoy. by James Mason
Great White Shark takes seal decoy.
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Sodwana bay, great diving by Kenneth Hicks
Sodwana bay, great diving
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On a Shark dive with about twenty Black Tips around when ... by John Miller
On a Shark dive with about twenty Black Tips around when I was lucky to get one of them who had just eaten a black tail fish,
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Master of my universe by Peet J Van Eeden
Master of my universe
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Lovely conditions and a special encounter with a potato b... by Valda Fraser
Lovely conditions and a special encounter with a potato bass.
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Geometric moray. by Valda Fraser
Geometric moray.
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Klipfish and its home by Peet J Van Eeden
Klipfish and its home
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Just checking you out. by Valda Fraser
Just checking you out.
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First encounter with an ornate ghost pipefish. So beautif... by Valda Fraser
First encounter with an ornate ghost pipefish. So beautiful I decided a portrait would be appropriate.
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