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Close-up of Kuiter's Weedfish (Heteroclinus kuiteri) by Brian Mayes
Close-up of Kuiter's Weedfish (Heteroclinus kuiteri)
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 12, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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"OK, I'm ready for my close up." .................Tiny 1... by Brian Mayes
"OK, I'm ready for my close up." .................Tiny 15mm Western Cleaner Clingfish (Cochleoceps bicolor)
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A great study in depth of field - and orange. The popular vote has it this month!
73 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Dragon au naturale. by Brian Mayes
Dragon au naturale.
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 3, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Green eyed monster. (Nectocarcinus sp.) by Brian Mayes
Green eyed monster. (Nectocarcinus sp.)
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 3, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Being pretty in pink, doesn't always mean you stand out. ... by Brian Mayes
Being pretty in pink, doesn't always mean you stand out. This pair of Noumea haliclona are about 10mm long and difficult spot on their pink sponge food source.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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According to the Aussies, these Filefish are wearing leat... by Brian Mayes
According to the Aussies, these Filefish are wearing leather jackets.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 29, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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What's the matter, haven't you seen a whistling cowfish b... by Brian Mayes
What's the matter, haven't you seen a whistling cowfish before...... Shaw's Cowfish (Aracana aurita) - male.
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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It takes keen eyes to spot a Tassled Anglerfish (aka Tang... by Brian Mayes
It takes keen eyes to spot a Tassled Anglerfish (aka Tangler) and this is one of the easy ones.
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 28, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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I lifted a metal plate and found this octopus looking aft... by Brian Mayes
I lifted a metal plate and found this octopus looking after her eggs. Carefully put the plate back down, but discovered on subsequent dive 2 days later, some moron had turned the plate over and left it with eggs and octopus exposed to die. :-(
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010

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date posted posted: Saturday, March 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) at Flinders Pi... by Brian Mayes
Weedy Seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) at Flinders Pier, Victoria. From this angle it looks like it would make a good catapault. ;-)
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010
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Brian, off you go around the World to all the best dive spots. You come back with all this superb stuff and only post two in one month! Talk about pacing yourself Young Man!
54 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 27, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Greedy Squid, Melbourne by Adolfo Maciocco
Greedy Squid,
Melbourne
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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The Victorian round of the Billabong pro junior series at... by Brett Stanley
The Victorian round of the Billabong pro junior series at Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia. A young hopeful floats high during one of the heats.
Canon EOS 1D Mark 2 + 600mm lens with 2x converter
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 3, 2009
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Green detail by Kevin Collins
Green detail
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Shark! by Kevin Collins
Shark!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Sailing in the water by Kevin Collins
Sailing in the water
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Great Barrier Reef Diving by Kevin Collins
Great Barrier Reef Diving
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 8, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Great Australian Bight United States
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I took this photo while diving in the Agincourt Reef, par... by Chad Lazar
I took this photo while diving in the Agincourt Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef! I had to get within 1 foot of the clown fish and put the camera on macro to get the picture! After a few takes, I finally got Mr. Clown fish to look right at me!!!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 23, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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This is a picture taken free diving near the pinnacles in... by Leon Clarke
This is a picture taken free diving near the pinnacles in Glenelg South Australia.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 12, 2008
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Leafy Sea Dragon, Breaksea Island, Western Australia by Rusty Geller
Leafy Sea Dragon, Breaksea Island, Western Australia
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 4, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Streaky Bay at Dawn. by James Mcmahon
Streaky Bay at Dawn.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Australian Sea Lion - taken while freediving in Baird Bay... by James Mcmahon
Australian Sea Lion - taken while freediving in Baird Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Camera was a Canon IXUS 800 IS with Canon housing and no strobe.
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 9, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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seadragon by Mark Foster
seadragon
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date posted posted: Monday, September 10, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Cosy anemonefish guarding their eggs by Louwrens De Lange
Cosy anemonefish guarding their eggs
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 7, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Octopus with red boots from Tanker Jetty, Esperance, WA. by Brian Mayes
Octopus with red boots from Tanker Jetty, Esperance, WA.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Orange Starfish from Esperance, Western Australia, and NO... by Brian Mayes
Orange Starfish from Esperance, Western Australia, and NO it is not a gardening glove!
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 23, 2006
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Devilfish or Western Blue Devil. Photo taken in Esperance... by Brian Mayes
Devilfish or Western Blue Devil. Photo taken in Esperance, Western Australia (sea = Great Australian Bight)using Coolpix 990, Ikelite housing and Pro II video lite. Maybe not the best fish portrait, but I just love the colours
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 1, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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The other variety of Sea-Dragon, the Weedy Sea-Dragon. No... by Brian Mayes
The other variety of Sea-Dragon, the Weedy Sea-Dragon. Not as attractive as the Leafy, but equally mesmerising to my wife Jill and special dive buddy. Taken shore diving at Lucky Bay, Australia with Nikon Coolpix 990 & Video Lite
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date posted posted: Monday, May 29, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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