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For the remoras this big manta was a nice place to take a ride to somewhere else.
By Esteban Toré
posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009
89 votes


By Tobias Friedrich
posted Wednesday, December 14, 2011
79 votes

Napoleon Fish and scubagirl
By Alberto D'este
posted Friday, April 18, 2008
75 votes

Orange cup coral. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50mm MACRO
By Alexander Nikolaev
posted Monday, October 06, 2008
70 votes


By Aleksandr Marinicev
posted Monday, February 15, 2010
61 votes

All aboard the Manta Train!! Olympus SP350, Inon fisheye lens, natural light. Baa Atoll, Maldives.
By Christian Loader
posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008
60 votes

juvanile Clarks Anenomefish Nikon D200 60mm Dega Thila Ari Atoll
By Nigel Wade
posted Sunday, August 03, 2008
59 votes

A fish (Forcipiger flavissimus) is helping me to keep my wife in the center of my heart.
By Raoul Caprez
posted Monday, August 25, 2008
56 votes

Magnificent Mantas
By Christine Hamilton
posted Saturday, January 21, 2012
56 votes

Mobula's
By Pieter Roos
posted Wednesday, August 11, 2010
56 votes
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Lion fish converted to black & white in Lightroom by Elaine White
Lion fish converted to black & white in Lightroom
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Small Moral Eel on the move in a rock by Marteyne Van Well
Small Moral Eel on the move in a rock
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Colorful Maldives. by Stéphane Primatesta
Colorful Maldives.
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Anemone's cocktail by Fabio Strazzi
Anemone's cocktail
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Table coral. by Stéphane Primatesta
Table coral.
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Gorgonian by Stéphane Primatesta
Gorgonian
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Aquarium II by Stéphane Primatesta
Aquarium II
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calloplesiops altivelis by Oscar Miralpeix
calloplesiops altivelis
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Back to the boat. by Stéphane Primatesta
Back to the boat.
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Oriental sweetlips. by Stéphane Primatesta
Oriental sweetlips.
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Aquarium I. by Stéphane Primatesta
Aquarium I.
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Turtle close up taken at Hithadhoo West, dive site of Oce... by Marteyne Van Well
Turtle close up taken at Hithadhoo West, dive site of Ocean Dimensions at Six Senses Laamu. Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon 16-35mm lens, Sea & Sea 250 Pro strobes and settings ISO 160, f/9.0, 1/200
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Whale Shark approaching! This was my first photosession ... by Damon Rickett
Whale Shark approaching! This was my first photosession with a Whale Shark. I was only give a chance for two photos as I was using a film camera and the beast swam by quickly.
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little puffer by Oscar Miralpeix
little puffer
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Harlequin shrimp by Stéphane Primatesta
Harlequin shrimp
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Move by Dmitry Vinogradov
Move
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Phyllidia varicosa. by Stéphane Primatesta
Phyllidia varicosa.
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Sunset in Maldives by Oscar Miralpeix
Sunset in Maldives
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The safe place by Raffaele Livornese
The safe place
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air Flying towards the sun by Oscar Miralpeix
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Flying towards the sun
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Maldives by Oscar Miralpeix
Maldives
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Amphiprion frenatus by Mariano Mañas
Amphiprion frenatus
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Jeans by Dmitry Vinogradov
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At first glance a snapshot but then... it's also a well thought out and dramatic fashion shoot Not easy to balance above and below with flash (above?) in low light
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 30, 2013
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Ver plat... by André Bruchez
Ver plat...
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Murray the Moray. Canon 600D / Tokina 10-17 / single In... by Hamid Rad
Murray the Moray.
Canon 600D / Tokina 10-17 / single Inon z240 /Nauticam housing
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2013
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Morning dive on Kuda Giri wreck, south Male atoll / Natur... by Hamid Rad
Morning dive on Kuda Giri wreck, south Male atoll / Natural light.
Canon 600D & Tokina 10/17 in Nauticam housing
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look by Anthony Smith
look
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