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Flatworm in
By Rico Besserdich
posted Friday, November 04, 2011
90 votes

Squid. Settings : F16, 1/160 sc. , ISO 100, 1 x Ikelite Ds125 strobe in TTL mode ( center spot measuring ) , 60mm EF-S makro lens on Canon 40D.
By Rico Besserdich
posted Saturday, May 28, 2011
87 votes

While I tried to capture a shot of these juvenile squids near to the diving platform, a curious guest is watching me and wonders what the heck I am doing there ;-) The lights on top are reflections of my strobe lights on water surface.
By Rico Besserdich
posted Wednesday, October 19, 2011
80 votes

Dakota C-47. That was a bit
By Rico Besserdich
posted Wednesday, November 09, 2011
77 votes

serranus cambrilla canon 5d + sigma 105mm macro + inon z 240 type 4
By Moutafis Nikos
posted Friday, November 13, 2009
76 votes

giant moray & dentists
By Nikos Moutafis
posted Monday, November 09, 2009
75 votes

Taken in Portofino in November at around 30m, using a Canon A20 with built in flash.
By Darren Baldwin
posted Monday, December 18, 2006
74 votes

...in flames
By Claudia Weber-Gebert
posted Monday, October 08, 2012
73 votes

just for fun ;-)
By Rico Besserdich
posted Monday, October 10, 2011
72 votes

Man at work.....
By Babula Mikulova
posted Tuesday, April 10, 2012
71 votes
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overfishing (?.....) by Mathieu Foulquié
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A clear message....and we can't say it often enough : Save our oceans, save ourselves !!
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2012
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Up to the light by Francesco Pacienza
Up to the light
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Lorrie on the Zenobia Wreck. Larnaca, Cyprus. by Topher Jones
Lorrie on the Zenobia Wreck. Larnaca, Cyprus.
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date posted posted: Friday, September 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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fish by Ernesto Cordella
fish
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date posted posted: Friday, September 14, 2012
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Under surface by Francesco Pacienza
Under surface
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
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"SUNBATHING" by Isabella Maffei
"SUNBATHING"
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 13, 2012
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Face to face with scorpionfish. by Francesco Pacienza
Face to face with scorpionfish.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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marine biologist over a small artificial reef emerging of... by Mathieu Foulquié
marine biologist over a small artificial reef emerging of a murky stratum (Mediterranean, France).
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Face to face with a scorpion fish by Alberto Gallucci
Face to face with a scorpion fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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A very inquisitive young Goldblotch Grouper. by Alan Mizzi
A very inquisitive young Goldblotch Grouper.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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my friends from Demre Blue Cave Dive Point by Sergun Aydan
my friends from Demre
Blue Cave Dive Point
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 09, 2012
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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North Cyprus silhouette - taken August 2011 - Thanks to X... by Dawn Thomas
North Cyprus silhouette - taken August 2011 - Thanks to Xenia for being in this shot. Camera was Panasonic Lumix TZ3.
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Cratena peregrina by Mathieu Foulquié
Cratena peregrina
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 08, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Monkfish (Lophius piscatorius) caught by trawler fishermen by Mathieu Foulquié
Monkfish (Lophius piscatorius) caught by trawler fishermen
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Grouper Fish by Baris Civelek
Grouper Fish
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Two types of nudibranch in one shot - the Spotted Chromod... by Dawn Thomas
Two types of nudibranch in one shot - the Spotted Chromodorid (aka Leopard Sea Slug) and a Flabellina. Canon Sureshot G12, ISO 250, flash, f/3.2
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before the winter... by Anthony Smith
before the winter...
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date posted posted: Friday, September 07, 2012
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"SWEET EYES" by Isabella Maffei
"SWEET EYES"
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date posted posted: Friday, September 07, 2012
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Zenobia Wreck by Topher Jones
Zenobia Wreck
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same shrimp, different angle (Hippolyte varians on Lophog... by Mathieu Foulquié
same shrimp, different angle (Hippolyte varians on Lophogorgia ceratophyta)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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El Motor by Rafa Yago
El Motor
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 04, 2012
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Blue Cave Popular dive spot in Demre/Turkey by Fatih Sökmen
Blue Cave
Popular dive spot in Demre/Turkey
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This was taken in a rock pool at dusk using torchlight to... by Dawn Thomas
This was taken in a rock pool at dusk using torchlight to illuminate the subject as using a flash caused glare on the surface of the pool. This tiny nudibranch is clinging to the undersurface of the pool feeding and measured about .5cm length.
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arcturid isopod (Astacilla mediterranea) living on Lophog... by Mathieu Foulquié
arcturid isopod (Astacilla mediterranea) living on Lophogorgia seafan
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mediterranean sea fan commensal shrimp Hippolyte varians,... by Mathieu Foulquié
mediterranean sea fan commensal shrimp Hippolyte varians, on Lophogorgia ceratophyta
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Squid in Green Bay - this squid was watching me watching ... by Dawn Thomas
Squid in Green Bay - this squid was watching me watching it and was gradually drifting closer and closer for a look before it went away. Photographed using a Panasonic Lumix TZ3 in underwater mode, without flash.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 03, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
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"UW Photographer v/s the Squids" by Rico Besserdich
"UW Photographer v/s the Squids"
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