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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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The beauty of Sodwana by Allen Walker
The beauty of Sodwana
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date posted posted: Friday, June 03, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Tiny Crab and her future kin, look carefully :) by Allen Walker
Tiny Crab and her future kin, look carefully smile
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date posted posted: Monday, May 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A "Reefscape" from Sodwana by Allen Walker
A "Reefscape" from Sodwana
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date posted posted: Friday, May 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Pelicans at sunset. by Dray Van Beeck
Pelicans at sunset.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2011
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Lamar the Spanish dancing Lionfish was taken on a wreck c... by Bernard Groenewald
Lamar the Spanish dancing Lionfish was taken on a wreck called T Barge, a man made wreck. He was captured with a 7 megapixel Olympus camera using a wide angle lens in a Ikelite housing, with two DS 160 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 15, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Good Old Black Tips, never a dull moment by Allen Walker
Good Old Black Tips, never a dull moment
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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the last day of diving for the DUC Shootout... my dive mo... by Bryan Hart
the last day of diving for the DUC Shootout... my dive model Lance Clark had been extremly patient with me following me around from whip coral to whip coral looking for the right one. we drifted off the main reef after 35min and came acrross this whi
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date posted posted: Monday, May 09, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Denny the Blenny was taken on an old wreck called the Haw... by Bernard Groenewald
Denny the Blenny was taken on an old wreck called the Hawthorne off Durban South Africe.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 08, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Sevengill shark at Simon’s Town by Peter De Maagt
Sevengill shark at Simon’s Town
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date posted posted: Friday, May 06, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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bullshark by Afflitti Gianluca
bullshark
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 03, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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lunch by Afflitti Gianluca
lunch
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 03, 2011
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Yikes :) by Allen Walker
Yikes smile
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 30, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Extremely bad viz is not always such a bad thing for a ph... by Allen Walker
Extremely bad viz is not always such a bad thing for a photograph smile
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Reef shark by Maleen Hoekstra
Reef shark
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Hermit crab at Sodwana Bay Souh Africa by Francois De Beer
Hermit crab at Sodwana Bay Souh Africa
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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The Cape Waters are not known for its kindness when it co... by Allen Walker
The Cape Waters are not known for its kindness when it comes to good viz or calm waters, but as they say TUTIA and adapt. 7 Gill Cow Shark photographed on recent trip to Cape Town with Steve from Animal Ocean
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Bornella anguilla... by Dray Van Beeck
Bornella anguilla...
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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White mouth moray in coral garden... by Dray Van Beeck
White mouth moray in coral garden...
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
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Most probably one of the strangest and freakiest pictures... by Allen Walker
Most probably one of the strangest and freakiest pictures I have ever taken, fishing vessel pulling in a load of anchovies, I decided to jump in and take a photo with 10 -22mm lens on 10 mm and this was the result. Hope you like it, one of a kind.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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A blue shark photographed in 3 to 4m viz in Cape Town's r... by Allen Walker
A blue shark photographed in 3 to 4m viz in Cape Town's really cold waters, but that is another story to tell smile
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 17, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Marbled fantail ray... by Dray Van Beeck
Marbled fantail ray...
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
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South African Sardine-run, from above by Mathieu Foulquié
South African Sardine-run, from above
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
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date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Cape Fur Seals 41km of Cape Point, having a jol by Allen Walker
Cape Fur Seals 41km of Cape Point, having a jol
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Floral Moray on Vetchies Pier - off Durban. This is South... by Bryan Hart
Floral Moray on Vetchies Pier - off Durban. This is South Africa's version of muck diving... taken in ambiant light , free diving in 3m of water at 1pm
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date posted posted: Monday, April 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Grouper being cleaned by Dray Van Beeck
Grouper being cleaned
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date posted posted: Friday, April 08, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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In your face... by Dray Van Beeck
In your face...
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Oceanic blacktip by Dray Van Beeck
Oceanic blacktip
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 02, 2011
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