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Red sausage jelly by Shuo-Wei Chang
Red sausage jelly
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2022
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Universe in a shell by Jody Parker
Universe in a shell
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date posted posted: Monday, June 13, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Grabbed this shot while dropping a GoPro 7 on a fishing l... by Mitchell Moore
Grabbed this shot while dropping a GoPro 7 on a fishing line over a saltwater fishing spot 10 miles out of Gulf Shores. The fish in the foreground is a triggerfish while the one in the background is a red snapper.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 12, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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Big Island Hawaii, Butterfly Fish by Alison Ranheim
Big Island Hawaii, Butterfly Fish
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Black dorid climbing over a black-tipped spiny dorid in M... by Ned Gleason
Black dorid climbing over a black-tipped spiny dorid in Monterey bay California
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 4, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: United States
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Spotlight on stripped nudibranch by Shuo-Wei Chang
Spotlight on stripped nudibranch
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 4, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Diaulula odonoghuei found in Puget Sound by Shuo-Wei Chang
Diaulula odonoghuei found in Puget Sound
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Took this while visiting a new dive site! The site is kno... by Shuo-Wei Chang
Took this while visiting a new dive site! The site is known for its unique wall structure, my buddy spotted this one for me as it was on the ledge of the wall that I can easily get a head shot while removing background to really pop the subject!
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 10, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Dirona albolineata - I shot this very carefully by waitin... by Shuo-Wei Chang
Dirona albolineata - I shot this very carefully by waiting for the moment and positioning myself in order to capture the beauty of their cerata! Using sea weed as background also helped to pop the subject
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Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Threes Company by Johnny Matthews
Threes Company
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2022

Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific United States
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This shot was taken using big aperture for nice bokeh eff... by Shuo-Wei Chang
This shot was taken using big aperture for nice bokeh effect. This sea lemon was crawling on bunch of barnacles, it was relatively shallow compare to the rest of the dive, so there was good amount of natural light for the background color!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Tractor Beam engaged! Long Arm Octopus keeping an eye on ... by Lawrence Watkins
Tractor Beam engaged! Long Arm Octopus keeping an eye on its surroundings.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 24, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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While on a freedive over a popular reef in Hawaii, a few ... by Matt Neustadter
While on a freedive over a popular reef in Hawaii, a few Galapagos sharks came to investigate. This one passed right below, which allowed me to get this top down profile shot.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 22, 2022
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific United States
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You never know what will be hiding in a Barrel Sponge! by Lawrence Watkins
You never know what will be hiding in a Barrel Sponge!
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 13, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Octopus in a bottle with a fire worm friend. by Lawrence Watkins
Octopus in a bottle with a fire worm friend.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 12, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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I am Bruce from Santa Monica. I photograph surfers in Cal... by Bruce Olinder
I am Bruce from Santa Monica. I photograph surfers in California and creatures in the Caribbean.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 23, 2021
date posted category: Fashion
date posted location: Pacific United States
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This photo of a model in a prom dress was made using a Ni... by Terry Chapman
This photo of a model in a prom dress was made using a Nikon D850 and an Ikelite enclosure.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 22, 2021
date posted category: Fashion
date posted location: United States
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We are made of layers, cells, constellations. - Anaïs N... by Kelly Hsiao
We are made of layers, cells, constellations.
- Anaïs Nin
Wonderland #2
Photographed in Maui, Hawaii
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 22, 2021
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Sugar Plum Fairy by Kelly Hsiao
Sugar Plum Fairy
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 20, 2021
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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"Life is a movement outward, an unfolding.” - Elbert Hu... by Kelly Hsiao
"Life is a movement outward, an unfolding.”
- Elbert Hubbard
"In Bloom #3," Photographed in Maui, HI.
Dancer: @Her.Stillness.Dances
Nikon D2x, Tokina 10-17mm, Subal housing
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 18, 2021
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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"Dream of Atlantis" Nikon D2X, Tokina 10-17mm, Subal h... by Kelly Hsiao
"Dream of Atlantis"
Nikon D2X, Tokina 10-17mm, Subal housing
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date posted posted: Friday, December 17, 2021
date posted category: Fashion
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Bull shark glides through the shadows. by John Borys
Bull shark glides through the shadows.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 17, 2021
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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I am rooted, but I flow. -Virgina Woolf "Alohi, "Photogr... by Kelly Hsiao
I am rooted, but I flow. -Virgina Woolf
"Alohi, "Photographed in Maui, HI
Nikon D2X, Tokina 10-17mm, Subal housing
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4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 16, 2021
date posted category: Fashion
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Lemon shark feeding by John Borys
Lemon shark feeding
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 16, 2021
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: United States
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Anacapa, Channel Islands, California. Giant Kelp and a su... by Lauren Mackenzie
Anacapa, Channel Islands, California. Giant Kelp and a sunny day made for beautiful conditions.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 16, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: United States
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"Emergence" We were photographing outside this cave whe... by Kelly Hsiao
"Emergence"
We were photographing outside this cave when this Hawaiian green sea turtle came flying out.
Diver: Dani Rhem
Photographed in Maui, HI 12/2/2021 Nikon D850, Nikkor 20mm
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 13, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Pacific United States
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green xmas by Rune Rasmussen
green xmas
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date posted posted: Monday, December 6, 2021
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: United States
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