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Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) standing by and defending its spawn layed on the wreck of the Leven, in Baleal, Portugal. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Sunday, May 25, 2008
33 votes

A pair of Flabellina babai crawling over their hidroid prey. Shot in Sesimbra using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma DG EX 50mm macro, Ikelite 100a strobe.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008
27 votes

Anemone (Actinothoe sphyrodeta), taken in Baleal with a Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Ikelite Ai strobe, Fuji Velvia film
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Thursday, February 26, 2004
27 votes

My wife Teresa at the Carnatic wreck. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm, Ikelite 100a and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008
26 votes

Full frontal nudi. A large Felimare fontandraui posing in Sesimbra only 5m deep. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Friday, November 04, 2011
26 votes

Indian Ocean Crocodile Fish (Papilloculiceps longiceps) shot on a night dive using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Monday, June 23, 2008
23 votes

A very cooperating topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) posing.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, November 10, 2010
23 votes

AA gun at the stern of the Thistlegorm. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008
22 votes

Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) portrait.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008
21 votes

Inside a barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) shoal. Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55 lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe with diffuser.
By Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008
21 votes
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Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) shot in Baleal, Portugal, ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) shot in Baleal, Portugal, just as I was finnishing my dive at 3m depth. Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV strobe on manual.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 20, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Sponge (Cliona celata) shot in Peniche, Portugal, using a... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Sponge (Cliona celata) shot in Peniche, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 300D camera in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens @18mm, Ikelite 100a strobe on manual.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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A dorid nudibranch (Hypselodoris villafranca) crawling ov... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A dorid nudibranch (Hypselodoris villafranca) crawling over a calcareous algae. Shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Ikelite MV strobe.
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 15, 2007
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) with a parasitic iso... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) with a parasitic isopod.
Shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Canon EF-S 18-55mm, Ikelite 100a strobe.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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A yellow sponge (Cliona celata) shot in Peniche, Portugal... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A yellow sponge (Cliona celata) shot in Peniche, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Ikelite MV strobe.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Moray eel (Muraena augusti) shot in Biscoitos, Terceira i... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Moray eel (Muraena augusti) shot in Biscoitos, Terceira island, Azores, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Ikelite MV strobe.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 06, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Christmas tree worms shot at aprox. 5m deep in Baleal, Po... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Christmas tree worms shot at aprox. 5m deep in Baleal, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite Ai and MV strobes.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 19, 2007
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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An aeolid nudibranch, Flabellina babai, shot in Baleal, P... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
An aeolid nudibranch, Flabellina babai, shot in Baleal, Portugal, at aprox. 6m deep. Shot using Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro lens, Ikelite MV and 100a strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 16, 2007
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A juvenile Trachurus sp. swimming in the tentacles of a R... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A juvenile Trachurus sp. swimming in the tentacles of a Rhizostoma sp. jelly. Shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Ikelite MV strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Pelagia noctiluca. Shot in Baleal using Canon 20D, Sigma ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Pelagia noctiluca. Shot in Baleal using Canon 20D, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite 50 strobe, Ikelite housing.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 21, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish shot in Baleal, Portugal, usi... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite 100a strobe on manual.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish, shot in Baleal using a Canon... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish, shot in Baleal using a Canon EOS 20D in Ikelite housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Ikelite 50 strobe on manual.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 13, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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A Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish shot in Baleal, Portugal, u... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish shot in Baleal, Portugal, using Canon EOS 20D in Ikelite housing and Ikelite 50 strobe on manual.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Christmas tree worm (Spirographis sp.). This is as close ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Christmas tree worm (Spirographis sp.). This is as close as I got to one of these without seeing it disappear just before I trigger the shutter. Shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, 35mm lens, Provia 100F, Ikelite Ai strob
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date posted posted: Monday, November 14, 2005
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Christmas tree worm (Spirographis spallanzanii), shot in ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Christmas tree worm (Spirographis spallanzanii), shot in Porto Pim, Faial island, Azores, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 35mm UW-Nikkor lens, 1:3 extension tube, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 19, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Shoal of Sarpa salpa, shot in Santa Maria, Azores, using ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Shoal of Sarpa salpa, shot in Santa Maria, Azores, using Nikonos V, 35mm UW-Nikkor lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe, Fuji Sensia.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2004
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
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Nudibranchs (Hypselodoris villafranca) preparing to mate.... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Nudibranchs (Hypselodoris villafranca) preparing to mate. Shot in Baleal, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Nikkor 35mm lens, Nikonos SB-105, Fuji Provia 400F.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 08, 2004
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Nudibranch (Hypselodoris villafranca), shot in Baleal, Po... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Nudibranch (Hypselodoris villafranca), shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Nikkor 35mm lens, Nikonos SB-105 strobe, Ektachrom 100 film.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 06, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Blenny (Parablennius sp.) shot in Baleal, Portugal, using... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Blenny (Parablennius sp.) shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Nikonos V, 1:3 extension tube, 35mm UW-Nikkor lens, Ikelite Ai and Ikelite 100a strobes, Fuji Provia 100F
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 27, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Nudibranch (Doriopsilla areolata) shot in Baleal, Portuga... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Nudibranch (Doriopsilla areolata) shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Nikonos V, 1:3 extension tube, Ikelite 100a and Ikelite Ai strobes, Fuji Sensia.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 26, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Nudibranch (Hypselodoris cantabrica), shot in Baleal, Por... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Nudibranch (Hypselodoris cantabrica), shot in Baleal, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Ikelite 100a and Ikelite Ai strobes.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Chiton (Lepidochitona cinerea), shot in Baleal, Portugal,... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Chiton (Lepidochitona cinerea), shot in Baleal, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Nikor 35mm lens, Ikelite 100a (TTL) and Ikelite Ai (slave "TTL") strobes, Fuji Velvia
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 17, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Chiton (Lepidochitona cinerea), shot in Baleal, Portugal,... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Chiton (Lepidochitona cinerea), shot in Baleal, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Ikelite 100a (TTL) and Ikelite Ai (slave "TTL") strobes, Fuji Velvia.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Anemones (Actinothoe sphyrodeta), taken in Baleal, Portug... by Joao Pedrto Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Anemones (Actinothoe sphyrodeta), taken in Baleal, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, single Ikelite 100a strobe placed underneath (and close to) the scene, Fuji Velvia film.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Sea snail with hydroids, shot in Baleal, Portugal, using ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Sea snail with hydroids, shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Ikelite Ai (TTL) and Ikelite 100a (slave "TTL") strobes)
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date posted posted: Monday, March 29, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Nudibranch (Polycera quadrilineata), shot in Baleal, Port... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Nudibranch (Polycera quadrilineata), shot in Baleal, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Nikkor 35mm lens, Ikelite Ai (TTL) and Ikelite 100a (slave "TTL") strobes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 25, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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Blenny peeking from its hole. Taken in Baleal, Portugal, ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Blenny peeking from its hole. Taken in Baleal, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 1:1 extension tube, Ikelite Ai and Nikonos SB-105 strobes, Fuji Velvia 50 ASA film.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2004
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
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