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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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Hypselodoris picta shot 12m deep in Algarve using a Canon... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Hypselodoris picta shot 12m deep in Algarve using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, two Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Berghia coerulescens shot aprox. 10m deep using a Canon E... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Berghia coerulescens shot aprox. 10m deep using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and two Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Berghia coerulescens trying to stay unnoticed. Shot using... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Berghia coerulescens trying to stay unnoticed. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, two Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Flabellina affinis feeding, shot with Canon EOS 350D in I... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Flabellina affinis feeding, shot with Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and two Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Flabellina babai shot aprox. 12m deep using a Canon EOS 3... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Flabellina babai shot aprox. 12m deep using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and two Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
votes: 20
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 07, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Flabellina affinis shot aprox. 20m deep in Algarve, Portu... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Flabellina affinis shot aprox. 20m deep in Algarve, Portugal, using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and two Nikonos SB-105 strobes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 06, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Parablennius gattorugine playing hide and seek. Shot with... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Parablennius gattorugine playing hide and seek. Shot with Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
votes: 13
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Leopard-spotted goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus). by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Leopard-spotted goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus).
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date posted posted: Monday, November 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Parazoanthus axinellae coral. by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Parazoanthus axinellae coral.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Barnacles (Pollicipes pollicipes) deep inside a cave near... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Barnacles (Pollicipes pollicipes) deep inside a cave near cape Espichel, Sesimbra. Tough shot to get when you're 3m deep and waves keep pushing you against the cave walls.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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A very cooperating topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) posing. by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A very cooperating topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) posing.
votes: 23
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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An odd couple: Chromodoris purpurea mating with Chromodor... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
An odd couple: Chromodoris purpurea mating with Chromodoris krohni.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 09, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
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Face to face with a female Tripterygion delaisi. Shot ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Face to face with a female Tripterygion delaisi.
Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 06, 2010
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Pair of Polycera faeroensis mating. Shot using Canon E... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Pair of Polycera faeroensis mating.
Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Three Chromodoris purpurea feeding on sponges near colour... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Three Chromodoris purpurea feeding on sponges near colourful jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis).
Shot using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 08, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs. Shot in Sesimbra, P... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Hypselodoris cantabrica laying eggs.
Shot in Sesimbra, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 07, 2010
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date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Polycera faeroensis, shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Polycera faeroensis, shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010
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Flabellina babai, shot 15m deep using a Canon EOS 350D in... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Flabellina babai, shot 15m deep using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 03, 2010
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A pair of very large Chromodoris purpurea, probably just ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A pair of very large Chromodoris purpurea, probably just after mating, feeding and spawning. Shot using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe on manual.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 02, 2010
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A very large Chromodoris purpurea crawling in the middle ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A very large Chromodoris purpurea crawling in the middle of jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis). Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 01, 2010
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date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Polycera faeroensis. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Polycera faeroensis. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Caloria elegans. This species shows some color variation ... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Caloria elegans. This species shows some color variation along its distribution range, having either pale or orange/red cerata. This individual shows a mixed variation with the cerata being pale in the middle but orange near the tip and base.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A species less often seen, Favorinus branchialis, which m... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A species less often seen, Favorinus branchialis, which mainly feeds on eggs from other sea slugs. Shot using a Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Nudibranch (Chromodoris krohni) crawling over a sponge in... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Nudibranch (Chromodoris krohni) crawling over a sponge in Berlengas. Shot with Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Inside a barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) shoal. Shot usin... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
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.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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My wife Teresa at the Carnatic wreck. Shot using Canon E... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
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.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 02, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trinchesia sibogae feeding on hydroids. Canon EOS 300D... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
Trinchesia sibogae feeding on hydroids.
Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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