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Gone Fishing. A lucky fisher caught three fishes. (via All Best Wallpapers)

Underwater Fishes. Beautiful yellow-black striped fishes underwater. (via Zastavki)

The World of Jellyfishes. Awesomely colored jellyfishes in the underwater universe.

Turtle Under the Sea. A clear shot of a turtle swimming beneath the sea and above the corals.

Turtle and Fishes. Marine life is like a giant city where there's not a moment you won't be amazed by the complex interdependence of different sea creatures in the vast sea.

Golden Clown Fishes. A pair of bright orange clownfishes hiding in their anemone home.

Mosaic Jellyfish. The mosaic jellyfish drifting and floating with two tiny fishes in the waters of Coral Sea in Australia.

White-Spotted Sea Squirts. Close-up shots of a colony of white-spotted sea squirts in Indonesian waters.

Tarpon and Silversides. Thousands of silversides circling around a giant Tarpon at Eden Rock, Grand Cayman.

Star Coral. Star corals from the Little Cayman Island.

Anemonefish. An anemonefish, better known as the clownfish, hovering over its purple host near Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Stripes. A black-white striped clown fish with yellow head and tail swimming across a variety of corals. (via Best-Wallpapers)

Pink Jellyfish. Pink and blue transparent jellyfish drifting underwater, resembling that of a beautiful flower floating along with the wind.

Starfish. A red patterned starfish lying atop the seabed in Papua New Guinea. (via Ezzal)

Porcelain Crab. Porcelain Crab from the Maldive Islands.

The 'Finding Nemo' Clown Fish. This is probably the most famous type of clown fish among the twenty-seven species of clown fishes, as popularized by the Pixar film, 'Finding Nemo'. (via Youwall)

Golden-Orange Star Fish. The golden-orange star fish complements the sand-coloured coral in the background perfectly. (via WallPaperStop)

Metallic Fishes. A couple of silver metallic and scaly fishes making their way through the water.

Brightly-Colored Starfish. A great contrast between the brightly colored starfish above the plain green coral background. (via Screen Wallpaper)

School of Fishes. Silver bodies of hundreds of fishes reflecting sunlight in the clear blue sea.

Stripes of Gold. A nicely taken, sharp and clear-shot of a Copper-band Butterflyfish in an aquarium. (via InterfaceLIF)

Zillions of 'Bigeye' Fishes. Countless Priacanthus blochiis in the Seychelles, near the paradise island of Praslin. (via Rud-gr)

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Just hanging out: The nature photographer's daughter whose best friends are elephants, chimps and giraffes

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 12:22 AM on 15th March 2011

She's swung on an elephant's trunk, cuddled a chimpanzee and had a nap with kangaroos, but this is no real-life Jungle Girl, as Amelia Forman has met some of the world's most exotic animals just by tagging along with her mother in the U.S.

Her adventures began at the age of three when her photographer mother Robin took her along with her as she went to work at private homes and game parks as far afield as New York and Texas.

Now aged 11, Amelia's mother has produced a series of touching images showing the remarkable bonds the child has been able to form while on the photo shoots.

Give me a lift: Shibu's trunk lifts Amelia off the ground as she poses for this photograph four years ago

Go on, gives us a cuddle: Amelia bonds with chimp Ricky during a visit to an animal park

'I love animals and work with them quite extensively,' said Robin Schwartz, who lives in New Jersey.

'I had produced a series called "Primate Portraits" and through that I had built up a network of contacts in the animal community in New York state and subsequently through other parts of America.

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'As part of my work with chimpanzees, lemurs, gibbons and smaller monkeys inside a circus family in 2002 my daughter was sometimes there and she was photographed.

'The first time was when she was three years old and she met a young chimp named Ricky.

'Their rapport was instant and they were great together. They just sat there kissing and became firm friends instantly.'

However, in 2004, a double family tragedy for Robin prompted her to embark on what was to eventually become her project and printed as one of a five book series called 'Amelia's World', published by The Aperture Foundation.

In this image taken four years ago, Amelia gently strokes the head of a camel

The youngster takes being with Louie, an emu nearly as tall as her, in her stride

'My mother and mother-in-law died quite close to each other and it knocked me for six,' said Robin.

'After that though, I realised that it was so important to spend time with my daughter.

'So we came to the understanding that if she was to come with me on my photographic work our deal would be that the only times I would take pictures of her would be when she was with animals.

'She loves them, she is so natural with them.

'She is a shy girl, but can have more confidence with a giraffe, or a chimpanzee than a fully grown man or woman could have with another person.

'We spend time most summers attending fairs and meeting contacts in the animal community, where Amelia can come close to elephants like Shiba, who simply picked her up with her trunk.

'That was a magical moment for me and Amelia. It really was like Amelia was talking to Shiba, just like you would with a person. It was beautiful.'

Robin says she is aware of photographing Amelia around wild - albeit highly trained - animals.

'I don't want to put my daughter in harm's way,' said Robin.

'But things can happen any time with anyone. The animals are partly pets, I talk to the owners.

'It is a risk, just like walking to school.

Cosy chat: Giraffes Geoffrey and Twig move in for a tete-a-tete with Amelia in this picture taken last year

Time for a nap: The youngster has a nap as she gets up close to these kangaroos

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Marble stare-case: Teen schoolboy creates breathtaking images... by photographing using a clear marble

By Oliver Pickup

Last updated at 3:41 PM on 14th March 2011

A teenager has come up with an extraordinary way of taking interesting photographs - but he has not lost his marbles, indeed he is instead using a clear marble as his point of focus, and the bizarre technique has led to some breath-taking images.

Caleb Tenenbaum, a 16-year-old from New Jersey, only took up photography last August after seeing a photographic exhibition in which the snapper had used a crystal ball to create a similar effect.

The teen has entitled a collection of his photographs 'Life Through a Marble' where he has used a 1cm marble as a view finder on the landscape around where he lives.

Novel idea: The 16-year-old used a 1cm marble to create these breath-taking images

Tenenbaum dreamt up the idea after seeing other snappers produce similar collections, but with much larger crystal balls.

He said: 'I saw a few pictures taken of flowers in water drops or scenes in giant crystal balls and I thought I could take the idea of refractions and reflections, innovate it, and make it my own.

'I realised I had discovered something pretty special when I took the first picture. Before even processing it I realised it all worked perfectly.

'The focus was superb, the composition was right on, and it was eye-catching.'

Breath-taking: Caleb Tenenbaum holds the marble between two fingers and the view is focused in the little clear marble

Ice cool: This image shows the marble nestled into some frozen ground, creating an eerie photograph

Tenenbaum is still at school and does not possess any training in photography, but he is determined to turn his hobby into full-time work once he has finished his schooling.

So far he has created around 30 of these images - but hopes to make hundreds more.

He added: 'The idea is quite simple - but to master it takes a lot of work. I am constantly thinking of new ideas and new compositions.

'In my most recent shot I rested the marble on my friends mouth while his head was completely tilted back. I took a picture capturing the marble, everything in it, and even my friend's chin too.

'Like anything, it takes practice and the feedback I get from my friends, family, and online helps my confidence and encourages me to work harder and produce the best photos that I can.'

Upside down: The teenager only took up photography last August having been inspired by artiste who had used crystal balls

Life Through a Marble

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