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A favorite in amongst macro lovers. This sheep Nuru was shot recently in Anilao, Tulamben. Shot with a Nikon Z6ii camera, A Marelux strobe, snoot, and a green colored Orcatorch light.
By Tai Olayori
posted (6 days ago)
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A pair of mushroom coral pipefish
By Tai Olayori
posted (6 days ago)
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Doto ussi
By Tai Olayori
posted (6 days ago)
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La frogfish
By Tai Olayori
posted (5 days ago)
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Hypselodoris infucata nudibranch_March 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
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Planaria rosa ( Prostheceraeus giesbrechtii) -June 2025 (Canon RF100,1/200,f14,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted 03:20 CST Today (12 hours ago)
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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
Wrasse - Pteragogus trispilus by Stefanos Michael
Wrasse - Pteragogus trispilus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Broadclub cuttlefish - Sepia latimanus by Hansruedi Wuersten
Broadclub cuttlefish - Sepia latimanus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Antennarius pardalis (leopard frogfish). (f/8, 1/80, ISO-... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Antennarius pardalis (leopard frogfish). (f/8, 1/80, ISO-200, 40mm). - Els
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date posted posted: Monday, November 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Cape Verde
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Yellow spotted Puffer - Torquigener flavimaculosus by Stefanos Michael
Yellow spotted Puffer - Torquigener flavimaculosus
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date posted posted: Monday, November 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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NEMBROTHA DE KUBARY - Nembrotha kubaryana Mauritius 2023 by Didier Pasquini
NEMBROTHA DE KUBARY - Nembrotha kubaryana
Mauritius 2023
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date posted posted: Monday, November 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Lamprohaminoea ovalis, a very small mollusc ( not a nudib... by Antonio Venturelli
Lamprohaminoea ovalis, a very small mollusc ( not a nudibranch) with beautiful colors, which entered the Mediterranean from the Red Sea and is rapidly expanding_Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, November 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Bavosa cervina_Sicily Oct 2023 (Canon100,1/200,f9,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Bavosa cervina_Sicily Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f9,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 5, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Spiny Starfish - Marthasterias glacialis by Stefanos Michael
Spiny Starfish - Marthasterias glacialis
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 5, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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NEMBROTHA DE KUBARY - Nembrotha kubaryana Mauritius 2023 by Didier Pasquini
NEMBROTHA DE KUBARY - Nembrotha kubaryana
Mauritius 2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 4, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Antennarius pardalis (leopard frogfish). (f/8, 1/50, ISO-... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Antennarius pardalis (leopard frogfish). (f/8, 1/50, ISO-200, 26mm). - Els
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 2, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Cape Verde
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Yawning Antennarius pictus by Luis Arpa
Yawning Antennarius pictus
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 1, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Night photo of a small fish by Abdullah Farhan
Night photo of a small fish
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date posted posted: Monday, October 30, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Saudi Arabia
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Synodus variegatus (variegated lizardfish). (f/25, 1/100,... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Synodus variegatus (variegated lizardfish). (f/25, 1/100, ISO-100, 50mm). - Erik
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 30, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Periclimenes Colemani on on the fire urchin by Marchione Giacomo
Periclimenes Colemani on on the fire urchin
shortlistedShortlisted!
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date posted posted: Monday, October 30, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Trypterigion tripteronotum is named peperoncino in Italy ... by Antonio Venturelli
Trypterigion tripteronotum is named peperoncino in Italy because its red color during reproductive period, with a black head . Normally the color is brown-green with lighter vertical bands like this photo _Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 29, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Synanceia verrucosa (juvenile stonefish). (f/5.6, 1/15, I... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Synanceia verrucosa (juvenile stonefish). (f/5.6, 1/15, ISO-100, 50mm, SOFTPro). - Erik
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 28, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Baby Lion "White Knight" by Özen Gözler
Baby Lion "White Knight"
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date posted posted: Friday, October 27, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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very tiny mantis shrimp in St Eustatia by John Loving
very tiny mantis shrimp in St Eustatia
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date posted posted: Friday, October 27, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Tetrosomus gibbosus (thornback trunkfish). (f/5.6, 1/250,... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Tetrosomus gibbosus (thornback trunkfish). (f/5.6, 1/250, ISO-200, 42mm). - Els
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 27, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Wide-eyed Flounder - Bothus podas by Stefanos Michael
Wide-eyed Flounder - Bothus podas
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 26, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus (flathead scorpionfish). (f/5.6... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus (flathead scorpionfish). (f/5.6, 1/15, ISO-100, 39mm, SOFTPro). - Erik
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 26, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sepia prashadi (hooded cuttlefish). (f/8, 1/50, ISO-200, ... by E&e Lp
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Sepia prashadi (hooded cuttlefish). (f/8, 1/50, ISO-200, 26mm). - Els
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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This "sea-flower" is a cerianthus, same family of jellyfish by Cristina Rainis
This "sea-flower" is a cerianthus, same family of jellyfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Parablennius zvonimiri( Bavosa cervina)_2023 ( Canon100,... by Antonio Venturelli
Parablennius zvonimiri( Bavosa cervina)_2023
( Canon100, 1/200, f8,iso100)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Kiss me by Arun Madisetti
Kiss me
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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BALISTE CLOWN - Balistoides conspicillum REUNION 2021 by Didier Pasquini
BALISTE CLOWN - Balistoides conspicillum
REUNION 2021
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 19, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Epibulus insidiator (sling-jaw wrasse) being cleaned. (f/... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Epibulus insidiator (sling-jaw wrasse) being cleaned. (f/8, 1/50, ISO-100, 16mm). - Erik
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 19, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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