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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
CREVETTE DE DURBAN - Rhynchocinetes durbanensis Réunion... by Didier Pasquini
CREVETTE DE DURBAN - Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
Réunion 2024
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date posted posted: Friday, November 1, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Blenny fish_Andamans_April 2024 (CanonEF100,1/250,f8,iso... by Antonio Venturelli
Blenny fish_Andamans_April 2024
(CanonEF100,1/250,f8,iso100),
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date posted posted: Monday, October 28, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Cuttlefish love parade by Patricia Rabenja
Cuttlefish love parade
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 27, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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CREVETTE DE DURBAN - Rhynchocinetes durbanensis by Didier Pasquini
CREVETTE DE DURBAN - Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
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date posted posted: Monday, October 21, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Lion fish portrait by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Lion fish portrait
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Ceramic bleny portrait by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Ceramic bleny portrait
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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An underwater jewel by Didier Pasquini
An underwater jewel
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 3, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Micro life on the Andamans sea_Blenny fish_April 2024 (C... by Antonio Venturelli
Micro life on the Andamans sea_Blenny fish_April 2024
(CanonEF100, 1/250,f9,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Bavosa cervina ( Parablennius incognitus)_Oct 2023 (Cano... by Antonio Venturelli
Bavosa cervina ( Parablennius incognitus)_Oct 2023
(CanonEF100,1/200,f9,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Lamprohaminoea ovalis (orginal name Haminoea cyanomargina... by Antonio Venturelli
Lamprohaminoea ovalis (orginal name Haminoea cyanomarginata) .It is a opisthobranch gastropod mollusc, that is, an alien from the Mediterranean coming from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal_Photo taken in Oct 2023
(CanonEF100,1/200,f10,iso100)
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Blenny fish_April 2024 ( CanonEF100,1/250,f8,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Blenny fish_April 2024
( CanonEF100,1/250,f8,iso100)
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date posted posted: Friday, September 13, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Mellow yellow. by Arun Madisetti
Mellow yellow.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 12, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Gobi portrait_Andamans_April 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f11,... by Antonio Venturelli
Gobi portrait_Andamans_April 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, September 9, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Bavosa Cervina( Parablennius incognitus)_Oct 2023 (Canon... by Antonio Venturelli
Bavosa Cervina( Parablennius incognitus)_Oct 2023
(Canon EF100,1/200,f8,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 8, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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We often don't see them, but a thousand eyes watch us whi... by Antonio Venturelli
We often don't see them, but a thousand eyes watch us while we swim or dive with our sophisticated equipment that makes lots of bubbles. Like this friendly hermit crab which I found on a rock a few meters deep.
(Canon EF100, 1/200, f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 7, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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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_October 2023
(CanonEF60,1/200,f10,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 1, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Trypterigion delaisi_august 2024 ( CanonEF100, 1/200,f16... by Antonio Venturelli
Trypterigion delaisi_august 2024
( CanonEF100, 1/200,f16,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 31, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Camouflage by Julian Hsu
Camouflage
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date posted posted: Friday, August 23, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Ocellated Frogfish being invisible by Arun Madisetti
Ocellated Frogfish being invisible
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Ocellated Frogfish being invisible by Arun Madisetti
Ocellated Frogfish being invisible
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Bispira Brunnea (Social Feather dusters) flowing with the... by William Goers Jr
Bispira Brunnea (Social Feather dusters) flowing with the current
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date posted posted: Monday, August 12, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Watchful eye that of the Mediterranean Hermit Crab, alway... by Antonio Venturelli
Watchful eye that of the Mediterranean Hermit Crab, always careful to protect abdomen, which is not covered by a rigid cuticle, inside the shells of gastropod molluscs that it finds abandoned_August 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 10, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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black and white shot of a Grey moray, Eilat, Israel by Michael Loulou
black and white shot of a Grey moray, Eilat, Israel
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 4, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Beautiful frogfish opening mouth at the Satil Wreck, Eila... by Michael Loulou
Beautiful frogfish opening mouth at the Satil Wreck, Eilat, Isrel
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 4, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Two seahorses facing each other by Michael Loulou
Two seahorses facing each other
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 4, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Drowning in a sea of anemone by William Goers Jr
Drowning in a sea of anemone
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 18, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Clownfish in a tight anemone coat by William Goers Jr
Clownfish in a tight anemone coat
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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