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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
By Stefanos Michael
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Elysia beauty_October 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
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Salt Pier Late Afternoon
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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
This was taken at Directors Bay. Excellent Visability and... by Hunter Aydelott
This was taken at Directors Bay. Excellent Visability and huge reefs.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Venezuela
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Parablennius gattorugine COUPLE by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius gattorugine
COUPLE
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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"Three in a row", Shanny (Lipophrys pholis), Zeeland, The... by Filip Staes
"Three in a row", Shanny (Lipophrys pholis), Zeeland, The Netherlands.
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54 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Protula tubularia with Cratena peregrina by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Protula tubularia with Cratena peregrina
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 25, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Title:Face to face shot@Kashiwajima Japan by Jinggong Zhang
Title:Face to face
shot@Kashiwajima Japan
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 25, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Manthis shrimp with eggs by Raffaele Livornese
Manthis shrimp with eggs
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Octopus vulgaris E.T.(The Extra-Terrestrial 1982) film s... by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Octopus vulgaris
E.T.(The Extra-Terrestrial 1982) film star was seen an underwater my dive site.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Terminator by Henley Spiers
Terminator
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Pygmy squid bringing home the bacon. by Leslie Howell
Pygmy squid bringing home the bacon.
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Incredible macro shot capturing just the right moment
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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~ Pregnant ~ by Geo Cloete
~ Pregnant ~
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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Bumpy and Thorny by John Roach
Bumpy and Thorny
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Not too close please. Moray eel by Victor Micallef
Not too close please. Moray eel
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Charisma. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Charisma.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Wobbegong eye close up by Mark Gray
Wobbegong eye close up
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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These months a lot of young sepia'a in the dutch waters. ... by Eduard Bello
These months a lot of young sepia'a in the dutch waters. Love the way they move love those beautiful eyes.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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snooted Harlequin shrimp on blue seastar by Raffaele Livornese
snooted Harlequin shrimp on blue seastar
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Roughhead Blenny in his home covered in fire coral by Patricia Sinclair
Roughhead Blenny in his home covered in fire coral
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Scorpaena notata So curious by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Scorpaena notata
So curious
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Tiger shrimp Lembeh strait 2017 Nikon D800E , 105 macro... by Marchione Giacomo
Tiger shrimp
Lembeh strait 2017
Nikon D800E , 105 macro, 1strobo Inon Z240 +snoot Retra.
ISO100, F22,1/200
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"The Cleaner" - A graysby sits patiently as it's cleaned ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"The Cleaner" - A graysby sits patiently as it's cleaned by a sharknose goby.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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tripterygion by Daniel Strub
tripterygion
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Parablennius tentacularis by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius tentacularis
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Welcome to my Nightmare.... Red Snapping shrimp Alpheus... by John Roach
Welcome to my Nightmare....
Red Snapping shrimp
Alpheus armatus
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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This shot was taken with a Canon D400 with a 100mm Macro ... by Anna Ewa Manzel
This shot was taken with a Canon D400 with a 100mm Macro in a Hogyfot housing with one Inon strobe
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse trying to hide. But we found you! by Joe Graham
Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse trying to hide. But we found you!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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My home! Clownfish in its natural habitat. by Kate Jonker
My home!
Clownfish in its natural habitat.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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C A L L I N G Rhinopias Paddle-Flap (Eschmeyer's scorpio... by Irwin Ang
C A L L I N G
Rhinopias Paddle-Flap (Eschmeyer's scorpionfish)
Gili Meno (Lombok), Indonesia.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 13, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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