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Flabellina affinis, August 2025 (SonyA6300, 1/125, f9, iso 125)
By Raphael Steinfeld
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Man erzählte sich, dass der Leuchtturm einst von einem Fischer gebaut wurde, der seine Tochter vor einem Sturm verlor. Aus Trauer, aber auch aus Hoffnung, entzündete er jede Nacht das Licht, damit kein anderes Schiff den Weg verlieren möge. Mit der Z
By Martin Schrack
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Man erzählte sich, dass der Leuchtturm einst von einem Fischer gebaut wurde, der seine Tochter vor einem Sturm verlor. Aus Trauer, aber auch aus Hoffnung, entzündete er jede Nacht das Licht, damit kein anderes Schiff den Weg verlieren möge.
By Martin Schrack
posted Yesterday
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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

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Roar by Jinggong Zhang
Roar
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Take the load from Mary, take the load for free, take the... by John Roach
Take the load from Mary, take the load for free, take the load from Mary and you put the load right on me.......Starry-eyed hermit crab/ Dardanus venosus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 4, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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A Royal Angelfish majestically swims the coral reefs of t... by David Gilchrist
A Royal Angelfish majestically swims the coral reefs of the Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 4, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Fantasy Canon 5D Mark III 100mm f/5 1/200 ISO 1000 Lemb... by Ming Wen
Fantasy
Canon 5D Mark III 100mm f/5 1/200 ISO 1000
Lembeh, Indonesia. APRIL 2017
#A.T.G 2300
#NoodilabSnood
#NoodilabMoby
#sea & sea Canon 5D mark 3 housing
#Canon 100mm maco Lens
#sea & sea ysd1*2
#Nauticam smc
#Retra LSD
感谢#FunDive...
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 3, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Bubble coral shrimp is unique to bubble coral and does no... by Peet J Van Eeden
Bubble coral shrimp is unique to bubble coral and does not occur elsewhere
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date posted posted: Monday, July 3, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Tessellatted Blenny Hypsoblennius invemar Bonaire NA by John Roach
Tessellatted Blenny
Hypsoblennius invemar
Bonaire NA
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Flasher Scorpion Portrait by Luke Gordon
Flasher Scorpion Portrait
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Oyster Blenny Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnus Bonaire NA by John Roach
Oyster Blenny
Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnus
Bonaire NA
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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"Rendezvous with an old lady" - Portrait of a Green Sea T... by Andre Philip
"Rendezvous with an old lady" - Portrait of a Green Sea Turtle
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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A flying nudibranch by Fabrizio Torsani
A flying nudibranch
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Picture of a spirograph taken at the dive sport of Ix-Xin... by Steve Carmentran
Picture of a spirograph taken at the dive sport of Ix-Xini on the Island of Gozo / Malta.
I tried to shoot the subject in an unconventional way, using a relatively new technique that I'm still familiarizing myself with.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Casper the ghost! A cuttlefish in the dark! by Marc Damant
Casper the ghost! A cuttlefish in the dark!
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Snake Eel by Abimael Márquez
Snake Eel
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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probably "old crab" limpets located on by Aksems Kuzucu
probably "old crab" limpets located on
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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An Helmit crab at Korumar, Kusadasi. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
An Helmit crab at Korumar, Kusadasi.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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~ Sonic Boom ~ by Geo Cloete
~ Sonic Boom ~
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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Frome darkness by Jinggong Zhang
Frome darkness
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A nice clam, taken just before the closure by Fabrizio Torsani
A nice clam, taken just before the closure
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Still life POSEIDON by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Still life
POSEIDON
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 28, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Blenny in a bottle by Twila Grower
Blenny in a bottle
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Thorny seahorse with backlit. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Thorny seahorse with backlit.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Unveiled - A juvenile ribbon eel searches for prey by Luke Gordon
Unveiled - A juvenile ribbon eel searches for prey
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Same ribbon eel (backlit one from last month), same dive,... by Taner Atilgan
Same ribbon eel (backlit one from last month), same dive, different approach (:
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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in the shade by Gaetano Gargiulo
in the shade
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Illuster by Marc Van Den Broeck
Illuster
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Yellow horse by Marc Van Den Broeck
Yellow horse
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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LEFT HANDED Frogfish by Ton Ghela
LEFT HANDED
Frogfish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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