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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
By Stefanos Michael
posted (6 days ago)
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Elysia beauty_October 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
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Salt Pier Late Afternoon
By William Goers Jr
posted 04:32 CST Today (12 hours ago)
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The Guardian
By William Goers Jr
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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
Courios Bombina variegata 2cm, close near the Secam Planp... by Florian Feldgrill
Courios Bombina variegata 2cm, close near the Secam Planport.
This Pic was taken in a unknown lake near my home.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Austria
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Lizzzzzaaaard by Deniz Muzaffer Gökmen
Lizzzzzaaaard
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Malaysia
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Flowers by Carsten Schroeder
Flowers
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Ocean Art by Norm Vexler
Ocean Art
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Butterfly! by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
Butterfly!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Nutri by Carsten Schroeder
Nutri
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Very Ornate by Henley Spiers
Very Ornate
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Red Location: Anilao Batangas Camera: Canon 5D Mark I... by Songda Cai
Red
Location: Anilao Batangas
Camera: Canon 5D Mark IV
Lens: EF100mmMacro
Housing: Seacam
Strobes: Seacam Flash 150
Settings: 1/200 ,F19 iso 250
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Octopus macropus Night time hunter by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Octopus macropus
Night time hunter
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Flamboyant Benthos by Henley Spiers
Flamboyant Benthos
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Scalyhead sculpin, Bokeh, Barkley Sound, British Columbia... by Steve Taylor
Scalyhead sculpin, Bokeh, Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Yellow seahorse by Nadia Chiesi
Yellow seahorse
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Interesting species of Jellyfish: Upside-down Jellyfish by Norm Vexler
Interesting species of Jellyfish: Upside-down Jellyfish
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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a sea horse, shot using RRM. I used a 60mm to obtain a ... by Joseph Crowe
a sea horse, shot using RRM.
I used a 60mm to obtain a further distance, to obtain the shape of the sea horse
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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A Squid On A Blackwater Dive in West Palm Beach, Florida by Brent Barnes
A Squid On A Blackwater Dive in West Palm Beach, Florida
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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We were photographing a band of Pederson shrimp on a purp... by Glenn Ostle
We were photographing a band of Pederson shrimp on a purple vase sponge when an Angel fish swam up and the shrimp got to work.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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drunken nudi by Marc Van Den Broeck
drunken nudi
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hair crest by Salvatore Ianniello
Hair crest
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Masked Butteflyfish / Chaetodon semilarvatus by Olivier Notz
Masked Butteflyfish / Chaetodon semilarvatus
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Bluestripped Flagblenny photographed at Palau Pef, Raja A... by Norm Vexler
Bluestripped Flagblenny photographed at Palau Pef, Raja Ampat
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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isabela saehorse by Marc Van Den Broeck
isabela saehorse
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Location: Anilao Batangas Camera: Canon 5D Mark IV ... by Songda Cai
Location: Anilao Batangas
Camera: Canon 5D Mark IV
Lens: EF100mmMacro
Housing: Seacam
Strobes: Seacam Flash 150
Settings: 1/200 ,F19 iso 400
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Manthis shrimp with snooted strobe light by Raffaele Livornese
Manthis shrimp with snooted strobe light
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 13, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mr Frog showing his best angle by Frankie Rivera
Mr Frog showing his best angle
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 13, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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One of the most beautiful Nudibranchs - Kunie's Chromodoris by Norm Vexler
One of the most beautiful Nudibranchs - Kunie's Chromodoris
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 13, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Porcellain crab. Lembeh Nikon D800 , 105 mscro , two strobo by Marchione Giacomo
Porcellain crab. Lembeh
Nikon D800 , 105 mscro , two strobo
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 13, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Common Location :Lembeh Indonesias Canon 5dsr Canon EF... by Yung Sen Wu
Common
Location :Lembeh Indonesias
Canon 5dsr
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM Lens: F18, 1/250, ISO 400
SEACAM silver CANON EOS5D MKIII
SEACAM SEAFLASH 150 DIGITAL
RETRA LSD
Howshot M50 Video Light 5000/Lumen
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 12, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Taiwan
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