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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 Saturday, November 8, 2025
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The Guardian
By William Goers Jr
posted Saturday, November 8, 2025
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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
A lonely longsout seahorse by Mr Chai
by: Mr Chai
A lonely longsout seahorse
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malaysia
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Glowing strawberry anemones in UV light by Peet J Van Eeden
Glowing strawberry anemones in UV light
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A small blenny on the lena wreck by Mark Reilly
A small blenny on the lena wreck
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Lovely boy by Ming Wen
Lovely boy
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Face by Ming Wen
Face
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Orconectes limosus / a species of crayfish in the family ... by Olivier Notz
Orconectes limosus / a species of crayfish in the family Cambridge, photographed in the lake of Zug in Central Switzerland.
Photo taken with Canon EOS 5DS R and Macro 100 f2,8
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Harle - "queen" by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Harle - "queen"
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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MORAY EEL by Ramin Ardestani
MORAY EEL
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 7, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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LION FISH by Ramin Ardestani
LION FISH
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 7, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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European Conger coming up out of a hollow and scaring me.... by Aksems Kuzucu
European Conger coming up out of a hollow and scaring me.
I was about to drop the camera in the hollow.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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A different seahorse- longsnout pipefish in eelgrass by Peet J Van Eeden
A different seahorse- longsnout pipefish in eelgrass
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Roses of the Sea-False Plum anemone by Peet J Van Eeden
Roses of the Sea-False Plum anemone
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Taking refuge in the leftover tube of a fanworm. Used an... by Victor Micallef
Taking refuge in the leftover tube of a fanworm. Used an Olympus mirrorless with a diopter wetlens for extra macro
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malta
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"Golden Portrait" A rare golden coney. No filters used: ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Golden Portrait"
A rare golden coney. No filters used: I angled my strobes to light just the coney's face, and used a high shutter speed, which kept the water behind it blue and provided a nice contrast to the yellow.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Crocodile fish by Leena Roy
Crocodile fish
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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iridescent looking by John Loving
iridescent looking
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Grasping hands of a Basket Star catching food particles r... by Peet J Van Eeden
Grasping hands of a Basket Star catching food particles raining from above
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Guess who is the female? They start life as males and may... by Peet J Van Eeden
Guess who is the female? They start life as males and may change to a female if needed
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Lobster at Similand islands. Canon rebel 400d with 15-55 ... by Pontus Svanberg
Lobster at Similand islands. Canon rebel 400d with 15-55 standard lens and fotolight.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Thailand
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nice colors of oval cup coral by Aksems Kuzucu
nice colors of oval cup coral
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Doubles by Leena Roy
Doubles
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Spiny starfish Stone hard but mobile and a voracious pred... by Peet J Van Eeden
Spiny starfish Stone hard but mobile and a voracious predator
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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leafy by Mathieu Foulquié
leafy
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Portrait Cocco Octopussy Nikon D800E, 105 macro . Retra ... by Marchione Giacomo
Portrait Cocco Octopussy
Nikon D800E, 105 macro . Retra LSD
Lembeh strait
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
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Moray portrait by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Moray portrait
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Blur ring octopus by Leena Roy
Blur ring octopus
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Broad head cuttlefish by Leena Roy
Broad head cuttlefish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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