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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
posted (3 days ago)
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Salt Pier Late Afternoon
By William Goers Jr
posted 04:32 CST Today (19 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

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Blenny divesite:Bianca, Diving, duskdive, Indonesia, Lem... by Twila M
by: Twila M
Blenny
divesite:Bianca, Diving, duskdive, Indonesia, Lembeh, Sulawesi
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Frogfish, 2016, Critters, divesite:Jahir1, Diving, In... by Twila M
by: Twila M
Frogfish,
2016, Critters, divesite:Jahir1, Diving, Indonesia, Lembeh, LembehResort, September, Sulawesi
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Magnifica by David Owens
Magnifica
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Napoleon snake eel (Lembeh) by Mathieu Foulquié
Napoleon snake eel (Lembeh)
6 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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Psycho Clown by Henley Spiers
Psycho Clown
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Mummy's kiss by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Mummy's kiss
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Team Cleaning by Tony Cherbas
Team Cleaning
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
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Editor's Comment
This moray gets quite a lot of attention. Excellent behavior shot, great colors and well lit.
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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G H O S T L Y Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) by Lilian Koh
G H O S T L Y
Thorny Seahorse
(Hippocampus histrix)
shortlistedShortlisted!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Crocodile fish by John Loving
Crocodile fish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile of Heniochus varius (Cuvier,1829) by Arif Fajar Setyawan
Juvenile of Heniochus varius (Cuvier,1829)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Shy seahorse by Pieter Firlefyn
Shy seahorse
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Red-knuckled mantis shrimp by Kyle Castelyn
Red-knuckled mantis shrimp
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Watchful Eye! Common Octopus by Kate Jonker
Watchful Eye!
Common Octopus
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Close up of Scorpion Fish taken off Rotnest island. Fish ... by Ally Smith
Close up of Scorpion Fish taken off Rotnest island. Fish sheltering from heavy swell and surge
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Anybody in there (Goby) by Aksems Kuzucu
Anybody in there
(Goby)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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The Horror Frogfish - Antennarius maculatus Chalokl... by Stefan Follows
The Horror
Frogfish - Antennarius maculatus
Chaloklum, Thailand
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Simple playing around with the snooted strobe with an enl... by George Low
Simple playing around with the snooted strobe with an enlarged opening to get the effect
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
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Editor's Comment
The effect by the snoot is putting the seahorse in a completely new light. I like the experimental factor.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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common shrimp by Aksems Kuzucu
common shrimp
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Scharendijke, wreck "De zeehond" huge crab. by Judith Verkerk
Scharendijke, wreck "De zeehond" huge crab.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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"Beauty from The Sea" The Spotted Moray Eel, Gymnothorax... by Arif Fajar Setyawan
"Beauty from The Sea"
The Spotted Moray Eel, Gymnothorax isingteena (J.Richardson, 1845)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Moray Eel shot during a dive at Sabang Point, Puerto Gale... by Bill Stewart
Moray Eel shot during a dive at Sabang Point, Puerto Galera, Philippines on August 25th, 2016.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Pike in a cave (Ruidera Lakes) by Carlos Ortolà
Pike in a cave (Ruidera Lakes)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Spain
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Hotlips! Hotlips spider crab, Roman Rock, Simon's Town -... by Kate Jonker
Hotlips!
Hotlips spider crab, Roman Rock, Simon's Town - South Africa
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Home, A Place Where All Story Begin by Arif Fajar Setyawan
Home, A Place Where All Story Begin
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Periclimenes by Carlos Ortolà
Periclimenes
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Moorish Idol in waters of coast of Big Island Hawaii by Jill Bruno
Moorish Idol in waters of coast of Big Island Hawaii
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Cymatium neapolitanum, a beautiful gasteropod by Pietro Cremone
Cymatium neapolitanum, a beautiful gasteropod
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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