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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
By Stefanos Michael
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Elysia beauty_October 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
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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
Rhinopias frondosa "Profile" Retra LSD snoot by Wayne Jones
Rhinopias frondosa
"Profile"
Retra LSD snoot
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Guard by Jiayin Li
Guard
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea China
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Paper Scorpianfish - Taenianotus triacanthus by Kyle Castelyn
Paper Scorpianfish - Taenianotus triacanthus
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Acrobat Snake eel with periclimenes magnificus Lemb... by Marchione Giacomo
Acrobat
Snake eel with periclimenes magnificus
Lembeh strat
Nikon D800E , 105 macro , snoot RETRA
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2016
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Stunning capture! Perfect composition and very powerful subjects.
47 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Small goby and friend living in a coral encrusted bottle by Niall Deiraniya
Small goby and friend living in a coral encrusted bottle
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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TWEETY BIRD Redhead coralgoby by Tianhong Wang
TWEETY BIRD
Redhead coralgoby
shortlistedShortlisted!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Love Who I am by Louisa Lam
Love Who I am
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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NIGHT SHOW The yellow defocus of the background look lik... by Tianhong Wang
NIGHT SHOW
The yellow defocus of the background look like the fireworks .
shortlistedShortlisted!
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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THE SEXIEST TAIL hairly shrimp taken in Lembeh. by Tianhong Wang
THE SEXIEST TAIL
hairly shrimp taken in Lembeh.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2016

Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Lisa's Mantis Shrimp by Henley Spiers
Lisa's Mantis Shrimp
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Pigmy seahorse by Fabio Strazzi
Pigmy seahorse
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Rhinopias frondosa 50mm with 12mm ext.tube (no crop) by Wayne Jones
Rhinopias frondosa
50mm with 12mm ext.tube (no crop)
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Squid face, Veracruz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Squid face, Veracruz Mexico
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Anemone Shrimp taken with my TG4 in Curacao by Derrick Laszlo
Anemone Shrimp taken with my TG4 in Curacao
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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The Stargazer by Henley Spiers
The Stargazer
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35 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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g h o s t by Joseph Crowe
g h o s t
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Velvet crab amongst snakelock anenome. Super macro sh... by Spencer Burrows
Velvet crab amongst snakelock anenome.

Super macro shot using stacked diopters.
UK/Babbacombe Bay
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Green Cup corals, Fantasea Reef, Puerto Galera by Tobias Reitmayr
Green Cup corals, Fantasea Reef, Puerto Galera
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Glowing tube worm by Alex Mitchell
Glowing tube worm
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Squid in Black, Veracruz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Squid in Black, Veracruz Mexico
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Hiding in an anemone. by Jason Rootes
Hiding in an anemone.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Palau
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Camouflaged monster! by Alex Mitchell
Camouflaged monster!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Fizzog Giant Frogfish - Antennarius Commerson Bali,... by Stefan Follows
Fizzog
Giant Frogfish - Antennarius Commerson
Bali, Indonisia
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Moray Eel in Tumon Bay, Guam by Jason Rootes
Moray Eel in Tumon Bay, Guam
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Guam
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Lightning. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Lightning.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Anthias anthias, male and female by Marco Gargiulo
Anthias anthias, male and female
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Mooray by Marco Gargiulo
Mooray
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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