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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
posted 04:40 CST Today (19 hours ago)
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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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Red Crab by Marco Gargiulo
Red Crab
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Shot this Bristle Worm close up at a nightdive in Pulau W... by Catrin Pichler
Shot this Bristle Worm close up at a nightdive in Pulau Weh. Didn't know before that they have this strange looking sensual organ in their face.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile Blenny by Neil Wijayaratne
Juvenile Blenny
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Gone with the wind by Louisa Lam
Gone with the wind
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Indonesia
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Split Sec by Louisa Lam
Split Sec
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Sawblade shrimp on colonial tunicates by Danny Van Belle
Sawblade shrimp on colonial tunicates
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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snoot by Daniel Strub
snoot
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 24, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Sawblade shrimp from St. Eustatius by Danny Van Belle
Sawblade shrimp from St. Eustatius
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 24, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands Antilles
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Prawn by Yildirim Gencoglu
Prawn
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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The Roughsnout by Henley Spiers
The Roughsnout
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Maldives has always been on my bucket list of diving dest... by Kerri Keet
Maldives has always been on my bucket list of diving destinations and I was fortunate enough to be able to go there last year. On a night dive, this couple of anemonefish was settling down for the night.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Experimenting on photo techniques. Hairy frogfish through... by Danny Van Belle
Experimenting on photo techniques. Hairy frogfish through magic ball lens but with aperture at F4
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Anemone .... an abstract by Neil Wijayaratne
Anemone .... an abstract
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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squat crab on feather star by Volker Lonz
squat crab on feather star
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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This curious cuttle fish, showed no adverse reaction to m... by Elaine Wallace
This curious cuttle fish, showed no adverse reaction to my presence at all and actually approached me.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Squid by Leena Roy
Squid
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hermit eyes & eyebrow by Yildirim Gencoglu
Hermit eyes & eyebrow
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Arlequin shrimp. Nikon D800E , 105 macro , snoot RETRA L... by Marchione Giacomo
Arlequin shrimp. Nikon D800E , 105 macro , snoot RETRA
LEMBEH STRAIT
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Anemonefish by Patrick Verbustel
Anemonefish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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maze by Marc Van Den Broeck
maze
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 13, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Tanzania
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish shot in Reverse Ring Macro. Patienc... by Mohan Thanabalan
Flamboyant Cuttlefish shot in Reverse Ring Macro. Patience paid off with this shot smile
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 12, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Moray by Yildirim Gencoglu
Moray
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 12, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Dark Knight Blenny by Deniz Muzaffer Gökmen
Dark Knight Blenny
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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queen conch (Lobatus gigas) by Brad Ryon
queen conch (Lobatus gigas)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Burp! -Juvenile Painted Frogfish: Frogfish are capable of... by Tony Cherbas
Burp! -Juvenile Painted Frogfish: Frogfish are capable of consuming prey equal to the size of themselves.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Chirostylus Sandyi, Spider Squat Lobster by Hakan Basar
Chirostylus Sandyi, Spider Squat Lobster
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A banded sea snake cruising on the shallow sand at Lembeh... by Brent Barnes
A banded sea snake cruising on the shallow sand at Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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