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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 Saturday, November 8, 2025
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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
Moray Eel/Muraenidae Mauritius Trou Aux Biches Jean-Yves... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Moray Eel/Muraenidae Mauritius Trou Aux Biches
Jean-Yves Bignoux,Canon 7D Ikelite housing,DS160 Strobe flash,Tamron 60mm macro SP2
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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A small klipfish rests on a sinuous sea fan at Photograph... by Kate Jonker
A small klipfish rests on a sinuous sea fan at Photographer's Reef, Simon's Town - South Africa. Canon 7dmkii, Canon 60mm macro, Snooted YS-D1 strobe, Sea & sea housing.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Spring collection. This decorator crab is looking very s... by Dominic Stewart-White
Spring collection. This decorator crab is looking very stylish sitting on top of his sea pen. The photo was taken with a macro diopter and a simple torch. Captured top down to get a really interesting composition.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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~ Electric Blue ~ by Geo Cloete
~ Electric Blue ~
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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love is in the air! by Pieter Firlefyn
love is in the air!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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clownfish by Pieter Firlefyn
clownfish
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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H E L L O . W O R L D Happy World Turtle Day Baby Hawk... by Irwin Ang
H E L L O . W O R L D
Happy World Turtle Day
Baby Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Perhentian Island (KT), Malaysia. May 2015
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Common shrimp snooted with a simple torch by Neil Wijayaratne
Common shrimp snooted with a simple torch
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A hunting frogfish is always a nice encounter. The fleshy... by Danny Van Belle
A hunting frogfish is always a nice encounter. The fleshy lure of the hairy frogfish makes it very recognizable. To get the lure as big as possible this shot was made with an Inon Macro Wide angle lens. Focus distance 0 cm.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Trompet fish look by Enrique Pascual
Trompet fish look
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Goby by Rudy Janssen
Goby
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Mantis shrimp showing off its colours by Neil Wijayaratne
Mantis shrimp showing off its colours
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Face Off Giant Frogfish - Antennarius Commerson Bal... by Stefan Follows
Face Off
Giant Frogfish - Antennarius Commerson
Bali, Indonisia
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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They may not look like it, but Dragon Morays tend to be v... by Tony Cherbas
They may not look like it, but Dragon Morays tend to be very shy and take some time to get close enough to achieve an uncluttered background. Canon 100mm L lens, F14, 1/125, ISO 100 (no crop)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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glowing in the dark by Claudia Weber-Gebert
glowing in the dark
80 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Hanging ... Tube Anemone - Cerianthus sp. Ang Thong... by Stefan Follows
Hanging ...
Tube Anemone - Cerianthus sp.
Ang Thong, Thailand
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Hide and seek. Two inquisitive anemone fish peeking out ... by Jeff Lafrenz
Hide and seek. Two inquisitive anemone fish peeking out to see if I was still watching.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Hide n Seek by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Hide n Seek
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Bearded Fireworm by Aja Radl
Bearded Fireworm
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Midnight stroll by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Midnight stroll
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pigmy Seahorse. Tulamben, Bali by Aleksandr Marinicev
Pigmy Seahorse.
Tulamben, Bali
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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S L E E P Y H E A D Cuttlefish eye by Lilian Koh
S L E E P Y H E A D
Cuttlefish eye
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Green Moray Eel by Alberto Salvini
Green Moray Eel
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mexico
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Eye of Thorny Seahorse. by Daisuke Kurashima
Eye of Thorny Seahorse.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Japan
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Small frogfish fishing for dinner by Aleksandr Marinicev
Small frogfish fishing for dinner
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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We would see these beautiful banded tube dwelling anemone... by Leslie Howell
We would see these beautiful banded tube dwelling anemones at the start and end of all our night dives at Sunset House in Grand Cayman.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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arrow crab by Alberto Salvini
arrow crab
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mexico
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