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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
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

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Shrimp by Helen Hansen
Shrimp
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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I saw this "Double-Decker" fish on a dive by Charl Bezuidenhout
I saw this "Double-Decker" fish on a dive
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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Lion Fish at Miami Reef by Enrique Pascual
Lion Fish at Miami Reef
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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lion fish by Enrique Pascual
lion fish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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One good looking Stone fish by Helen Hansen
One good looking Stone fish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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the face by Beate Seiler
the face
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Title: Flatwarm When : Oct 2015 Where : Tioman Dive B... by Marcus Yee
Title: Flatwarm
When : Oct 2015
Where : Tioman Dive Buddy's House Reef
Kit : Epl6 + 60mm
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Leopard Shark , he was totally relaxing only 4 divers so ... by Helen Hansen
Leopard Shark , he was totally relaxing only 4 divers so managed to get a close up. Not very good colours
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Thailand
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Similan Island it was a relaxing dive I saw one Cuttlefis... by Helen Hansen
Similan Island it was a relaxing dive I saw one Cuttlefish starting taken photos then the jealous male came right up to me . It was really nice to be so close
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Night dive pufferfish having a nap by Helen Hansen
Night dive pufferfish having a nap
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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The living and the dead.......sea urchin hiding under a s... by Philip Goets
The living and the dead.......sea urchin hiding under a skeleton
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Litle Crab, Klein Bonaire by Alejandro Topete
Litle Crab, Klein Bonaire
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Profile of porcelain crab filtering by Elaine Wallace
Profile of porcelain crab filtering
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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monster by Violet Ting
monster
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Sargassum frogfish by Dray Van Beeck
Sargassum frogfish
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 14, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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backlightning by Marco Gargiulo
backlightning
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Taget November 2015, ved halskov havn. by Claus Plambech Jensen
Taget November 2015, ved halskov havn.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Baltic Sea Denmark
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Samurai Box Crab - this crab's face reminds me of a Samu... by Henley Spiers
Samurai Box Crab - this crab's face reminds me of a Samurai warrior's mask...
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Teddy ... Giant Frogfish - Antennarius Commerson. Bali, I... by Stefan Follows
Teddy ... Giant Frogfish - Antennarius Commerson. Bali, Indonisia
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ocean 'Candy' by Philip Goets
Ocean 'Candy'
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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Yellow Anemone by Philip Goets
Yellow Anemone
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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African Blenny by Marco Gargiulo
African Blenny
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Tentacles by Marco Gargiulo
Tentacles
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Choir by Simon Chong
Choir
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 8, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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"Psychedelic Golden Tail" I had fluorescence filters on ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Psychedelic Golden Tail"
I had fluorescence filters on my strobes. The eel didn't fluoresce, so I took off the bluish-purple fluoro filters. As I was composing this shot, one of the filters swung in front of a strobe, giving this psychedelic light.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 7, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Blenny by Marco Gargiulo
Blenny
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Purple Anemone - Hermanus RSA by Gemma Dry
Purple Anemone - Hermanus RSA
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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