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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
yellow anemones on black coral wips by Claudia Weber-Gebert
yellow anemones on black coral wips
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140 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Ornate ghost pipefish. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Ornate ghost pipefish.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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the clumsy look by Violet Ting
the clumsy look
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Pink goggled sentinel by James Deverich
Pink goggled sentinel
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Murina by Marjan Radovic
Murina
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Like bird by Marjan Radovic
Like bird
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish Lembeh Strait Indonesia by Debra Cahill
Flamboyant Cuttlefish Lembeh Strait Indonesia
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Giant Moray with 2 Cleaner Shrimps and a cleaner wrasse. ... by Daniel Sasse
Giant Moray with 2 Cleaner Shrimps and a cleaner wrasse. Sony NEX7 Nauticam Housing 30mm Macro Lens f/3.5 ISO-200 1/100sec. Strobe: 2xInon Z-240 fired
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Happy New Year by Mehmet Öztabak
Happy New Year
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Octopus and her eggs. by Yildirim Gencoglu
Octopus and her eggs.
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Turkey
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Ornate Ghost Pipefish by Todd Moseley
Ornate Ghost Pipefish
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Imperial shrimp by Todd Moseley
Imperial shrimp
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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The New Year's. by Sergey Lisitsyn
The New Year's.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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ZERO by Marko Perisic
ZERO
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Cuttlefish making faces by Todd Moseley
Cuttlefish making faces
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Hairy Frogfish by Todd Moseley
Hairy Frogfish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Fantasy Shrimp in house, Knife Reef Bonaire by Alejandro Topete
Fantasy Shrimp in house, Knife Reef Bonaire
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Close to you by Marco Gargiulo
Close to you
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Octopus in a bottle by Marco Gargiulo
Octopus in a bottle
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A christmas shrimp by James Deverich
A christmas shrimp
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Litle Fish with ligth, leonore Bonaire by Alejandro Topete
Litle Fish with ligth, leonore Bonaire
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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~ Solitary I Stand ~ The Knysna Seahorse (Hippocampus ca... by Geo Cloete
~ Solitary I Stand ~
The Knysna Seahorse (Hippocampus capensis) is one of the most endangered seahorses in the world. Present records show them to be only found in the in the Knysna, Swartvlei, and Keurbooms estuaries in South Africa.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Frogfish by Todd Moseley
Frogfish
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Jaws by Henley Spiers
Jaws
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Editor's Comment
Amazing close-up! The detail on the almost-hatched eggs is stunning.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Blu ring octopus by Claudio Toniolo
Blu ring octopus
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Azov Italy
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Seahorse close up, leonor Bonaire by Alejandro Topete
Seahorse close up, leonor Bonaire
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Octopus out for a walk by Todd Moseley
Octopus out for a walk
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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