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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
Into the eye by Frankie Rivera
Into the eye
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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anemone dancing by Aksems Kuzucu
anemone dancing
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Tryst We spent over half the dive watching these 3 flamb... by Robin Bateman
Tryst
We spent over half the dive watching these 3 flamboyant cuttlefish as they flashed their colors in a mating ritual. Shot with an Olympus OMD EM1 with 2 Oly strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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bubbels orang utan by Marc Van Den Broeck
bubbels orang utan
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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happy blenny by Aksems Kuzucu
happy blenny
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Pebbled red sea star and green sea squirts by Laura Dinraths
Pebbled red sea star and green sea squirts
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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crab getting out of the house by Aksems Kuzucu
crab getting out of the house
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Happy Halloween! -I am your Father Luke, or Space Boy rid... by Steven Miller
Happy Halloween! -I am your Father Luke, or Space Boy rides the Siphon Express... An Octo eye and siphon, no photoshop- just LR brushes, saturation, and some gin.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Red and Sparkling, Whip Coral Goby by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Red and Sparkling, Whip Coral Goby
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Qatar
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Masked Puffer (Arothron diadematus) by Andre Philip
Masked Puffer (Arothron diadematus)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Snooted octopus from Sigacik/Turkey by Taner Atilgan
Snooted octopus from Sigacik/Turkey
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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pregnant goby yawning taken at lembeh strait with Oly EM1... by Eng Guan Goh
pregnant goby yawning taken at lembeh strait with Oly EM1 + zuiko 60mm macro lens.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Flatworm getting up as she approaches the camera lens....... by Johnny Schepens
Flatworm getting up as she approaches the camera lens.....
Nikon D 800 - 60 mm Nikkor lens at iso 100 - F18 - 1/125 th
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Belgium
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Making eye contact — Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx... by Terry Steeley
Making eye contact
— Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx, Canon EF100mm macro, f8, 1/125, ISO400, Inon Z240 strobe
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Alaska United States
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Cleaning session by Andre Philip
Cleaning session
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Yellow purple by Marc Van Den Broeck
Yellow purple
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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I saw this shrimp and decided to try and shoot it, even t... by Patricia Sinclair
I saw this shrimp and decided to try and shoot it, even though I had a gorgonian blowing in my face between my eyes and the LCD screen. It was fun working slowly and through the surge t get this image.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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I saw this Christmas Tree Worm hanging down in front of a... by Patricia Sinclair
I saw this Christmas Tree Worm hanging down in front of a opening in the coral and thought, this will make an interesting shot/perspective. It worked and I really like it
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Nikon D800E, 105 macro Nikon Seacam housing , two strobo... by Marchione Giacomo
Nikon D800E, 105 macro Nikon
Seacam housing , two strobo sea and sea 120Ys
Moal Boal
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Crab with eggs by Violet Ting
Crab with eggs
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pink soft coral, Bali by Laura Dinraths
Pink soft coral, Bali
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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An eel at a cleaning station open wide Bali by Debra Cahill
An eel at a cleaning station open wide Bali
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Dental Service by Uwe Schmolke
Dental Service
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"Grim" - or the strict look of an expectant father? (Larg... by Andre Philip
"Grim" - or the strict look of an expectant father? (Large-toothed cardinalfish / Cheilodipterus macrodon)
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Catching a cuttlefish in fog by Darlene Lu
Catching a cuttlefish in fog
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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hairy facetime by Marc Van Den Broeck
hairy facetime
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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red scorpi by Marc Van Den Broeck
red scorpi
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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