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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
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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
Pigmy Pipehorse,A cute guy who hardly move.Taken with Can... by Shah Aida
Pigmy Pipehorse,A cute guy who hardly move.Taken with Canon G16,Fantasea FG16 Housing,Inon 2 X Z240 Strobes and Nuaticam CMC Lens.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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'Strange Beauty' A Longsnout Seahorse from St Lucia by Henley Spiers
'Strange Beauty'
A Longsnout Seahorse from St Lucia
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Mooray by Marco Gargiulo
Mooray
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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I am not quite sure what kind of goby it is... If you cou... by Loïc Durand
I am not quite sure what kind of goby it is... If you could comment and tell me, I would greatly appreciate it! Taken at Gros-Islet (St-Barth's), 14th July 2015 with an Olympus C-60 Zoom with its Olympus PT-024 housing.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Sea Slug Janolus Cristatus F18, 1/160 Iso:100 Olympus ... by Mesut Eryilmaz
Sea Slug
Janolus Cristatus
F18, 1/160 Iso:100
Olympus OMD EM1 + 60mm Macro + Aquako IV Diopter Nauticam NA-EM1 Housing, 2x YS D1 Strobes
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Taken at Gros-Ilet, in St-Barth's, with an Olympus C-60 Z... by Loïc Durand
Taken at Gros-Ilet, in St-Barth's, with an Olympus C-60 Zoom with its Olympus PT-024 casing while snorkelling the 14th of July 2-15.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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"Stare Down" Portrait of an Octopus during the day. We ... by Chase Darnell
"Stare Down"
Portrait of an Octopus during the day. We found this guy feeding on a conch on a morning dive in Little Cayman.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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This guy enjoyed the spotlight, male Ribbon Eel (Rhinomur... by Luke Gordon
This guy enjoyed the spotlight, male Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita)
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Harlequin Shrimp taken Dumaguate Dauin.Actually i missed ... by Shah Aida
Harlequin Shrimp taken Dumaguate Dauin.Actually i missed him while taking a frog fish beside him but when i turned i saw him,and thought how lucky i am and just when on cliking him with my Canon G16,Fantasea G16 Housing,2 × Z240 inon strobe.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Octopus in spotlight by Ponnie J
Octopus in spotlight
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Juvenile Squid,taken @ Dumaguate Dauin.The guy was hiding... by Shah Aida
Juvenile Squid,taken @ Dumaguate Dauin.The guy was hiding and took me alot of time capture him with my Canon G16,Fantasea FG16 Housing,inon Z240×2 Strobes with Nuaticam CMC Lens.To capture his eyes open it took time.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Mediterranean mantis shrimp, night dive, nikon f100 fuji ... by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean mantis shrimp, night dive, nikon f100 fuji velvia, 1990
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Resting Peakcock Flounder by Adeline Wee
Resting Peakcock Flounder
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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S N O O T Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera) Lembeh Strait, ... by Irwin Ang
S N O O T
Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera)
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. March 2014
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Aplisya face by Marco Gargiulo
Aplisya face
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Tiger Eel Nikon D700 Nauticam housing inon strobes 1... by Simon Gardener
Tiger Eel
Nikon D700
Nauticam housing
inon strobes
105mm
F13
1/60
ISO-200
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman Oman
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Whip Coral Shrimp - Pontonides ankeri by Dennis Chen
Whip Coral Shrimp - Pontonides ankeri
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Anemonefish in bubble coral by Volker Lonz
Anemonefish in bubble coral
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Brittle star Niton D7000, nauticam housing, 1 DS 160 ... by Simon Gardener
Brittle star
Niton D7000, nauticam housing,
1 DS 160 strobe
F19
1/250
ISO-100
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Whip Coral Shrimp - Pontonides ankeri by Dennis Chen
Whip Coral Shrimp - Pontonides ankeri
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Thorny seahorse in seagrass by Laura Dinraths
Thorny seahorse in seagrass
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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On landing. by Sergey Lisitsyn
On landing.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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'Toothless Dinosaur' I just got back from an evening dat... by Henley Spiers
'Toothless Dinosaur'
I just got back from an evening date with this rather attractive Spotted Snake Eel (Ophichthus ophis) in Saint Lucia. After about half an hour it got tired of my company and yawned...which made me happy.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Crab in an anemone by Lindsey Mobley
Crab in an anemone
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Found this little cutie where I work. Two seahorses have ... by Lindsey Mobley
Found this little cutie where I work. Two seahorses have been found on the reef and have been there for at least a month now.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Yellow Sea Horse, Taken with E-M5 Mark 2 and 9-18mm lens ... by Ran Mor
by: Ran Mor
Yellow Sea Horse, Taken with E-M5 Mark 2 and 9-18mm lens with a Zen Dome.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Delicate Britle star beauty by Peet J Van Eeden
Delicate Britle star beauty
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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