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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
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Salt Pier Late Afternoon
By William Goers Jr
posted Saturday, November 8, 2025
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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
Minuscule coconut/veined octopus on sand at night by Laura Dinraths
Minuscule coconut/veined octopus on sand at night
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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leafy by Dave Baxter
leafy
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Eye stingray by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Eye stingray
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Equilibrium by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Equilibrium
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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B A B Y Baby cuttlefish egg (Sepiida) Perhentian Islan... by Irwin Ang
B A B Y
Baby cuttlefish egg (Sepiida)
Perhentian Island, Malaysia. May 2015
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 4, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Christmas Tree Worm by Emma Camp
Christmas Tree Worm
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A close-up shot of a button jellyfish (Porpita porpita) t... by Emma Camp
A close-up shot of a button jellyfish (Porpita porpita) taken in the Cayman Islands. The button jellyfish is actually a colony of hydroids. I got the white background by placing a white plate under the jellyfish whilst snorkeling.
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Cayman islands
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Double banded clown fish and its home by Peet J Van Eeden
Double banded clown fish and its home
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Secretary Blennie at Capt Don's Bonaire. Nikon D90 with d... by Robert Michaelson
Secretary Blennie at Capt Don's Bonaire. Nikon D90 with dual strobes.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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About the eye / Squid by James Deverich
About the eye / Squid
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Visual superpower. by Bradley Kerslake
Visual superpower.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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The house is too small by Stepan Reshetnikov
The house is too small
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Snooted Anemone by Taner Atilgan
Snooted Anemone
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Juvenile Pinnatus Batfish waving like a flag in the breeze. by Alex Suh
Juvenile Pinnatus Batfish waving like a flag in the breeze.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Folding 3359x2239 by Marco Fierli
Folding
3359x2239
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Baby Hawksbill Perhentian Island, Malaysia. May 2015 by Irwin Ang
Baby Hawksbill
Perhentian Island, Malaysia. May 2015
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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T E N T A C L E Polyp Perhentian Island, Malaysia. Apri... by Irwin Ang
T E N T A C L E
Polyp
Perhentian Island, Malaysia. April 2015
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Love the Mantis Shrimp, amazing colors. by Jonny Haugstad
Love the Mantis Shrimp, amazing colors.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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"Vertebrae" The details that these little guys contain ... by Chase Darnell
"Vertebrae"
The details that these little guys contain is amazing. Achieved with a +10 Diopter.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Where lemon cello monkeys dwell. by James Deverich
Where lemon cello monkeys dwell.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Colourful sleeping parrotfish by Laura Dinraths
Colourful sleeping parrotfish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Banded Jawfish by Abimael Márquez
Banded Jawfish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Crayfish in the lake of Zoug. Orconectes limosus, Easter... by Olivier Notz
Crayfish in the lake of Zoug.
Orconectes limosus, Eastern Crayfish, or Delcore Crayfish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Feather stars on reef by Laura Dinraths
Feather stars on reef
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Acanthemblemaria spinosa Spinyhead Blenny at the "Front P... by John Roach
Acanthemblemaria spinosa Spinyhead Blenny at the "Front Porch" Bonaire NA Nikon D800 +10 subsee 105mm
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Starksia hassi Ringed Blenny at the "Front Porch" Bonaire... by John Roach
Starksia hassi Ringed Blenny at the "Front Porch" Bonaire NA
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 24, 2015
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Mating boxing crabs by Laura Dinraths
Mating boxing crabs
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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