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Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Santa Barbara Janolus at Monterey Wharf #2. We have been seeing these up here the last bunch of years in the fall. They used to not be this far north.
By David Lehrian
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Goloath grouper encounter
By Noel Lopez
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Big coral canyons in Gardens of the queen.
By Noel Lopez
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

Bay Pipefish in eel grass at Monterey Wharf #2. He was hiding in the eel grass and was difficult to get a clear shot of, but I managed to capture this dramatic image.
By David Lehrian
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

A lone yellow Damselfish is centre stage in the staghorn coral.
By Conor Moore
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Goloath grouper encounter
By Noel Lopez
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

Looking at me looking at you (taken under permit) A Pilot Whale
By Arun Madisetti
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

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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
Ladybugs galore by Yen Ngee Koh
Ladybugs galore
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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My Hole! by Emma Davis
My Hole!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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I had this snapper just swim up to me as if you wanted me... by Kyle Castelyn
I had this snapper just swim up to me as if you wanted me to take his portrait
photo taken in Maldives off Rasdhoo
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Coconutoctopus by Daniel Dietrich
Coconutoctopus
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Black Coral Crab by Taco Cheung
Black Coral Crab
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Taking on the Jelly by Emma Davis
Taking on the Jelly
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Cleaning time by Jaxx Kienas
Cleaning time
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Great opportunity to get close to this turtle resting amo... by Rachel Wright
Great opportunity to get close to this turtle resting among the weeds
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Barbados
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Tiny opal - Bobtailsquid by Uwe Schmolke
Tiny opal - Bobtailsquid
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Urchin Patterns by Gabriel De Leon Jr
Urchin Patterns
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Black finned snake eel cleaned by Commensal shrimp,Anilao... by Richard Goluch
Black finned snake eel cleaned by Commensal shrimp,Anilao,Phillippines
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Simnia Spelta couple by David Carbo
Simnia Spelta couple
shortlistedShortlisted!
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 10, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Flying Grunts - finning through the swim-thru I looked up... by Robin Bateman
Flying Grunts - finning through the swim-thru I looked up and it seemed like these guys were actually flying
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Together. by Sergey Lisitsyn
Together.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Frogfish by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Coconut Octopus on a night dive,Anilao,Phillippines. by Richard Goluch
Coconut Octopus on a night dive,Anilao,Phillippines.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Stay back these are not for an omelet! False Clown with e... by James Deverich
Stay back these are not for an omelet! False Clown with eggs.
Not Cropped. False clown fish with eggs.
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2015 awards final round judging
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Yellow Goby by Taco Cheung
Yellow Goby
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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"Squid Magic" by Gabriel De Leon Jr
"Squid Magic"
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 7, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Ornate Ghost Pipefish by Emma Davis
Ornate Ghost Pipefish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 7, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Eye of a Longsnout Seahorse by Henley Spiers
Eye of a Longsnout Seahorse
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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We see these guys all the time.Glass eyed by Stephen Martin
We see these guys all the time.Glass eyed
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Bryozoan's cacretion just below the water by Edouard Chéré
Bryozoan's cacretion just below the water
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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In yer' Face. Frogfish - Antennarius sp. Chaloklum, Thail... by Stefan Follows
In yer' Face. Frogfish - Antennarius sp. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f18-iso100-Inon D2000x2
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Gorgonian Wrapper Nemanthus sp. they are generally fou... by Noriyuki Otani
Gorgonian Wrapper
Nemanthus sp.
they are generally found on whip corals.
@Owase Mie Japan
Jan. 10. 2015
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Japan
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Lionfish on hard coral. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Lionfish on hard coral.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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lizardfish by Mathieu Foulquié
lizardfish
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Martinique
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