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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
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By William Goers Jr
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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
"Coming at You" by Gabriel De Leon Jr
"Coming at You"
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Curious cowfish from a night dive at Sunset Reef in Grand... by Jessica Whitney
Curious cowfish from a night dive at Sunset Reef in Grand Cayman.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Decorator crab, found this on rock reef and size about 20mm. by Hon Ping
Decorator crab, found this on rock reef and size about 20mm.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Red Clingfish Acyrtus rubiginosus... with eggs! D800 w... by John Roach
Red Clingfish Acyrtus rubiginosus... with eggs!
D800 with 105mm +10 subsee diopter
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Beautiful sneak peak at this little Clingfish's little world. You can almost sense his love and worry for the little eggs.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Longnose hawkfish NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw h... by Thomas Bannenberg
Longnose hawkfish
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f13, 1/100, ISO 100
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Saw Blade by Gabriel De Leon Jr
Saw Blade
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Anemone hermit crab on night dive, Koh Haa by Tobias Reitmayr
Anemone hermit crab on night dive, Koh Haa
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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I found this fellow while guiding and as soon I got the c... by Jacob Mortensen
I found this fellow while guiding and as soon I got the chance I went back with my camera :-)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Coconut octopus by Beate Seiler
Coconut octopus
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Nudi on the move by Gabriel De Leon Jr
Nudi on the move
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Anemone at Blue Heron Bridge - Florida by Robin Bateman
Anemone at Blue Heron Bridge - Florida
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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Longsnout Seahorse (Hippocampus reidi), St Lucia by Henley Spiers
Longsnout Seahorse (Hippocampus reidi), St Lucia
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Lobster close up with lobster leg background. by James Deverich
Lobster close up with lobster leg background.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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for this image I'm using 1 subsea +10 & 1 F.I.T +10 Close... by Pan Chua
for this image I'm using 1 subsea +10 & 1 F.I.T +10 Close up lens & Snoot
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Bobtail squid digging in the sand by Jacob Mortensen
Bobtail squid digging in the sand
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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B E A U T Y Porcelain crab (Porcellanidae) Lembeh Strai... by Irwin Ang
B E A U T Y
Porcelain crab (Porcellanidae)
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. March 2014
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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I am telling you Doc.. I keep getting that feeling someon... by John Roach
I am telling you Doc.. I keep getting that feeling someone is watching me!
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Peeking out .... Ringed Blenny Starksia Hassi Bonaire by John Roach
Peeking out .... Ringed Blenny Starksia Hassi Bonaire
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015
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Chromodoris quadricolor on white background by Lars Peters
Chromodoris quadricolor on white background
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Broomtail wrasse-depth 2-30m by Yakout Hegazy
Broomtail wrasse-depth 2-30m
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Swimming anemone (Boloceroides mcmurrichii) on seagrass l... by Laura Dinraths
Swimming anemone (Boloceroides mcmurrichii) on seagrass leaf tip
8 Votes
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"Inquisitive Pipe Fish" by Gabriel De Leon Jr
"Inquisitive Pipe Fish"
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 7, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Goby and shrimps by Volker Lonz
Goby and shrimps
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 7, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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In my Solitude ... ! Cardinalfish - Apogonidae sp. Chalok... by Stefan Follows
In my Solitude ... ! Cardinalfish - Apogonidae sp. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f8-iso100-Inon D2000x2
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 7, 2015
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date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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- Say something I want to talk wasp fish by Eda Çıngı
- Say something I want to talk
wasp fish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 7, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Swimming anemone (Boloceroides mcmurrichii) on seagrass leaf by Laura Dinraths
Swimming anemone (Boloceroides mcmurrichii) on seagrass leaf
5 Votes
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Grumpy by Tracey Jennings
Grumpy
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 5, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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