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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
This little guy was definitely not camera shy, I think it liked looking at itself in my lens. Taken at about 60 ft. Nikon D90 lens, Tamaron 90 MM Macro, Ikelite HSG.. 2 DS161 strobes.. ISO 200, Shutter Speed1/250/ F13. Taken in Curacao
M O U T H B R O O D I N G
Cardinal fish with eggs (Apogonidae)
Anilao, Philippines. August 2014
Hermit Crab
Check out the veins on the brain
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Decorator crab
EYE
Bargibanti, the Christmas Sea Horse
Porcelaincrab
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Perfect dramatic lighting , great work.
gasteropode conchigliato
Lembeh hairy frog fish or one of my childhood nightmares!
last breath
Hypnotized Shrimp
S M I L E
Strombus vomer (Euprotomus vomer)
Anilao, Philippines. June 2014
Pastel Princess. Sea Hare - Aplysia oculifera. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/500-f2.8-iso200
A small Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hides in a discarded Coca Cola bottle beneath Chaloklum pier, Koh Phangan, Thailand.
Yellow couples "hairy goby"
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Soft Coral crab waving in the current.
Pong-Pong, Tulamben, Bali
lizardfish portrait
Goby
uw colors
I'm watching you!
Cleaner shrimp - Seraya Secrets, Tulamben, Bali
Buried
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A pair of coleman shrimps
Shrimp on a crinoid / featherstar
Hermit Crab
White Mouthed Eel in Kauai, Hawaii
Old Man. Frogfish - Antennarius sp. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f18-iso100-Inon D2000x2
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