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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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The Guardian
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

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Flamingo Tounge, Grand Cayman. Night dive at Light House ... by Samantha Morgan
Flamingo Tounge, Grand Cayman. Night dive at Light House Point. Slight current. But finally got him with all the spots!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Cayman islands
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light house point by Simon Dyer
light house point
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Zebra crab, Lembeh straith Nikon D200; 60 macro Seacam ... by Marchione Giacomo
Zebra crab, Lembeh straith
Nikon D200; 60 macro
Seacam Housing , two strobo
ISO200;F18;1/160
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Madaira's rockfish (S.maderensis) perfectly hidden in its... by Fuster Luc
Madaira's rockfish (S.maderensis) perfectly hidden in its environment. Cap de Creus,Spain, close to the french line.
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Eye of Squid by Yildirim Gencoglu
Eye of Squid
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Spotted this guy at the Marine Room, just north of La Jol... by Adam Grose
Spotted this guy at the Marine Room, just north of La Jolla Cove in San Diego, CA.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Taken to the cleaners ... Longfin Batfish - Platax teira.... by Stefan Follows
Taken to the cleaners ... Longfin Batfish - Platax teira. Sail Rock, Gulf of Thailand, EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f5.6-iso100-Inon D2000
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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blenny by Carlos Ernesto
blenny
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Anemone in a tidepool. La Jolla, CA by Adam Grose
Anemone in a tidepool. La Jolla, CA
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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I shoot this picture in the spanish natural reserve "Isla... by Fuster Luc
I shoot this picture in the spanish natural reserve "Islas Medas". It's one of the famous big fella of the Mediterranean sea, the Brown grouper.
Photo takes with my compact LUMIX FX-01 around 25 meters depth.
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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boxing crab ... with eggs by Oscar Miralpeix
boxing crab ... with eggs
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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mantis ... with eggs by Oscar Miralpeix
mantis ... with eggs
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Blue Ribbon Eel by Volker Lonz
Blue Ribbon Eel
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Bleniidea by Yildirim Gencoglu
Bleniidea
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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"Tarpon Undercarriage": Photographed at Macabuca/Turtle F... by Susannah H. Snowden
"Tarpon Undercarriage": Photographed at Macabuca/Turtle Farm on Grand Cayman. I hovered in front and below the "Tarpon Cave" where they hang out during the day. Lying close to the sandy bottom I shot up against the blue and coral.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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basketstar shrimp by Oscar Miralpeix
basketstar shrimp
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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This was my second attempt at the little critter. Did no... by Patricia Sinclair
This was my second attempt at the little critter. Did not fill the frame, but instead concentrated on sharpness of the image.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Another shot from the shore dive with Nina Baxa. She poi... by Patricia Sinclair
Another shot from the shore dive with Nina Baxa. She pointed this out, not much bigger than a pea, so I tried with my 60mm lens (no diopter) to fill the frame with the critter (so I could see what it was.)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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While doing a shore dive with Nina Baxa, she pointed out ... by Patricia Sinclair
While doing a shore dive with Nina Baxa, she pointed out this little beauty to me.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Ponthoi sea horse by Massimo Giorgetta
Ponthoi sea horse
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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bargibanti portrait by Massimo Giorgetta
bargibanti portrait
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36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 29, 2014
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Lenguado close up, Isla del Coco by Alejandro Topete
Lenguado close up, Isla del Coco
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
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Close encounter by Raoul Caprez
Close encounter
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date posted posted: Monday, September 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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'A Golden Moment' by Jim Catlin
'A Golden Moment'
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Porcelain crab Lembeh straith Nikon D800E, 105 macro Ni... by Marchione Giacomo
Porcelain crab
Lembeh straith
Nikon D800E, 105 macro Nikon, two strobo
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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the window by Salvatore Ianniello
the window
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"See-Through Beauty" Salpa Maggiore (Salpa maxima) - A r... by Andre Philip
"See-Through Beauty"
Salpa Maggiore (Salpa maxima) - A rarely species
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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