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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
Blending in by Robert Michaelson
Blending in
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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parablennius portrait by Walter Bassi
parablennius portrait
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Moray Eel by Hans-Gert Broeder
Moray Eel
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Porcupinefish Don't eat your cleanerfish by Hans-Gert Broeder
Porcupinefish
Don't eat your cleanerfish
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Mirror by Salvatore Ianniello
Mirror
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Backlight by Marco Gargiulo
Backlight
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Fairy Basslet -- Gramma loreto by Billy Watson
Fairy Basslet -- Gramma loreto
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Davinci Tank Raised Clownfish potrait by Carlos Pérez
Davinci Tank Raised Clownfish potrait
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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seeing stars...soft coral by Troy Williams
seeing stars...soft coral
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Japan
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Night. by Gregory Sin
Night.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Thorny Seahorse by Boaz Meiri
Thorny Seahorse
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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"There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of ... by Stefan Follows
"There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles." Van Morrison. Bigfin Reef Squid (new born) - Sepioteuthis lessoniana. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f2.8-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2O Tools+5x2
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Unicorn. Hippocampus guttulatus. by Nicholas Samaras
Unicorn. Hippocampus guttulatus.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Greece
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Trance by Tony Cherbas
Trance
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Face to face by Marco Gargiulo
Face to face
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Scorpionfishe by Plamena Mileva
Scorpionfishe
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Reef at Home part II; Yellow prawn Goby of las Maldives f... by Carlos Pérez
Reef at Home part II; Yellow prawn Goby of las Maldives figthing for food
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Warty Corallimorph close up. SeaLife DC1400 and 8x diop... by Arun Madisetti
Warty Corallimorph close up.
SeaLife DC1400 and 8x diopter.
SeaDragon light
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Couple Bavose africana Muck Dive To Piano di Sorrento by Rosario Scariati
Couple Bavose africana
Muck Dive To Piano di Sorrento
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Moray Eel by Boaz Meiri
Moray Eel
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Eyelashes Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strob... by Margriet Tilstra
Eyelashes
Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strobes (DS161 and DS125), Lense AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, ISO 100, Aperture f/14, Shutterspeed 1/125
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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"Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every wor... by Stefan Follows
"Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything." Ernest Gaines. Polycladida Sp. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f8-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2O Tools+5x2
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25 Votes
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date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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The "best" flower of the bunch... pretty unusual to see a... by Gaetano Gargiulo
The "best" flower of the bunch... pretty unusual to see a scorpionfish hiding in the octocoral
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Something pass for my mind this morning and i go for it. ... by Carlos Pérez
Something pass for my mind this morning and i go for it. Why if a have my own reef in my room lets get some crazy underwater shots and here's one of two i will share. My big strong Yellow Tang or Yellow Surgeon Tang from the hawaiian islands.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Typically shy burr fish taken at Something Special in Bon... by Robert Michaelson
Typically shy burr fish taken at Something Special in Bonaire. Don't know what is going on with the eye. The unusual colors were visible in the sunlight. Nikon D90 with 105 macro. Dual DS 125 strobes.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Funny sunny fish Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelit... by Margriet Tilstra
Funny sunny fish
Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strobes (DS161 and DS125), Lense AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, ISO 100, Aperture f/16, Shutterspeed 1/125
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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squid at nightdive by Henrik Rasmussen
squid at nightdive
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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