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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
posted (2 days ago)
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Salt Pier Late Afternoon
By William Goers Jr
posted 04:32 CST Today (12 hours ago)
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The Guardian
By William Goers Jr
posted 04:40 CST Today (12 hours ago)
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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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Gangga island,nikon D800e,105 micro by Puddu Massimo
Gangga island,nikon D800e,105 micro
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Stargazer trying to hide in the sand at TK3 in Lembeh by Marteyne Van Well
Stargazer trying to hide in the sand at TK3 in Lembeh
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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The artificial wreck on the Lumba Lumba house reef is a u... by Henrik Hedegaard
The artificial wreck on the Lumba Lumba house reef is a unique habitat for all the small critters. Wood, tubes, stones - you name it and it's there.
This blennie was hiding i a tiny tube, 15cm above a Giant Moray Eel.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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Friendly octopus close-up by Daniel Poloha
Friendly octopus close-up
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Happy Place. Feather Star - Crinoid sp. Chaloklum, Thaila... by Stefan Follows
Happy Place. Feather Star - Crinoid sp. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f5.6-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Rider Lembeh strait. Nikon d800E, 105 macro, two strobo by Marchione Giacomo
Rider
Lembeh strait.
Nikon d800E, 105 macro, two strobo
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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the clown fish got a comfy bed by Kf Leong
the clown fish got a comfy bed
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Greater pipefish - Criccieth beach, N. Wales by Mark Thomas
Greater pipefish - Criccieth beach, N. Wales
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Particular Stella Marina " Martasteria glacialis " To Ba... by Rosario Scariati
Particular Stella Marina " Martasteria glacialis "
To Baia di Puolo NA
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Vermocane Hermodice carunculata Santa Maria di Leuca In... by Rosario Scariati
Vermocane Hermodice carunculata
Santa Maria di Leuca
Intersection of the two Seas Ionian Sea Adriatic Sea
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Sand Dollar by Beate Seiler
Sand Dollar
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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gangga island,nikon D800e,105 micro + teleconverter 1,4 by Puddu Massimo
gangga island,nikon D800e,105 micro + teleconverter 1,4
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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A big yellow frogfish on coral reef by Laura Dinraths
A big yellow frogfish on coral reef
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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red in to space... by Chicco Maggioni
red in to space...
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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very good friends ....... symbiosis by Walter Bassi
very good friends ....... symbiosis
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Black Cheek Moray Eel by Brian Welman
Black Cheek Moray Eel
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Gobi by Philippe Brunner
Gobi
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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The Kiss

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shiny blenny......simply sparkling by Johnny Schepens
shiny blenny......simply sparkling
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 13, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Backstage Particular Red Starfish (Echinaster sepositus) by Rosario Scariati
Backstage Particular Red Starfish (Echinaster sepositus)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 13, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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seductive lips of a sea anemone by Peet J Van Eeden
seductive lips of a sea anemone
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Say Ah ! by Wijnand Plekker
Say Ah !
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars." Ivan Turg... by Stefan Follows
"We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars." Ivan Turgenev.
Branching Sea Cucumber - Pentacta sp. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-1/250-f8-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL165
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
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Egyptian thorny seahorse in seagrass by Laura Dinraths
Egyptian thorny seahorse in seagrass
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The wee dragon.this lil'dude was about the size of my fin... by Hamid Rad
The wee dragon.this lil'dude was about the size of my fingernail.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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"I can fly" - Male Boxfish in pose. by Beat J Korner
"I can fly" - Male Boxfish in pose.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Lion in profile by Tony Cherbas
Lion in profile
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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