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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
posted 04:32 CST Today (12 hours ago)
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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
Scribbled leatherjacket (filefish) swimming over seagrass by Laura Dinraths
Scribbled leatherjacket (filefish) swimming over seagrass
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Seahorse in Portobelo, Panama very tricky to spot. by Brett Klempel
Seahorse in Portobelo, Panama very tricky to spot.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Panama
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School of juvenile striped eel catfish over sand by Laura Dinraths
School of juvenile striped eel catfish over sand
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Toadfish by Abimael Márquez
Toadfish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Pygmy sea horse 60mm D300 by Giroudon Jean-Pierre
Pygmy sea horse 60mm D300
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Candy Crab 60mm D300 by Giroudon Jean-Pierre
Candy Crab 60mm D300
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp by Blaine Harder
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Jamaica
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Big eyes,Lembeh strait,nikon d800e,105 micro by Puddu Massimo
Big eyes,Lembeh strait,nikon d800e,105 micro
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Spine Cheeck Anemone fish, female portrait by Marco Fierli
Spine Cheeck Anemone fish, female portrait
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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A Lembeh Pygmy Seahorse shot in Tulamben, Bali. Nikon D20... by Kip Nead
A Lembeh Pygmy Seahorse shot in Tulamben, Bali. Nikon D200 and 60mm lens.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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I love Harlequin Shrimp! They are just so beautiful. From... by Kip Nead
I love Harlequin Shrimp! They are just so beautiful. From a muck dive in Tulamben, Bali.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Spinecheek Anemonefish - Pretty Girl by Billy Watson
Spinecheek Anemonefish - Pretty Girl
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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The Eye by Carla Tymkow
The Eye
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Yellow Pontohi sea orse 60mm D300 by Giroudon Jean-Pierre
Yellow Pontohi sea orse 60mm D300
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Nudi 60mm D300 by Giroudon Jean-Pierre
Nudi 60mm D300
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Bonaire - dive site "the cliff" Canon 7D, 60mm macro len... by Glenn Kulmer
Bonaire - dive site "the cliff"
Canon 7D, 60mm macro lens in Ikelite housing - twin ds161 strobes
f16 - 1/250th - iso200
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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The Parasite eating the fish alive. by Kerim Sabuncuoglu
The Parasite eating the fish alive.
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Balloonfish Tetraodontidae by Antonio Raio
Balloonfish
Tetraodontidae
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Cape Verde
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dental care by Seania Wing
dental care
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Reef octopus, picture taken in Portobelo, Panama. 2 year... by Brett Klempel
Reef octopus, picture taken in Portobelo, Panama. 2 years back. Went snorkeling, saw this guy put camera on macro, took a deep breath went down and actually took this picture upside down. He flashed so many colors at me.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Panama
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gobie nain sur un corail fil de fer by André Bruchez
gobie nain sur un corail fil de fer
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Sri Lanka
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taken with Coolpix P7100 without strobe and macro lensa by Wawan Mangile
taken with Coolpix P7100 without strobe and macro lensa
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Tiger shrimp with razor thin DOF by Lawrence Davis
Tiger shrimp with razor thin DOF
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sea Urchin by Sharon English
Sea Urchin
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Shy little Gobi by Joakim Odelberg
Shy little Gobi
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Sweden
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Thorns amongst the roses by Peet J Van Eeden
Thorns amongst the roses
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Caution, you are approaching to my eggs. by Abimael Márquez
Caution, you are approaching to my eggs.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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