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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

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A blenny close-up at "Something Special" in Bonaire by Marteyne Van Well
A blenny close-up at "Something Special" in Bonaire
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Peacock Mantis Shrimp by Marco Fierli
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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longfin gunnel hanging out for a photo op! by J. Daniel Horovatin
longfin gunnel hanging out for a photo op!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Seahorse eyes portrait by Raffaele Livornese
Seahorse eyes portrait
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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lined cheek wrasse by Marco Fierli
lined cheek wrasse
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Lionfish close-up by Marteyne Van Well
Lionfish close-up
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Shortnose Batfish 2 by Abimael Márquez
Shortnose Batfish 2
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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One of my photos from the Monterey Shoot-Out. I had to ph... by Kip Nead
One of my photos from the Monterey Shoot-Out. I had to photoshop a bit of the snail antenna that was up across the left corner of his mouth, so it was in the unlimited catagory.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Shortnose Batfish by Abimael Márquez
Shortnose Batfish
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Sepia night........ by Afflitti Gianluca
Sepia night........
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Don't touch my babies! by Iyad Suleyman
Don't touch my babies!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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The elusive Kyonemichthys rumengani by Marco Fierli
The elusive Kyonemichthys rumengani
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Pontonia pinnophylax by Alessandro Pagano
Pontonia pinnophylax
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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goby NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm... by Thomas Bannenberg
goby
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f9, 1/125, ISO 100
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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juvenile anemone fish @ cape maeda, okinawa by Troy Williams
juvenile anemone fish @ cape maeda, okinawa
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Japan
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goby by Eduardo Nadal
goby
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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This Cuttlefish was so cute that we had to take a picture! by Marc Damant
This Cuttlefish was so cute that we had to take a picture!
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Clown Anemonefish Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indonesia, Bunaken Is... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Clown Anemonefish
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indonesia, Bunaken Islands
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile of Pinnate Batfish by Jagwang Koo
Juvenile of Pinnate Batfish
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Smile of Parrot, Mahahual Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Smile of Parrot, Mahahual Mexico
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Squid by Iyad Suleyman
Squid
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Puget Sound King Crab by Jeremy Axworthy
Puget Sound King Crab
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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A couple of pipefishes by Vittorio Durante
A couple of pipefishes
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Kiss me - two Mandarinfishes in underwater love by Christian Schlamann
Kiss me - two Mandarinfishes in underwater love
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Final RoundThrough to 2013 awards final round judging
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Close up of a starry moray. by Valda Fraser
Close up of a starry moray.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Intertidal beauty- sea star in the intertidal zone by Peet J Van Eeden
Intertidal beauty- sea star in the intertidal zone
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Tanzania
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Arcos da Caloura - S. Miguel island - Azores by Fernando Abreu
Arcos da Caloura - S. Miguel island - Azores
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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