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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
By Stefanos Michael
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Elysia beauty_October 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
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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
Nikon 60mm Macro Nauticam NA_D7000 by Andrew Green
Nikon 60mm Macro Nauticam NA_D7000
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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" Resilience " we are constantly surprsied by the ability... by Marc Damant
" Resilience " we are constantly surprsied by the ability of the Ocean to deal with the human degridation of our waters. This sandal was at the bottom beside a small village and completely encrusted in coral.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Abstract of an usually colourful candy-stripe anemone. by Valda Fraser
Abstract of an usually colourful candy-stripe anemone.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Pregnant Mediterranean seahorse. (Te la dedico WILLI, a... by Oscar Miralpeix
Pregnant Mediterranean seahorse.
(Te la dedico WILLI, amb bon rotllo eh!, Habiam si el dissabte en veiem més!!!)
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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black spotted sweetlep fish by Yakout Hegazy
black spotted sweetlep fish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blue Parrot sleeping, Cozumel Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blue Parrot sleeping, Cozumel Mexico
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Peekaboo by Nadya Kulagina
Peekaboo
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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porcelain crab by Marco Fierli
porcelain crab
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Tomato cod at a cleaning station. by Valda Fraser
Tomato cod at a cleaning station.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Shrimp by Richard Shelton
Shrimp
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Splendid Toadfish with teeth, Cozumel México by Alejandro Topete
Splendid Toadfish with teeth, Cozumel México
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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"Volcano", Cortez Round Stingray in Piedras Pintas, San C... by Tobias Reitmayr
"Volcano", Cortez Round Stingray in Piedras Pintas, San Carlos, Sonora, 100mm
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Parablennius rouxi by Alberto Gallucci
Parablennius rouxi
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Green Moray, Chowder Bay by Doug Anderson
Green Moray, Chowder Bay
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Sand Snake,Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Sand Snake,Acapulco Mexico
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Sawbladeshrimp :-D by Daniel Strub
Sawbladeshrimp big grin
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Surgeonfish appears like a hummingbird hovering in front ... by Beat J Korner
Surgeonfish appears like a hummingbird hovering in front of my macro lens!
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Canthigaster pygmaea by Yoav Lavi
Canthigaster pygmaea
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Raggy young Scropion Fish Night Dive by Elizabeth Oropesa Freeman
Raggy young Scropion Fish
Night Dive
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Orange-spine unicorn. Battled to get close to it. Had t... by Valda Fraser
Orange-spine unicorn. Battled to get close to it. Had to hide in a crevice.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Perfect mimicry!!!! --- Mediterranean Seahorse by Carlos Ortolà
Perfect mimicry!!!! --- Mediterranean Seahorse
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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No time for Spanish dancing now. Need to fill up with so... by Valda Fraser
No time for Spanish dancing now. Need to fill up with some energy-giving sponge.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Goldentail Moray by Abimael Márquez
Goldentail Moray
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Crab (decorator??) feeding on a moon jelly by J. Daniel Horovatin
Crab (decorator??) feeding on a moon jelly
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Hermit Crab releasing its larvae, night dive. f 6,3, ISO ... by Alexia Dunand
Hermit Crab releasing its larvae, night dive. f 6,3, ISO 200, 1/160, E-PL5, Olympus lens 60mm. Strobes Sea&Sea YS-D1 and Inon
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Fan worm from murky Browns Bay by Daniel Poloha
Fan worm from murky Browns Bay
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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my favorite macro subjet by Gilles Brignardello
my favorite macro subjet
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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