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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
By Stefanos Michael
posted (5 days ago)
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Elysia beauty_October 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
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15730 Entries Found: Page 268  of  583
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
Bispira volutacornis by Carlos Ernesto
Bispira volutacornis
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 8, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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HOW SMALL WINGS by Afflitti Gianluca
HOW SMALL WINGS
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 8, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Curious - this image of a Blennie is taken in the medite... by Uwe Schmolke
Curious -
this image of a Blennie is taken in the mediterranean sea.
Have fun watching.
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 7, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Croatia
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Gobius niger with annelid in mouth by Alberto Gallucci
Gobius niger with annelid in mouth
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 7, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"The dentist" by Walter Bassi
"The dentist"
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 7, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Grey peppered moray making for the camera by Laura Dinraths
Grey peppered moray making for the camera
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 7, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pipehorse. Shot with an Olympus SP 350 with 2 stacked In... by Michelle Davis
Pipehorse. Shot with an Olympus SP 350 with 2 stacked Inon close up lenses
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Eyeing Colors. A diver with a close-up encounter of a Spa... by Douglas Klug
Eyeing Colors. A diver with a close-up encounter of a Spanish Shawl nudibranch. Shot with Canon Digital Rebel T4i with 100mm f/2.8 macro in Ikelite Housing and using dual DS51 strobes.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Amphipoda on anemone by Bjørnar Nygård
Amphipoda on anemone
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Striated Hairy Frogfish Under the Bridge by John Roach
Striated Hairy Frogfish Under the Bridge
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Lionfish by Laura Dinraths
Lionfish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Grouper being cleaned by a Pederson's cleaning shrimp by Marteyne Van Well
Grouper being cleaned by a Pederson's cleaning shrimp
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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And we call him "Öctavio" by Carlos Pérez
And we call him "Öctavio"
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Barbfish under the bridge by John Roach
Barbfish under the bridge
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Blenny under the bridge by John Roach
Blenny under the bridge
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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fish portrait by Stan Flachs
fish portrait
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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little crab on the starfish! by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
little crab on the starfish!
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Mediterranean yellow jewels by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Mediterranean yellow jewels
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Gnathophyllum_elegans by Alessandro Pagano
Gnathophyllum_elegans
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Scorpion Fish close-up by Marteyne Van Well
Scorpion Fish close-up
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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cute crab by Nonna Pokras
cute crab
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"SWEET FATHER" by Isabella Maffei
"SWEET FATHER"
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Shoot to Thrill by Nadia Chiesi
Shoot to Thrill
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45 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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very beatiful Giant frogfish, night Dive by Jonathan Sala
very beatiful Giant frogfish, night Dive
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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UnNatural Colour! The colours and shapes under the sea ar... by Marc Damant
UnNatural Colour! The colours and shapes under the sea are amazing. This Hot Pink Frogfish sure stood out when moving but blended in almost perfectly in the sponges. So strange to see an ambush hunter hidingout with such a loud outfit:)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 30, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blenny with Fear, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blenny with Fear, Acapulco Mexico
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 30, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Two Cuttlefishes. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Two Cuttlefishes.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 30, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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