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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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Amazing jawfish, La Paz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Amazing jawfish, La Paz Mexico
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Octopus Flying, Cozumel Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Octopus Flying, Cozumel Mexico
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Guard crab up close. Captured on Great Barrier Reef - E... by Amanda Matthews
Guard crab up close.
Captured on Great Barrier Reef - Ellison Reef
Approx. 10m depth
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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picture is a wire coral and was taken on a night dive use... by Scott Hodgson
picture is a wire coral and was taken on a night dive useing nikon d7000 with 60mm macro
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Black Sea Bass, one of the half dozen or so that now inha... by Michael Kovach
Black Sea Bass, one of the half dozen or so that now inhabit what is left of the Nursery after Hurricane Sandy blew through. They chase my bubbles and look for handouts when I swim by.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Frogy close up by Beate Seiler
Frogy close up
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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actually i really don't know what it is, but in mind it's... by Diego Tan
actually i really don't know what it is, but in mind it's an egg or seaweed. i took this picture in shallow water of waniban island
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pigmy Seahorse by Greg Duncan
Pigmy Seahorse
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sunda Sea Indonesia
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Magnificent Chromodoris Brand new camera - first Nudi pi... by Amanda Matthews
Magnificent Chromodoris
Brand new camera - first Nudi picture!
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Smiling Blenny, Isla Lobos Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Smiling Blenny, Isla Lobos Mexico
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Yellow-banded Pipefish. by Allen Lee
Yellow-banded Pipefish.
shortlistedShortlisted!
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Taiwan
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He look sad and shy by Mariano Mañas
He look sad and shy
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Amphiprion frenatus by Mariano Mañas
Amphiprion frenatus
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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The crab by Gleb Tolstov
The crab
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Blue Spotted Beauty -blue spotted klipfish by Peet J Van Eeden
Blue Spotted Beauty -blue spotted klipfish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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shot with 85mm macro by Simon Gardener
shot with 85mm macro
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 31, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Litle Fish great colour, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Litle Fish great colour, Acapulco Mexico
44 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 30, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Night dive close up of a Crown of Thorn starfish. by David Gilchrist
Night dive close up of a Crown of Thorn starfish.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 30, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Night dive close up of a Crown of Thorn starfish. by David Gilchrist
Night dive close up of a Crown of Thorn starfish.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 30, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Blenny with spots, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blenny with spots, Acapulco Mexico
42 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Blue Throat Pike Blenny by Suzan Meldonian
Blue Throat Pike Blenny
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36 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Physalia and attendant Man o war fish, open ocean by Arun Madisetti
Physalia and attendant Man o war fish, open ocean
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Tiger cowrie by Leena Roy
Tiger cowrie
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Mediterranean Stenopus - night dive by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean Stenopus - night dive
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Mediterranean Sea Horse by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean Sea Horse
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Flounder close up by Beate Seiler
Flounder close up
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Network pipefish by Laura Dinraths
Network pipefish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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