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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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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
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
shortlistedShortlisted!
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
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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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Ride of the valkyries! by John Roach
Ride of the valkyries!
shortlistedShortlisted!
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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White cowrie by Leena Roy
White cowrie
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Curious parablennius by Walter Bassi
Curious parablennius
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Roll out the red carpet for the carpet worm by Peet J Van Eeden
Roll out the red carpet for the carpet worm
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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White seahorse around some coral by Laura Dinraths
White seahorse around some coral
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Too shy NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, ... by Thomas Bannenberg
Too shy
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f11, 1/60, ISO 100
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Reef Eater Crown of thorns making it's way through the r... by Troy Williams
Reef Eater
Crown of thorns making it's way through the reef @ Kadena North, Okinawa, Japan
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 25, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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sand crab f4.8 1/1600sec ISO80,Waiting pays off getting c... by Daryl Parker
sand crab f4.8 1/1600sec ISO80,Waiting pays off getting close bit by bit when he kept ducking into his hole everytime.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Jamaica
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Rombo by Salvatore Ianniello
Rombo
shortlistedShortlisted!
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Napoleonfish thank you youngster for your frontside Bun... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Napoleonfish
thank you youngster for your frontside
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indoneesia, Bunaken Island,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/125 ,f 18, iso 200 in Kinetics
sea&sea YS- d1
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Cozumel, Mexico.... by Beth Watson
Cozumel, Mexico....
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Porcupinefish first in - first out, fish logistic Bunak... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Porcupinefish
first in - first out, fish logistic
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indoneesia, Bunaken Island,
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Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/125 ,f 18, iso 200 in Kinetics
sea&sea YS- d1
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Green Moray. by Doug Anderson
Green Moray.
shortlistedShortlisted!
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
A stunning portrait with loads of character from Grand Master Doug
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Thorny seahorse in the seagrass by Laura Dinraths
Thorny seahorse in the seagrass
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blenny inspiration, Veracruz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blenny inspiration, Veracruz Mexico
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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