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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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Dental Assistant by Tony Cherbas
Dental Assistant
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Batman dentures Olympus E lense 105 mm macro F/14 ,1... by Mikulás Németh
Batman dentures Olympus E lense 105 mm macro F/14 ,1/180s ,iso 100 strobe ikelite Ds 161 2* /+snoot
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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Parasite... by André Bruchez
Parasite...
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Golden Goby Living in a Great Star coral. by Carl Lam
Golden Goby
Living in a Great Star coral.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Sunny Side Up by Yagit Diver
Sunny Side Up
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
nice portrait :-)
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Mandarin mating by Sabrina Shariff
Mandarin mating
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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Can we call him "King Sea Horse" because of carrying a cr... by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Can we call him "King Sea Horse" because of carrying a crown on his head?
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Juv. Hippocampus only 1 inch long @ BHB by John Roach
Juv. Hippocampus only 1 inch long @ BHB
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Boxfish Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia, Nikon D 300... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Boxfish
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 5.6, iso 800 in Kinetics
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Seasnake Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia, Nikon D 30... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Seasnake
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 6.3, iso 800 in Kinetics
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Dancin octopus II by Carlos Pérez
Dancin octopus II
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sargasso Sea Puerto Rico
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"finger" by sea stars by Walter Bassi
"finger" by sea stars
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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sea horse by Ilker Acar
sea horse
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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Red... Canon 40 D - Canon 60 mm - 2xYS-110 1/100 - f:18... by Ahmet Yay
Red...
Canon 40 D - Canon 60 mm - 2xYS-110
1/100 - f:18 - Asa:100
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Skunik anemonefish Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia, ... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Skunik anemonefish
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 5.6, iso 800 in Kinetics
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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"Dancing Octopus I" by Carlos Pérez
"Dancing Octopus I"
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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In Pompano Beach Florida diving the wreck United Caribbea... by Craig Dietrich
In Pompano Beach Florida diving the wreck United Caribbean. Found this Lizard fish having a grunt for lunch. I had never seen them swallow something so large before. Shot with a Canon 7D with a Tokina 10-17 with 2 YS-D1 strobes.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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lion fish by Jagwang Koo
lion fish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Boxfish Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia, Nikon D 300... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Boxfish
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 5.6, iso 800 in Kinetics
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Feather duster worms by Peet Van Eeden
Feather duster worms
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Green Turtle Christmas Turtle Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Green Turtle
Christmas Turtle
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/200 ,f 6,3, iso 200 in Kinetics
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Batfish by Abimael Márquez
Batfish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Peacock Flounder by Nate Ewigman
Peacock Flounder
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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capo bove by Scozio Salvatore
capo bove
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cleaned while you sleep on the Umbria by Todd Moseley
Cleaned while you sleep on the Umbria
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sudan
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Decorator Crab Potrait II by Carlos Pérez
Decorator Crab Potrait II
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A red scorpaena with dramatic lighting by Pietro Cremone
A red scorpaena with dramatic lighting
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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