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Flabellina affinis, August 2025 (SonyA6300, 1/125, f9, iso 125)
By Raphael Steinfeld
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

Man erzählte sich, dass der Leuchtturm einst von einem Fischer gebaut wurde, der seine Tochter vor einem Sturm verlor. Aus Trauer, aber auch aus Hoffnung, entzündete er jede Nacht das Licht, damit kein anderes Schiff den Weg verlieren möge. Mit der Z
By Martin Schrack
posted Monday, December 22, 2025
0 votes

Man erzählte sich, dass der Leuchtturm einst von einem Fischer gebaut wurde, der seine Tochter vor einem Sturm verlor. Aus Trauer, aber auch aus Hoffnung, entzündete er jede Nacht das Licht, damit kein anderes Schiff den Weg verlieren möge.
By Martin Schrack
posted Monday, December 22, 2025
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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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Macro close up of Hypsoblennius invemar blenny_Vallarta_2... by Antonio Venturelli
Macro close up of Hypsoblennius invemar blenny_Vallarta_2022
(Canon100mm,t1/250,f/20,iso160)
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Goby on sea pen by Aboy Capili
Goby on sea pen
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Just brushed my teeth. Barracuda near Cabilao, Philippi... by Margriet Tilstra
Just brushed my teeth.
Barracuda near Cabilao, Philippines.
Nikon D80 in Ikelite housing with two Ikelite strobes. Nikkor 105mm. ISO100, f/11, 1/160.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 21, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Red blenny(Protemblemaria bicirrus)_Vallarta_2022 (Canon... by Susanna Randazzo
Red blenny(Protemblemaria bicirrus)_Vallarta_2022
(Canon 60 mm,t1/200,f/20,iso100)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 21, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Elacatinus puncticulatus_2022 (Canon 100mm,t1/250,f/16,i... by Antonio Venturelli
Elacatinus puncticulatus_2022
(Canon 100mm,t1/250,f/16,iso125)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 21, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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The hide-away octopus by Peet J Van Eeden
The hide-away octopus
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 20, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Tasting by Peet J Van Eeden
Tasting
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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A couple of hitchhikers! by Tomas Everard
A couple of hitchhikers!
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Paper nautilus with skin by Regie Casia
Paper nautilus with skin
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 17, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Redhead goby_Vallarta_2022 (Canon 100mm,t1/250,f/16,iso125) by Antonio Venturelli
Redhead goby_Vallarta_2022
(Canon 100mm,t1/250,f/16,iso125)
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 17, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Orange spotted blenny_Vallarta_2022 (Canon 60mm,t1/200, ... by Susanna Randazzo
Orange spotted blenny_Vallarta_2022
(Canon 60mm,t1/200, f/20,iso 100)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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This is a photo of yellow eel in her cave. Taken in Puert... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of yellow eel in her cave. Taken in Puerto Galera, Fantasea dive site.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Voluptuous Mouth of a false plum sea-anemone by Peet J Van Eeden
Voluptuous Mouth of a false plum sea-anemone
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Soon I will be a daddy Jawfish with eggs, Dauin, Negros ... by Margriet Tilstra
Soon I will be a daddy
Jawfish with eggs, Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines. Nikon D80, Nikkor 105mm, ISO 100, f/16, 1/160, Ikelite housing with two Ikelite strobes
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A star is born by Peet J Van Eeden
A star is born
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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The Sun never sets underwater The beauty of a cup coral by Peet J Van Eeden
The Sun never sets underwater
The beauty of a cup coral
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Home sweet home_a nice tube blenny peering out of its hou... by Antonio Venturelli
Home sweet home_a nice tube blenny peering out of its house hole on the bottom of the sea_Majahuitas dive site_Vallarta_2022
(Canon 100mm,t1/250, f/16, iso 125)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 13, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Waiting for a dental cleaning by Peet J Van Eeden
Waiting for a dental cleaning
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Morray eel getting cleaned by Aboy Capili
Morray eel getting cleaned
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 6, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Parablennius gattorugine Contour by the torch by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius gattorugine
Contour by the torch
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 5, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Hypsoblennius invemar (Tessellated blenny)_2022 (Canon 1... by Antonio Venturelli
Hypsoblennius invemar (Tessellated blenny)_2022
(Canon 100mm,t1/250,f/20,iso160)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 4, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Sandy anemone dressed in a beautiful blue dress by Peet J Van Eeden
Sandy anemone dressed in a beautiful blue dress
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 3, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) South Africa
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Perfect mimetism for this specimen of Achaeus Japonicus_P... by Antonio Venturelli
Perfect mimetism for this specimen of Achaeus Japonicus_P.V._2022
(Canon100mm,t1/250,f/20,iso 160)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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A beautiful goby with crest disheveled by the current_Pue... by Susanna Randazzo
A beautiful goby with crest disheveled by the current_Puerto Vallarta_2022
(Canon 60mm,t1/200,f/20,iso 200)
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date posted posted: Monday, February 28, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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The Hideaway by Peet J Van Eeden
The Hideaway
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Cardinal fish by Aboy Capili
Cardinal fish
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The Beauty of Sea Anemones by Peet J Van Eeden
The Beauty of Sea Anemones
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2022
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date posted location: South Africa
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