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Hypselodoris bullockii_January 2025 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso200)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

Elysia timida_June 2025 (Canon RF100, 1/200,f16,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted Yesterday
0 votes

The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
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
Scorpaena maderensis Defensive behaviour by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Scorpaena maderensis
Defensive behaviour
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 4, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Wrasse - Pteragogus trispilus by Stefanos Michael
Wrasse - Pteragogus trispilus
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 4, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Bigfin reef squid - Sepioteuthis lessoniana by Stefanos Michael
Bigfin reef squid - Sepioteuthis lessoniana
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 3, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Purple Sea Urchin - Paracentrotus lividus by Stefanos Michael
Purple Sea Urchin - Paracentrotus lividus
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Beadlet Anemone - Actinia equina by Stefanos Michael
Beadlet Anemone - Actinia equina
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 29, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Parablennius zvonimiri by Stefanos Michael
Parablennius zvonimiri
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 28, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Pteragogus trispilus by Stefanos Michael
Pteragogus trispilus
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 26, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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The Grumpy Guy (Antennarius Pictus) by Luca Keller
The Grumpy Guy
(Antennarius Pictus)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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My first octo! Taken in waist deep water at Blue Heron, I... by Randall Fennell
My first octo! Taken in waist deep water at Blue Heron, I sucked a steel dry. An Atlantic Longarm, this was an interesting critter.
0 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Vibrant sea urchin by George Solomon
Vibrant sea urchin
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 22, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Tiger shrimp by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Tiger shrimp
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 22, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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One eye jack by Kelvin H.y Tan
One eye jack
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 19, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hippocampus guttulatus Back lighted by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Hippocampus guttulatus
Back lighted
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 18, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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BLACKGOBY by Marko Perisic
BLACKGOBY
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 18, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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A beautiful juvenile Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)... by Stefanos Michael
A beautiful juvenile Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena) hiding behind a sea cucumber (holothuria).
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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UNDERCOVER by Marko Perisic
UNDERCOVER
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Reconciliation Tuberculate Night Anemone, - Alicia sansi... by Stefan Follows
Reconciliation
Tuberculate Night Anemone, - Alicia sansibarensis
Chaloklum Bay, Thailand
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 14, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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EYEBALLING by Marko Perisic
EYEBALLING
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 14, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Bobtail squid by Athanassios Lazarides
Bobtail squid
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Longhorn cowfish portraid (Lactoria cornuta) Lembeh str... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Longhorn cowfish portraid (Lactoria cornuta)
Lembeh strait 2004
Fujifilm Provia 100ASA Nikon F60 and Nikkor 105 macro and Kenko 1.4X Subtronic Alpha Pro Macro F22 1/125
(scanned with Minolta film scan)

Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Glowing Frog by Abimael Márquez
Glowing Frog
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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pair of saddled butterflyfish in Raja Ampat. I followed ... by Phil Bear
pair of saddled butterflyfish in Raja Ampat. I followed them for a while snapping shots and finally got this perfect pose of the two of them!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus)  by Oksana Maksymova
Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus) 
shortlistedShortlisted!
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Ornate Ghost pipefish also called harlequin—ghost pipefis... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Ornate Ghost pipefish also called harlequin—ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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GOBYINTHESAND by Marko Perisic
GOBYINTHESAND
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 6, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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"PINKY" from Seferihisar İzmir Turkey. Olympus EM1 MarkII... by Ahmet Caglar
"PINKY" from Seferihisar İzmir Turkey. Olympus EM1 MarkII Nautıcam Housing.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 5, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Mediterranean striped blenny_2021 (Canon60 mm,t1/200,f/2... by Antonio Venturelli
Mediterranean striped blenny_2021
(Canon60 mm,t1/200,f/20,iso200)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 5, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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