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Blackwater Dive. Whalefish
By Lindsey Curtis
posted (5 days ago)
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Whalefish. Blackwater Dive
By Lindsey Curtis
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Hypselodoris infucata_March 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f18,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
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Whalefish
By Lindsey Curtis
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Whalefish. Blackwater Dive.
By Lindsey Curtis
posted (3 days ago)
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couple of Cratena nudibranchs-July 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted 02:24 CST Today (5 hours ago)
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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
Blenny fight. Image part of a sequence that tells a story... by Ximena Olds
Blenny fight. Image part of a sequence that tells a story: 2 males had an bloody argument about who the father of the eggs was...
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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grouper @ Kas by Betül Ündar
grouper @ Kas
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Porcelain Crap is hunting. Canon 600 D + YS-D1 x2 flash ... by Ahmet Yay
Porcelain Crap is hunting.
Canon 600 D + YS-D1 x2 flash
f:8, 1/125, asa:100
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Decorator Crab by Aleksandr Marinicev
Decorator Crab
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Angry fish... Canon 600 D + 60 mm macro + 2 2xYS-D1 f:5... by Ahmet Yay
Angry fish...
Canon 600 D + 60 mm macro + 2 2xYS-D1
f:5,6 1/40 asa:100
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Anemonefish couple in anemone by Laura Dinraths
Anemonefish couple in anemone
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The face of a shaggy sponge crab by Peet Van Eeden
The face of a shaggy sponge crab
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Profile by Walter Bassi
Profile
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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BIG EYE..! Sepia officinalis by Ilhan Celikoglu
BIG EYE..!
Sepia officinalis
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Bad Hair Day. A yellowfin Fringhead peers out of its tubu... by Douglas Klug
Bad Hair Day. A yellowfin Fringhead peers out of its tubular hole in the reef. Shot with a Canon Rebel T4i and 100mm f/2.8 macro in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Degirmendere - 2012 by Riza Taskin
Degirmendere - 2012
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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Calmar by Aleksandr Marinicev
Calmar
shortlistedShortlisted!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Green Morays are a favorite! They look scarier than they ... by Lisa Hinderlider
Green Morays are a favorite! They look scarier than they really are!
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Pelagia noctiluca by Roland Bach
Pelagia noctiluca
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Very shy sea horse posing for the lens but would not make... by Niall Deiraniya
Very shy sea horse posing for the lens but would not make eye contact.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Degirmendere 2012 by Riza Taskin
Degirmendere 2012
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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A different point of view. Cuttle fish when carrying its ... by Ahmet Yay
A different point of view. Cuttle fish when carrying its egg.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Couple of clownfishes by Oscar Miralpeix
Couple of clownfishes
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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black-sided hawkfish [Paracirrhites forsteri], Helengeli ... by Reinhard Arndt
black-sided hawkfish [Paracirrhites forsteri], Helengeli (Maldives)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Tentacoli by Salvatore Ianniello
Tentacoli
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Home Sweet Home..! by Ilhan Celikoglu
Home Sweet Home..!
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Frog fish by Aleksandr Marinicev
Frog fish
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Cuttlefish by Aleksandr Marinicev
Cuttlefish
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Blastomussa spp. by Sergey Lisitsyn
Blastomussa spp.
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Looks simple but it is really not easy to prevent outburning of these extreme colours. Nice structures, nice colours and pleasing DOF.
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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ghostpipefish by Andre Philip
ghostpipefish
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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frogface by Doris Vierkötter
frogface
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Karides CANON G1X 1/160 f/9 ISO : 100 by Riza Taskin
Karides
CANON G1X
1/160
f/9
ISO : 100
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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