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Blackwater Dive. Whalefish
By Lindsey Curtis
posted (5 days ago)
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Whalefish. Blackwater Dive
By Lindsey Curtis
posted (5 days ago)
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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

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"Exotic king" Marble Shrimp by Iyad Suleyman
"Exotic king"
Marble Shrimp
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2012 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
Lots of details in here and the subject is well isolated.
69 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Kish Island, Nikon D7000 , Aquatica AD7000 Ikelite DS1... by Siamak Derakhshan
Kish Island,
Nikon D7000 , Aquatica AD7000
Ikelite DS161, Nikor105 mm , +5 Aquatica wet lens
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Pipefish "3D picture" by Iyad Suleyman
Pipefish
"3D picture"
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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Scorpion Lionfish Canon Powershot S100 Fisheye Fix S10... by Irwin Ang
Scorpion Lionfish
Canon Powershot S100
Fisheye Fix S100 Housing
2x Sea&Sea YS110a Strobe
Subsee +10
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Echinothrix calamaris... Photo taken in Sipadan... by Ilhan Celikoglu
Echinothrix calamaris...
Photo taken in Sipadan...
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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octopus by Scozio Salvatore
octopus
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Italy
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A parrot & his shadow! by Lisa Hinderlider
A parrot & his shadow!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Different view of a flatworm ;-) by Rico Besserdich
Different view of a flatworm ;-)
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Pink Leaf Scorpion Fish... Canon 600 D, 60 mm macro 1/12... by Ahmet Yay
Pink Leaf Scorpion Fish...
Canon 600 D, 60 mm macro 1/125, f:3,5
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The face by Walter Bassi
The face
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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karabaş(tripterygion delaisi) by Ilker Acar
karabaş(tripterygion delaisi)
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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a closer view..... by Rico Besserdich
a closer view.....
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Mediterranean scorpionfish portrait (Scorpaena scrofa) by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Mediterranean scorpionfish portrait (Scorpaena scrofa)
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Editor's Comment
Well worked out details. This photo shows the most interesting of this species.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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A slipping actinia at the shallow reef. In the night it o... by Georgi Petsov
A slipping actinia at the shallow reef. In the night it opens his beautiful colored tentacles and turns in to a dangerous predator.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Black Sea Bulgaria
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Out on a limb by Wijnand Plekker
Out on a limb
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Cape Verde
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Mantis Shrimp by Daniel Sasse
Mantis Shrimp
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Eye of a cornet-fish by Rico Besserdich
Eye of a cornet-fish
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Yellow Moray Eel Canon Powershot S100 Fisheye Fix S100... by Irwin Ang
Yellow Moray Eel
Canon Powershot S100
Fisheye Fix S100 Housing
1x Sea&Sea YS110a Strobe
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malaysia
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Moray on night dive. by Sean Cooper
Moray on night dive.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Xeno crab - Tulamben by John Miller
Xeno crab - Tulamben
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A long nose sea Horse in the Cousteau Marine Park in Guad... by Alex Zeni
A long nose sea Horse in the Cousteau Marine Park in Guadeloupe
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Black and white by Wijnand Plekker
Black and white
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Cape Verde
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Crab amongst coral - Tulamben - Bali by John Miller
Crab amongst coral - Tulamben - Bali
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Crinoid shrimp in the feather seastar at Seraya Point. C... by Ahmet Yay
Crinoid shrimp in the feather seastar at Seraya Point.
Canon 600 D - 60 mm macro 1/125 f:10
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Clown fish by Helen Hansen
Clown fish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Flathead Flounder Canon Powershot S100 Fisheye Fix S... by Irwin Ang
Flathead Flounder
Canon Powershot S100
Fisheye Fix S100 Housing
1x Sea&Sea YS110a Strobe
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Lionfish Canon Powershot S100 Fisheye Fix S100 Housi... by Irwin Ang
Lionfish
Canon Powershot S100
Fisheye Fix S100 Housing
1x Sea&Sea YS110a Strobe
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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