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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
Popcorn shrimp @ West Halmahera-Indonesia. Olympus Xz-1, ... by Tiur Aldha
Popcorn shrimp @ West Halmahera-Indonesia. Olympus Xz-1, Olympus housing, f.5, 1/80, iso 100, inon macro wet lens, dual strobe YS-01
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Close to the squid by Iyad Suleyman
Close to the squid
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Lembeht strait, Indonesia. by Ahmet Yay
Lembeht strait, Indonesia.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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duble exposition by Ernesto Cordella
duble exposition
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Lizard fish. Usually they're pretty well camouflaged but ... by Joseph Lambert
Lizard fish. Usually they're pretty well camouflaged but this guy seemed really content on this coral. He let me take several photos and never moved.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Hard for camera to focus on this as not much colour or co... by Mark Watts
Hard for camera to focus on this as not much colour or contrast but one lucky shot.
Taken in Tulamben, Bali. Amazing place to go if never been , lots great shore diving..
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The Kidnapping: A Harlequin Shrimp drags a juvenile Sea S... by Tony Cherbas
The Kidnapping: A Harlequin Shrimp drags a juvenile Sea Star back to its lair.
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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A little octopus that was out wandering about. Taken in ... by Jeff Robinson
A little octopus that was out wandering about. Taken in about 40ft of water. Nikon D7000, Sea/Sea housing, 60mm 2.8, f/11, 1/125, iso 250, dual YS110a strobes
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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mantis shrimp by Georges Boudron
mantis shrimp
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Eyes of Mantis Shrimp by Iyad Suleyman
Eyes of Mantis Shrimp
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45 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Brown Greenling or Alaska Greenfish ...because of meat ha... by Boris Pamikov
Brown Greenling or Alaska Greenfish ...because of meat has a greenish color
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Russia
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Periclimenes sarasvati on cerianthus by Alberto Gallucci
Periclimenes sarasvati on cerianthus
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Mantis Shrimp , sat still for once and posed for shot t... by Mark Watts
Mantis Shrimp , sat still for once and posed for shot
taken in Bali 2012
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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friendly Napolean by Helen Hansen
friendly Napolean
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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crocodile fish eyes by Paolo Isgro
crocodile fish eyes
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41 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Sea Horse, Close-Up by Pedro Padilla
Sea Horse, Close-Up
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Golden spotted flatworm taking a morning constitutional by Giles Harvey
Golden spotted flatworm taking a morning constitutional
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pink anenome fish and anenome by Graeme Cole
Pink anenome fish and anenome
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hippocampus Ramulosus Olympus E-PL2 - Panasonic 45mm mac... by Maurizio Pasi
Hippocampus Ramulosus
Olympus E-PL2 - Panasonic 45mm macro - 2 Sea&Sea YS-D1
ISO 200 - f16 - 1/125th
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Twins by Graeme Cole
Twins
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Perch by Beate Seiler
Perch
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Germany
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Northern red anemone, Taken with Canon g 11. ISO 200 F 6... by Paal Mathiesen
Northern red anemone, Taken with Canon g 11.
ISO 200 F 6,3 1/500
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Octopus shot from a night dive. by Joseph Lambert
Octopus shot from a night dive.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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juv frogfish, yingyang. by Syed Hafiz
juv frogfish, yingyang.
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Ecsenius sp. inside hard coral by Alex Varani
Ecsenius sp. inside hard coral
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Murena by Cordella Ernesto
Murena
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Sculpin eating a shrimp. Can anyone identify this critter... by J. Daniel Horovatin
Sculpin eating a shrimp. Can anyone identify this critter for me? Scalyhead? Snubnose? The distinct white patch on its back throws me off finding and identifying match in the Paul Humann coastal fish ID book.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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