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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
By Stefanos Michael
posted (5 days ago)
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Elysia beauty_October 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
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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
Thorny seahorse hiding in the seagrass meadow by Laura Dinraths
Thorny seahorse hiding in the seagrass meadow
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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nice........ by Afflitti Gianluca
nice........
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Two-stick stingfish by Yoav Lavi
Two-stick stingfish
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Pair of Ghost Pipefish by Marylin Batt
Pair of Ghost Pipefish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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"The Feast" Harlequin Dinner Party (snoot lighting). by Tony Cherbas
"The Feast" Harlequin Dinner Party (snoot lighting).
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Canon T2i; 100mm macro; f/32; 1/180; ISO 200; 2 Ike strob... by Ellen Rierson
Canon T2i; 100mm macro; f/32; 1/180; ISO 200; 2 Ike strobes @ full power pointed outward
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Tompot Blennie on guard under Swanage Pier by Elaine White
Tompot Blennie on guard under Swanage Pier
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Riding by Marcello Di Francesco
Riding
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Ornate Ghost pipefish by Laura Dinraths
Ornate Ghost pipefish
6 Votes
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So common here I pass them by all the time but ..... Let... by John Roach
So common here I pass them by all the time but .....
Lettuce Sea Slug Bonaire Dutch Caribbean 60mm +10 Diopter
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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the smart one by Ilan Lubitz
the smart one
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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throat..... by Afflitti Gianluca
throat.....
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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GOBIUS by Carmen Casanova
GOBIUS
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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There are lots of invasive lion fish in the area where I'... by Joseph Lambert
There are lots of invasive lion fish in the area where I'm diving right now. Since they don't move much they make good subjects to practice underwater skills for a beginner.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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blushes........ (monaco shrimp - Lysmata seticaudata- on ... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
blushes........ (monaco shrimp - Lysmata seticaudata- on the moray eel - Murena helena).
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Eye of the hawk by Erik Van Doesburg
Eye of the hawk
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Maldives
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juvenile painted frogfish by Chinchin Law
juvenile painted frogfish
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Fully exposed. Seaweed Blenny Blue Heron Bridge FLA Lou ... by John Roach
Fully exposed. Seaweed Blenny Blue Heron Bridge FLA Lou Reed
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Close up of a Yellowspotted burrfish inside an amphora @ ... by Laura Dinraths
Close up of a Yellowspotted burrfish inside an amphora @ H2O Divers Dahab
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Flounder , taken with Canon G12 and UCL165 by Beate Seiler
Flounder , taken with Canon G12 and UCL165
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Seahorse by Iyad Suleyman
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This photo was taken with a Canon G12 in an Ikelite housi... by Joseph Lambert
This photo was taken with a Canon G12 in an Ikelite housing. Only the on-camera strobe was used. I took dozens of photos of anemones over several dives before I started getting anything decent. This is one of my first passable shots.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Apogon with eggs Olympus E-PL2 - Panasonic 45mm macro - ... by Maurizio Pasi
Apogon with eggs
Olympus E-PL2 - Panasonic 45mm macro - 2 Sea&Sea YS-D1
ISO 200 - f11 - 1/180th
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Apogon with eggs by Walter Bassi
Apogon with eggs
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Fluorescent hard coral- excited by ultraviolet light by Peet Van Eeden
Fluorescent hard coral- excited by ultraviolet light
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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close up shot of a stone fish taken with Canon G12. by Matt Hutchinson
close up shot of a stone fish taken with Canon G12.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Steamed: Harlequin Shrimp with slow shutter pan. F18, 4 s... by Tony Cherbas
Steamed: Harlequin Shrimp with slow shutter pan. F18, 4 sec, ISO 250 with FO snoot.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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