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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
By Stefanos Michael
posted (4 days ago)
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Elysia beauty_October 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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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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Mating Mandarin Fish by Wowie Wong
Mating Mandarin Fish
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Ghost Pipefish by Jermyn Wong
Ghost Pipefish
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Hairy Mama!! by Carlos Pérez
Hairy Mama!!
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sargasso Sea Puerto Rico
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banded cleaner shrimp...bonaire by Christopher Lynch
banded cleaner shrimp...bonaire
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Mediterranean Grouper by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean Grouper
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Hippocampus guttulatus by Rumeau Yann Christian
Hippocampus guttulatus
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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This Spider Crap sat in a indentation in a sponge. Depth ... by Ulrik Paludan
This Spider Crap sat in a indentation in a sponge. Depth was about 8 meters. The crap was pretty patient, but it was tricky to get the strobes positioned, but after 10-15 shoots, thinks this came one out as the best
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cuba
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02.06.2012 - juvenil "Porania pulvillus" by Constantin Ene
02.06.2012 - juvenil "Porania pulvillus"
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Mantis shrimp with eggs Aniloa, the Philippines by Mickle Huang
Mantis shrimp with eggs
Aniloa, the Philippines
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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seriously you can't see me.. i'm too good at this camo thing by Rory Ferguson
seriously you can't see me.. i'm too good at this camo thing
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Eye to Eye by Nadya Kulagina
Eye to Eye
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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Periscopes 2. A pygmy octopus peeks out of an abandoned N... by Douglas Klug
Periscopes 2. A pygmy octopus peeks out of an abandoned Norris Top Snail shell. Shot with Canon 300D/100mm macro in Ikelite housing with dual DS51 strobes from about 6 inches. No Crop to image.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Hairy Frogfish D7000, inon z240, s2000, 60m teleconverter... by Eduardo Nadal
Hairy Frogfish D7000, inon z240, s2000, 60m teleconverter 1.4
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Puerto Rico
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Yawning hairy frogfish with nikon d7000, inon z240 and s2... by Eduardo Nadal
Yawning hairy frogfish with nikon d7000, inon z240 and s2000. F10, iso 100, Shutter 100
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Puerto Rico
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got it now step on the right one and we go right by Rory Ferguson
got it now step on the right one and we go right
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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followed by PAPARAZZI... by Iyad Suleyman
followed by PAPARAZZI...
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Yellow Boxfish Juv. @ 84 feet SW Horseshoe Bay Rinca/Komodo by John Roach
Yellow Boxfish Juv. @ 84 feet SW Horseshoe Bay Rinca/Komodo
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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SKY SURFER by Isabella Maffei
SKY SURFER
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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station de nettoyage... :o) by André Bruchez
station de nettoyage... :o)
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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octopus by Helen Hansen
octopus
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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MY HOME Hairy Red Hermit Crab - Dardanus lagopodes - R... by Jörg Menge
MY HOME
Hairy Red Hermit Crab - Dardanus lagopodes - Riff-Einsiedlerkrebs
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Peacock Mantis by Suzan Meldonian
Peacock Mantis
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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UAE Goby by Eric Mcdonald
UAE Goby
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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1st by Clariza Tagaro
1st
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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G12 AND 110A by Ghost Chen
G12 AND 110A
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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courtship in progress by Clariza Tagaro
courtship in progress
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012
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date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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Mimic Octopus Bunaken, Sulawesi, Indonesia Nikon D300S by Hans-Gert Broeder
Mimic Octopus
Bunaken, Sulawesi, Indonesia Nikon D300S
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 1, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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