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Blackwater Dive. Whalefish
By Lindsey Curtis
posted (6 days ago)
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Whalefish. Blackwater Dive
By Lindsey Curtis
posted (6 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 (4 days ago)
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couple of Cratena nudibranchs-July 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days 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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Weedy ScorpionFish by William Loke
Weedy ScorpionFish
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Portrait Shot - Rhinopias frondosa by William Loke
Portrait Shot - Rhinopias frondosa
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Marsa Shagra December 2011 by Debby Richardson
Marsa Shagra December 2011
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Maldives Anemonefish by Goos Van Der Heide
Maldives Anemonefish
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Maldives
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Characteristic pattern by Raoul Caprez
Characteristic pattern
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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Horned Cow Fish by Lin Dysinger
Horned Cow Fish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 18, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Taken off the shores of Catalina Island, CA in the Pacifi... by David Long
Taken off the shores of Catalina Island, CA in the Pacific Ocean.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 18, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Social Feather Duster @ Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, P.R.... by Carlos Rodriguez
Social Feather Duster @ Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, P.R.
Using Intova IC14, Wide Angke Lens and IFRed Filter. Depth 25 feet, vis <20 feet, sunny skies, but the water was full of particles and a strong current South to North
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Fire Worm 2 @ Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, P.R. by Carlos Rodriguez
Fire Worm 2 @ Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, P.R.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Rhinopia by Beate Seiler
Rhinopia
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hungry? by Reidar Opem
Hungry?
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2012
2nd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2012 awards final round judging

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What's left after we have played with all available toys & gadgets ? Yes : Behaviour shots ! Reidar shows us a way of future with this incredible shot. A tricky to exposure subject well mastered :-)
61 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Parablenius gattorugine by Carlos Ernesto
Parablenius gattorugine
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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d80 makro in eilat by נמרוד בן חור
d80 makro in eilat
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Synchiropus splendidus - close up - by Alex Varani
Synchiropus splendidus - close up -
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Symbiotic, I don't know, but the color match is flawless.... by John Roach
Symbiotic, I don't know, but the color match is flawless. Totally amazing. Seamless perfection. Beautiful!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Yellow headed jawfish trying its hypnotic powers... by Nadya Kulagina
Yellow headed jawfish trying its hypnotic powers...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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les copains... by André Bruchez
les copains...
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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A solitary strawberry sea anemone 1 cm in diameter by Peet Van Eeden
A solitary strawberry sea anemone 1 cm in diameter
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Me? - Canon S95 + Inon UCL165 + YS01 by Yiu Tin Tang
Me? - Canon S95 + Inon UCL165 + YS01
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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my chromis by Sergun Aydan
my chromis
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sad Eyes by Christine Hamilton
Sad Eyes
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Bad hair day! taken in Anilao by Mona Dienhart
Bad hair day!
taken in Anilao
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Small snapper shrimp; Alpheus novaezealandiae. Snapping s... by Bill Van Eyk
Small snapper shrimp; Alpheus novaezealandiae. Snapping shrimps or pistol shrimps are immediately distinguished from other families by having one claw much larger than the other, the larger claw cylindrical and with a parrot-beak-like finger.
5 Votes
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11/18 mmm zoom lens by Antonio Colacino
11/18 mmm zoom lens
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea France
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Tr5achinus draco, a 35 cm fish that use to behind under t... by Antonio Colacino
Tr5achinus draco, a 35 cm fish that use to behind under the sand waiting for a prey,dorsal venemous black fin. Night dive Canon EOS 350d, two Ikelite's DS160 strobes, sigma 50 mm macro lens, 25 leds illuminator "Illunaluce" (powerful)
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Bridled Burrfish (Chilomycterus antennatus) by Brad Ryon
Bridled Burrfish (Chilomycterus antennatus)
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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taken with a DX-G1 sea and sea with single strobe YS-110a. by Len Nuttall
taken with a DX-G1 sea and sea with single strobe YS-110a.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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