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Peoples' Vote


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

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Scary Hairy (snooted in Lembeh) by Mathieu Foulquié
Scary Hairy
(snooted in Lembeh)
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Bang!!! you can hear it!!! its a popcorn shrimp (Periclim... by William Loke
Bang!!! you can hear it!!! its a popcorn shrimp (Periclimenes kororensis)
Shot No: 3 of 6
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Poor shrimp being swallowed with eyes wide open! Shot No... by William Loke
Poor shrimp being swallowed with eyes wide open!
Shot No: 4 of 6
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Trumpetfish concealing itself in a colourful blend of fan... by John Hill
Trumpetfish concealing itself in a colourful blend of fan corals. S-95 + Single Strobe, Bunaken Island.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 2, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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..and wait for it.. here comes another contraction ! Sea... by Suzan Meldonian
..and wait for it.. here comes another contraction ! Seahorse giving birth
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Snoot Frog!! by Marco Maccarelli
Snoot Frog!!
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Shot No: 5 of 6 by William Loke
Shot No: 5 of 6
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Shot No: 6 of 6 The end, poor shrimp:( by William Loke
Shot No: 6 of 6
The end, poor shrimp:(
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Mantis Shrimp by John Roach
Mantis Shrimp
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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HIPPOCAMPUS RAMULOSUS Olympus E-PL2 - Panasonic Leica 45... by Maurizio Pasi
HIPPOCAMPUS RAMULOSUS
Olympus E-PL2 - Panasonic Leica 45mm macro
2x Inon S2000
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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This is a Jewel Anemone taken on macro and used focus lig... by Shayne Seddon
This is a Jewel Anemone taken on macro and used focus light to get the glow effect
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea New Zealand
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"In the spotlight" compact camera shooting on "manual"... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
"In the spotlight"
compact camera shooting on "manual" with handheld torchlight...no PS, no LR editing done to the photo...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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rana pescatrice lophius piscatorius by Walter Bassi
rana pescatrice
lophius piscatorius
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Pygmy Seahorse in Its Living Environment!!! by William Loke
Pygmy Seahorse in Its Living Environment!!!
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Ribbon Eel @ f2.8 by William Loke
Ribbon Eel @ f2.8
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Found this orangutan crab on an anenome in a ripping curr... by Kip Nead
Found this orangutan crab on an anenome in a ripping current, but hunkered down and got the shot.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This past weekend, several of us monitored a pregnant sea... by Suzan Meldonian
This past weekend, several of us monitored a pregnant seahorse. It began sporatic contractions- and if you look real close you can see one of the premies that popped out.
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Lizzzard by Mona Dienhart
Lizzzard
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Oxycirrhites typus by Afflitti Gianluca
Oxycirrhites typus
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Man do I have a headach by Marylin Batt
Man do I have a headach
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Cratena lineata by J. Daniel Horovatin
Cratena lineata
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Nudibranch - Chelidonura (I think) by J. Daniel Horovatin
Nudibranch - Chelidonura (I think)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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I like his polka dotted eyes! by Lisa Hinderlider
I like his polka dotted eyes!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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The Boss! by Spencer Burrows
The Boss!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Moray W/cleaner Shrimp. by Stuart Ganz
Moray W/cleaner Shrimp.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Hippocampus hippocampus, short-snouted seahorse by Jorge Sorial
Hippocampus hippocampus, short-snouted seahorse
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Neosimnia spelta, a mollusk that adopts the color of the ... by Jorge Sorial
Neosimnia spelta, a mollusk that adopts the color of the sea fan, whether red or yellow.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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