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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

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I greet and farewell to the 2011. by Abimael Márquez
I greet and farewell to the 2011.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Hawksbill Turtle on the First Reef off the Fort Lauderdal... by Michael Kovach
Hawksbill Turtle on the First Reef off the Fort Lauderdale beach at night.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Yellow and more Yellow like sunshine by Carlos Pérez
Yellow and more Yellow like sunshine
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A hingebeak shrimp at Seraya. by Tammy Gibbs
A hingebeak shrimp at Seraya.
shortlistedShortlisted!
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Eledone cihrrosa (Curled Octopus) on some kelp ready to t... by Bjørnar Nygård
Eledone cihrrosa (Curled Octopus) on some kelp ready to take the leap and go in to hiding.
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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elegance by Daniele Mirigliano
elegance
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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On a night dive I found this Parrot fish wrapped in its m... by Jim Mcguire
On a night dive I found this Parrot fish wrapped in its mucas bubble for the night. The flash didn't wake him either.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Marshall Islands
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A small goby on ascidia....may be waiting for attaching e... by Paolo Rossi
A small goby on ascidia....may be waiting for attaching eggs...
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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brittle star shot with Nikon D7000 105mm macro by Simon Gardener
brittle star shot with Nikon D7000 105mm macro
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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brittle star shot with 105mm macro by Simon Gardener
brittle star shot with 105mm macro
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Ol' Blue in Ambon Bay by Larry Polster
Ol' Blue in Ambon Bay
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Christopher Hartley by Christopher Hartley
Christopher Hartley
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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A beautiful Christmas tree Worm (Sabellidae: Annelida) fr... by Vishal Bhave
A beautiful Christmas tree Worm (Sabellidae: Annelida) from Okha, Gujarat.
Those are also known as Feather dusters.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Clown fish with isopode by Davide Lopresti
Clown fish with isopode
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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'Titan Toothpick' - a cleaner wrasse attends to a Titan T... by Paul Colley
'Titan Toothpick' - a cleaner wrasse attends to a Titan Triggerfish that has sea urchin spines stuck in his mouth
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hippocampus guttulatus by Antonio Colacino
Hippocampus guttulatus
97 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Happy New Year 2012!!! by Charly Kotnik
Happy New Year 2012!!!
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Snail by Matic Mikec
Snail
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Clavularia crassa by Susana Martins
Clavularia crassa
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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cleaning station by Paolo Isgro
cleaning station
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Eye of Trigger Fish... by Michel Lonfat
Eye of Trigger Fish...
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Lionfish... Kulau... East New Britain, PNG. by Rick Tegeler
Lionfish... Kulau... East New Britain, PNG.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Solomon Sea Papua New Guinea
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I'll keep an eye out for you. by John Martin Burck
I'll keep an eye out for you.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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The most camouflage creature in existence - Camposcia retusa by Leah Sindel
The most camouflage creature in existence - Camposcia retusa
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Full Sail ahead! by Suzan Meldonian
Full Sail ahead!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Golden Coral Shrimp -with eggs still inside! by Suzan Meldonian
Golden Coral Shrimp -with eggs still inside!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Many anemones on the Cozumel reefs make great Macro subje... by Jason Sawicki
Many anemones on the Cozumel reefs make great Macro subjects.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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