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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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An unusually colored porcelain crab feeding. by Andy Lerner
An unusually colored porcelain crab feeding.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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cup coral by Mathieu Foulquié
cup coral
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Pipefish sp. in the seagrass, and help identifying him mu... by Leah Sindel
Pipefish sp. in the seagrass, and help identifying him much appreciated. He was 3 - 4 cm in length, taken in 4 meters on a sandy slope. Taken at Sekotong, Lombok.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Lauriea siagiani - Pink squat lobster by Paolo Rossi
Lauriea siagiani - Pink squat lobster
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The Bornella! by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
The Bornella!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Brunei Darussalam
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Somewhere in Raja Ampat by Lin Dysinger
Somewhere in Raja Ampat
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Rhinopias ATTACK! (or just yawning). D300/Inon Strobes/105mm by Richard Witmer
Rhinopias ATTACK! (or just yawning). D300/Inon Strobes/105mm
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Oxycirrhites typus - Longnose hawkfish by Paolo Rossi
Oxycirrhites typus - Longnose hawkfish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Beautiful bubbletips by John Martin Burck
Beautiful bubbletips
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: New Caledonia
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Face to face with a Snake Eel by Abimael Márquez
Face to face with a Snake Eel
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Frog fish in Veracruz (Cabomex) Canon G12 Ikelite housin... by Juan Cortes
Frog fish in Veracruz (Cabomex)
Canon G12 Ikelite housing. Ikelite DS161 strobe (only one). TTL
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Giant Frogfish by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Giant Frogfish
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Antennarius striatus - Striped frog fish by Paolo Rossi
Antennarius striatus - Striped frog fish
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Peek a boo by John Martin Burck
Peek a boo
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Turtle Grass by Abimael Márquez
Turtle Grass
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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STILL LIFE Soft coral Northeast Coast Taiwan by Mickle Huang
STILL LIFE
Soft coral
Northeast Coast Taiwan
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Taiwan
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Red Frog by Tony Cherbas
Red Frog
shortlistedShortlisted!
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Rhinopias eschmeyeri - Eschmeyer's scorpion fish by Paolo Rossi
Rhinopias eschmeyeri - Eschmeyer's scorpion fish
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Ghostpipe in the grass by Leah Sindel
Ghostpipe in the grass
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A Nudibranch reaching for food...lovely! by Paul Ories
A Nudibranch reaching for food...lovely!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A Yellow box fish pouts for the camera while seemingly su... by Tyrone Almeida
A Yellow box fish pouts for the camera while seemingly sucking up sediment from a wooden plank
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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This ribbon eel was a nice surprise near the then of our ... by John Martin Burck
This ribbon eel was a nice surprise near the then of our dive.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Caledonia
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Batfish nearby the shipwreck C-50 Rivapalacio located in ... by Juan Cortes
Batfish nearby the shipwreck C-50 Rivapalacio located in Veracruz, Mexico. It's not easy to find since the fish hides in the sand or shaded spots under the wreck. I was lucky to be the first diver to go down and the batfish was not hidding yet
Canon
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Konik by Radim Fort
Konik
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Pterapogon kauderni - Banggai cardinalfish by Paolo Rossi
Pterapogon kauderni - Banggai cardinalfish
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Small marine insect - can anybody ID? Image taken about 1... by Bill Van Eyk
Small marine insect - can anybody ID? Image taken about 1 meter deep.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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juvenile Sea Robin by Suzan Meldonian
juvenile Sea Robin
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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