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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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cleaning by Mathieu Foulquié
cleaning
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Skeleton shrimp fight by Rene Braband Andersen
Skeleton shrimp fight
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Philippines
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Skeleton shrimp family by Rene Braband Andersen
Skeleton shrimp family
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Philippines
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"Squid Face" ;-) by Rico Besserdich
"Squid Face" ;-)
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61 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Squid Closeup by Rico Besserdich
Squid Closeup
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44 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Portrait Bali by Mickle Huang
Portrait
Bali
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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On the worst vis day of the year, I decided to only photo... by Suzan Meldonian
On the worst vis day of the year, I decided to only photograph things of color and not let the dismal get to me. Amazing what you can find if you put your mind to it. Taken with the subsee.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Imperial Carrier. No cucumbers were harmed during shooti... by Marcus Culley
Imperial Carrier. No cucumbers were harmed during shooting. Taci Tolu, Dili on a combination guided dugon/macro dive with Freeflow.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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Don't come diving in Timor-leste, there are too many seah... by Marcus Culley
Don't come diving in Timor-leste, there are too many seahorses! Yet another arrogant hysterix, caught red handed full frontal immediately prior to bailing. Yeah baby!
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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Lined Seahorse by Abimael Márquez
Lined Seahorse
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Yawning annemone fish shot with red filter by Yoav Lavi
Yawning annemone fish shot with red filter
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Ready to Pounce! by Tony Cherbas
Ready to Pounce!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Crocodilefish Anilao, the Philippines by Mickle Huang
Crocodilefish
Anilao, the Philippines
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Another Rhinopias shot at Taci Tolu Near Dili East Timor. by Greg Duncan
Another Rhinopias shot at Taci Tolu Near Dili East Timor.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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Seahorse by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Slim pickings at the bridge this weekend. Tried the nort... by Kevin Bryant
Slim pickings at the bridge this weekend. Tried the north side of the east "little" bridge at low tide. Right spooky with the bad viz and serious current for most of the dive.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Frogfish on Kirby's Rock by Tony Cherbas
Frogfish on Kirby's Rock
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Ribbon Eel: F2.8 by Tony Cherbas
Ribbon Eel: F2.8
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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stone fish at cafe garam Amed Bali by Jerome Renaud-Goud
stone fish at cafe garam Amed Bali
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Just cant get enuf of this stuff : ) by Bernard Maglana
Just cant get enuf of this stuff : )
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Flabellina Portrait by Ximena Olds
Flabellina Portrait
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Euprymna berryi by Alex Varani
Euprymna berryi
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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lion by Ahmet Caglar
lion
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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Rhinopia Taci Tolu dive site just out of Dili East Timor. by Greg Duncan
Rhinopia Taci Tolu dive site just out of Dili East Timor.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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Another weedy seadragon male with eggs under the pier. S... by Bill Van Eyk
Another weedy seadragon male with eggs under the pier. Slightly closer up.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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back-lit sea horse by Yoav Lavi
back-lit sea horse
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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The "Faces" These are one of the Tunicad of the face... by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
The "Faces"
These are one of the Tunicad of the faces. There are many many different kind of faces and is only 5mm per tunicad. Also need to shot upside down :D
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Brunei Darussalam
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