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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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Peacock mantis shrimp - close up - by Alex Varani
Peacock mantis shrimp - close up -
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date posted posted: Friday, August 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Two bar Anemone fish (I think). I had always wanted to t... by Justin Van Rensburg
Two bar Anemone fish (I think). I had always wanted to take a picture of these fish in the anemone. Thailand is perfect for that. This was taken in Koh Tao.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Scorpionfish in the philippines 2011! nikon D90 with UK-G... by Stefan Heer
Scorpionfish in the philippines 2011! nikon D90 with UK-Germany housing!
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Spearing Mantis at F8, Vignetting with Snoot by Tony Cherbas
Spearing Mantis at F8, Vignetting with Snoot
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Spearing Mantis with Snoot by Tony Cherbas
Spearing Mantis with Snoot
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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The eye's have it with this little bristle crab. by Marylin Batt
The eye's have it with this little bristle crab.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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This little guy has a real nice home by Marylin Batt
This little guy has a real nice home
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Not the most colorful of seahorses, but a spot or two of ... by Kevin Bryant
Not the most colorful of seahorses, but a spot or two of color here and there.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Red Sea grouper by Stan Flachs
Red Sea grouper
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Hitching a magnificent ride. by Anouk Houben
Hitching a magnificent ride.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sea urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis). by Ferdinando Meli
Sea urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis).
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Yellow in Lembeh by Alex Varani
Yellow in Lembeh
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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The Lion Fish were incredibly docile and posed beautifully by Marylin Batt
The Lion Fish were incredibly docile and posed beautifully
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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Helmet Crab determined not to back down by J. Daniel Horovatin
Helmet Crab determined not to back down
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Alien (an inverted close up image of a Cardinal Fish). by Paul Colley
Alien (an inverted close up image of a Cardinal Fish).
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A Red Sea Blenny looking rather more like an Alien... by Paul Colley
A Red Sea Blenny looking rather more like an Alien...
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Broadclub cuttlefish close-up by Erich Reboucas
Broadclub cuttlefish close-up
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile sea cucumber by Anouk Houben
Juvenile sea cucumber
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Pillow Pants? Night dive in the Bahamas. We had watched C... by Kevin Bryant
Pillow Pants? Night dive in the Bahamas. We had watched Clerks II one night on the liveaboard that trip. . .
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Cardinal fish in muck area in Dumaguete. Olympus pen 1 a... by Marylin Batt
Cardinal fish in muck area in Dumaguete.
Olympus pen 1 and housing, Single Strobe.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Mimic by Tony Cherbas
Mimic
16 Votes
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Black/Red by Tony Cherbas
Black/Red
6 Votes
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An issue, sometimes, with diving at BHB, is that it can b... by Kevin Bryant
An issue, sometimes, with diving at BHB, is that it can be difficult to get the banded coral shrimp and yellowline arrow crabs to stay out of the way. . .
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Scalyhead Sculpin by J. Daniel Horovatin
Scalyhead Sculpin
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Padded Sculpin in litter outside an octopus den. by J. Daniel Horovatin
Padded Sculpin in litter outside an octopus den.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Blue-ringed Angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) at Terumbu ... by Brian Mayes
Blue-ringed Angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) at Terumbu Kecil in the Perhentians
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Keeping an eye out by Stephen Bardes
Keeping an eye out
5 Votes
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