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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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Looks fuzzy enough to touch...but don't! by Lisa Hinderlider
Looks fuzzy enough to touch...but don't!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Portrait of Miss Downy blenny...Apnea shoot with canon g1... by Durand Gerald
Portrait of Miss Downy blenny...Apnea shoot with canon g11 + macro lens dyron
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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"Load on my back" by Mark Gray
"Load on my back"
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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"Have you seen the Buffet"........? by Mark Gray
"Have you seen the Buffet"........?
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Say Aaagh! by Donny Zarsadias
Say Aaagh!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hawkfish by Budy Lukman
Hawkfish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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"UW-Communication" I'm not absolutely sure what this... by Henry Jager
"UW-Communication"

I'm not absolutely sure what this feather star wants to tell me...
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
we've seen feather stars shot like this before but this is a graphic one with a load of texture
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Frog larvae by Roman Vyroubal
Frog larvae
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Czech Republic
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A Porcelain Crab filter feeding. Shot with Canon 5 D MKII... by Andrew Kemp
A Porcelain Crab filter feeding. Shot with Canon 5 D MKII and a 100mm lens with extension tube.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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"The all seeing eye". Photo of a Wobbegongs eye by Mark Gray
"The all seeing eye". Photo of a Wobbegongs eye
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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ah, ha ha ha, I laugh in the face of your big black camer... by Suzan Meldonian
ah, ha ha ha, I laugh in the face of your big black camera, ahahahaha!
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Transparent Goby. by Shauming Lo
Transparent Goby.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Flounders, G12 + UCL165 by Jun Tagama
Flounders, G12 + UCL165
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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. by Roman Vyroubal
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Czech Republic
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Ribbon Eel by William Loke
Ribbon Eel
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36 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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shot with nikon D70s and 105 macro by Simon Gardener
shot with nikon D70s and 105 macro
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Skeleton Shrimp (Posing With Open Arms) by William Loke
Skeleton Shrimp (Posing With Open Arms)
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Who stole the pearl? by Ferdinando Meli
Who stole the pearl?
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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... by Sergiy Glushchenko
...
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Watching Spot" Facial closeup of a Leafy Sea Dragon. A... by Jamie Coote
"Watching Spot"
Facial closeup of a Leafy Sea Dragon.
A lcoal Leafy at Tumby Bay I have named due to his individual "spot" on his crown.
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48 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Alcyonum acaule (soft coral). by Ferdinando Meli
Alcyonum acaule (soft coral).
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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shrimp in anemone by Alex Zeni
shrimp in anemone
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Mantis shrimp by Abimael Márquez
Mantis shrimp
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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"Home sweet home" Common Octopus at home in a beer bottle. by Jamie Coote
"Home sweet home"
Common Octopus at home in a beer bottle.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Shrimp at Night. by Mark Hoevenaars
Shrimp at Night.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Murray by Bruno Van Saen
Murray
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Life is bad, I'M GOING TO JUMP! :) by Erich Reboucas
Life is bad, I'M GOING TO JUMP! smile
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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