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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
Hawksbill turtle conversation... by Alex Zeni
Hawksbill turtle conversation...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Soft Coral, at Carnatic Wreck by Hisham Elshafie
Soft Coral, at Carnatic Wreck
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Once again : Mother nature is the greatest artist :-) by Rico Besserdich
Once again : Mother nature is the greatest artist :-)
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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corythoichthys intestinalis in Secret Bay (Bali) by Alex Varani
corythoichthys intestinalis in Secret Bay (Bali)
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"The Eye" by Rico Besserdich
"The Eye"
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The Eye.... Night dive in Marsa Shagra... (for my good fr... by Michel Lonfat
The Eye.... Night dive in Marsa Shagra... (for my good friend Dan... :O)... )
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus Ol Blue... by John Roach
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus
Ol Blue / Tolo Bonaire N.A.
The sand flats on the swim out to the wall are one of my favorite Macro sites. 60mm
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46 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder by Wijnand Plekker
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mauritius Tube worm at 14metres Mauritius Underwater Phot... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Mauritius Tube worm at 14metres Mauritius Underwater Photographer
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Octopus, at Gobal Island Dive Site by Hisham Elshafie
Octopus, at Gobal Island Dive Site
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Here's a Hawaiian white spotted toby with some big sad bl... by Stuart Ganz
Here's a Hawaiian white spotted toby with some big sad blue green eyes.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Pholis Gunnelus by Frank Michels
Pholis Gunnelus
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Baltic Sea Germany
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Hey Dude by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Hey Dude
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Sweden
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Can somebody help me? by J. Daniel Horovatin
Can somebody help me?
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Madeira rockfish patiently posing in the seabed. The phot... by Jorge Sorial
Madeira rockfish patiently posing in the seabed. The photograph hasn't been cropped. Nikon D300 with 105mm Nikon lens in a Sea&Sea housing and 2 Inon Z240 strobes (f22; 1/250s; ISO 200)
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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2 seaslugs "flabellina affinis" caught in their love act.... by Jorge Sorial
2 seaslugs "flabellina affinis" caught in their love act. Reproduction usually occurs during the months of may and june. Nikon D300 with 105mm Nikon lens in a Sea&Sea housing and 2 Inon Z240 strobes (f22; 1/250s; ISO 200)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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the EYE :-D by Daniel Strub
the EYE big grin
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Beautiful colored parrot fish during a night dive :-D by Daniel Strub
Beautiful colored parrot fish during a night dive big grin
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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A little blenny sex ! and it was over so quick. Or maybe ... by John Roach
A little blenny sex ! and it was over so quick. Or maybe it is sex with the secretary. Secretary Blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria ) Saba N.A. Custom House Ladder
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Snake eel in Marsa Nakari's house reef :-D by Daniel Strub
Snake eel in Marsa Nakari's house reef big grin
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Night dive in Marsa Nakari :-D - the eye of a flute fish by Daniel Strub
Night dive in Marsa Nakari big grin - the eye of a flute fish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Octupus Mauritius- Balaclava Mauritius Underwater Photo... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Octupus Mauritius- Balaclava
Mauritius Underwater Photography
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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With an attitude of a Jack Russell... ferocious Secretar... by John Roach
With an attitude of a Jack Russell... ferocious
Secretary blenny
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41 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Happy Balloonfish by Abimael Márquez
Happy Balloonfish
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Octopus at Aqaba Bay by Wiljo Jonsson
Octopus at Aqaba Bay
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Shot on A Shipwreck in Mauritius Island,the Azuma Maru B... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Shot on A Shipwreck in Mauritius Island,the Azuma Maru
Box Fish Mauritius Canon 7D
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Pajama Squid strutting it's stuff at the Pipeline, NB. by Chad Ordelheide
Pajama Squid strutting it's stuff at the Pipeline, NB.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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