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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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This Nidi was the size of my thumb. Likely a type of juve... by J. Daniel Horovatin
This Nidi was the size of my thumb. Likely a type of juvenile Sea Lemon. Actual photo only cropped in PhotoShop Elements.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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veined octopus_Amphioctopus marginatus by Mathieu Foulquié
veined octopus_Amphioctopus marginatus
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Periclemenes cornutus by Mathieu Foulquié
Periclemenes cornutus
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Sand Anemone close-up on night dive at Bari Reef. by Lisa Hinderlider
Sand Anemone close-up on night dive at Bari Reef.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Sand Diver by Abimael Márquez
Sand Diver
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Underwater Mauritius Triggerfish at a dive site called Wa... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Underwater Mauritius Triggerfish at a dive site called Water Lilly North West Mauritius
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Ringtail Cardinal Fish brooding eggs in its mouth by Els Van Den Borre
Ringtail Cardinal Fish brooding eggs in its mouth
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52 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Caught by surprise? by Nicole Shrader
Caught by surprise?
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Anemone with shrimp by Ryan Marchese
Anemone with shrimp
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Lesser Electric Ray by Abimael Márquez
Lesser Electric Ray
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Frogfish Mauritius ,on a shipwreck Jean-Yves Bignoux ,Can... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Frogfish Mauritius ,on a shipwreck Jean-Yves Bignoux ,Canon 7d EOS DSLR ,RARE for its size this Frogfish was for Mauritian Waters
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Look at me!! by Yudhie Pratama
Look at me!!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sunda Sea Indonesia
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Lenguado @ EL Natural beach Puerto Rico, SeaLife DC1200 M... by Carlos Pérez
Lenguado @ EL Natural beach Puerto Rico, SeaLife DC1200 Manualset macro
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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The Longfin Gunnel was attentively watching me photograph... by J. Daniel Horovatin
The Longfin Gunnel was attentively watching me photograph a Sculpin.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Canada
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Crab by Jagwang Koo
Crab
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Geometric EEL ,EASY SUBJECT TO SHOOT ,tried differnt comp... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Geometric EEL ,EASY SUBJECT TO SHOOT ,tried differnt compsitions
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Crocodile Fish Eye by Tony Cherbas
Crocodile Fish Eye
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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nikon , no crop by Simon Gardener
nikon , no crop
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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A quite common and favourite with underwater photographer... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
A quite common and favourite with underwater photographers,based and posed my shots for about 20 mins
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Hermit crab at Sodwana Bay Souh Africa by Francois De Beer
Hermit crab at Sodwana Bay Souh Africa
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Giant jellyfish or Lion's mane jellyfish can be very big ... by Wiljo Jonsson
Giant jellyfish or Lion's mane jellyfish can be very big and painful.
Cyanea capillata
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Sweden
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this shot was quite something ,i shot 20 shots that day ,... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
this shot was quite something ,i shot 20 shots that day ,first time with this subject ever ,got 5 shots at diffrent apetures ,and i think i got one right
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Lettuce Sea Slug. Like cheap talk in Bonaire. by John Roach
Lettuce Sea Slug. Like cheap talk in Bonaire.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Close up of a bearded fireworm by Jorge Sorial
Close up of a bearded fireworm
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Red scorpion fish posing in a colorful background. by Jorge Sorial
Red scorpion fish posing in a colorful background.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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in the eyes by Mathieu Foulquié
in the eyes
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Octopus in Natural Light by Tony Cherbas
Octopus in Natural Light
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Guam
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