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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
Stonefish taken with Canon G11 on recent hols to the Mald... by Gerri Tomlinson
Stonefish taken with Canon G11 on recent hols to the Maldives. My labrador dog has a similar look to this... "If you haven't got food then bugger off!!!" big grin
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Captured on a night dive by John Miller
Captured on a night dive
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Napoleon Wrasse by Adolfo Maciocco
Napoleon Wrasse
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A feast of pink through my 105mm, Arcanzil - Sesimbra, Po... by José Carvalho
A feast of pink through my 105mm, Arcanzil - Sesimbra, Portugal.
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Macro beauty softly caressed by light, at Arcanzil - Sesi... by José Carvalho
Macro beauty softly caressed by light, at Arcanzil - Sesimbra, Portugal.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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This Spotted Moray Eel is sucking in a large amount of wa... by Steven Anderson
This Spotted Moray Eel is sucking in a large amount of water and showing it's teeth. This iamge was taken during my last trip to Roatan. Great diving and lots of cool marine life all over the reefs.
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Female False Clown Anemonefish. by Mat Yie
by: Mat Yie
Female False Clown Anemonefish.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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méduse de nuit à Wadi Lahami by André Bruchez
méduse de nuit à Wadi Lahami
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Clouded Moray found on the Housereef on Lembongan. Image ... by Christian Nielsen
Clouded Moray found on the Housereef on Lembongan. Image taken with Olympus E330, 50mm Macro and 2 Ikelite DS125 strobes.
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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a mouth full of eggs...II by Dray Van Beeck
a mouth full of eggs...II
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trigger fish staring at busy photographer - Berlengas Isl... by José Carvalho
Trigger fish staring at busy photographer - Berlengas Islands - Portugal.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Hello ! by Raoul Caprez
Hello !
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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frog fish by Ernesto Rodriguez
frog fish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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This cutie gave me a warm welcome in my first dive in Bohol. by Bernard Maglana
This cutie gave me a warm welcome in my first dive in Bohol.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Shrimp @ Moalboal by Taco Cheung
Shrimp @ Moalboal
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Giant moray and White banded shrimps by Aleksandr Marinicev
Giant moray and White banded shrimps
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Stargazer at night. More Photos: www.jornari.com by Jorn Ari
Stargazer at night.
More Photos: click here
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Guitar shark / Shovel Nosed Ray that either was very frie... by Spencer Thomson
Guitar shark / Shovel Nosed Ray that either was very friendly or thought he was invisible. Shot this using a Sea-life DC600 with no strobes. There is hope for cheap cameras yet. Time to upgrade though.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Coral Hind lurking amongst the corals by Paul Colley
Coral Hind lurking amongst the corals
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Big Eye hanging out under a Red Sea reef. by Paul Colley
Big Eye hanging out under a Red Sea reef.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trigger fish eye reflects the photographer flashes light.... by José Carvalho
Trigger fish eye reflects the photographer flashes light....
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Just befor it hides ... by Raoul Caprez
Just befor it hides ...
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Trigger fish eye by José Carvalho
Trigger fish eye
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 28, 2010
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"Gypsy Queen" Lionfish in the blue water. Canon 100 macr... by Aleksandr Marinicev
"Gypsy Queen"
Lionfish in the blue water. Canon 100 macro lense.
Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Eye to eye with a sleepy trigger fish - Paredes do Cabo, ... by José Carvalho
Eye to eye with a sleepy trigger fish - Paredes do Cabo, Sesimbra.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Blacktip grouper; when you approach them slowly, they are... by Olivier Notz
Blacktip grouper; when you approach them slowly, they are not very shy, thou they change their colour quickly from whitish to purple red. Then you know you are a bit too near.
16 Votes
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