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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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Grat Barrier Reef Giant Clam by Fabrizio Bianchi
Grat Barrier Reef
Giant Clam

editor's comments

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nice abstract
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Squid attacking Rabbitfish taken on a night dive. An opp... by Paul Colley
Squid attacking Rabbitfish taken on a night dive. An opportunity shot; first saw the action in a torch light within peripheral vision, but had only a few attempts for the image before the squid disappeared into the dark.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Anglerfish Canon 1Ds MarkII with 100mm Macro lense and t... by Aleksandr Marinicev
Anglerfish
Canon 1Ds MarkII with 100mm Macro lense and twin Inon strobes
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Jelly Dance Secret Bay - Bali by Andy Chan
Jelly Dance
Secret Bay - Bali
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hello brother !! by Durand Gerald
Hello brother !!
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Sneaking, sneaking... Always fun to get close to these g... by Eric Fly
Sneaking, sneaking... Always fun to get close to these guys!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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tethys fimbria by Elena Li Pera
tethys fimbria
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Pterois taken in Sharm El Sheick with a Canon G9 and a si... by Raoul Caprez
Pterois taken in Sharm El Sheick with a Canon G9 and a single DS125 Ikelite strobe.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Looking at me? by Johannetta Gordijn
Looking at me?
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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"Shy Guy" by Brian Welman
"Shy Guy"
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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tiny hermit by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
tiny hermit
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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cheeky by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
cheeky
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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giant moray eel maintenance, koh Bon - Thailand by Adriano Trapani
giant moray eel maintenance, koh Bon - Thailand
50 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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clownfish closeup - 100mm macro lens + 2x tc by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
clownfish closeup - 100mm macro lens + 2x tc
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Cuttlefish in Marsa Alam, Egypt by Tanja Hofmann
Cuttlefish in Marsa Alam, Egypt
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anemonefish in a fast closing anemone, Maldives by Michael Gallagher
Anemonefish in a fast closing anemone, Maldives
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Together under its shadow by Abimael Márquez
Together under its shadow
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands (British)
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El tubo, Vieques, P.R. by Abimael Márquez
El tubo, Vieques, P.R.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Parrotfish just before bed. Night dive in the coral sea, ... by Alan G. Miller
Parrotfish just before bed. Night dive in the coral sea, shot on Kodachrome 64 film with a Nikonos V, 28 mm and close up attachment, and one Nikon SB 105's
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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HermitCrab with sea anemones, taken with Canon S70 and UC... by Beate Seiler
HermitCrab with sea anemones, taken with Canon S70 and UCL165
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Faces of Death" Common bigeye fish Cannon 1Ds MarkII w... by Aleksandr Marinicev
"Faces of Death"
Common bigeye fish
Cannon 1Ds MarkII with 100mm Macro lense
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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giant frogfish in "west of eden" island 7 similan nationa... by Adriano Trapani
giant frogfish in "west of eden" island 7 similan national park - thailand
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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life on the featherstar by Geoff Spiby
life on the featherstar
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Frog Fish Close Up by Brian Welman
Frog Fish Close Up
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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What are you looking at? wanna fight? The greatest boxer ... by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
What are you looking at? wanna fight? The greatest boxer crab! But sometimes i can cheer you up too smile
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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Angelfish, Nikonos RS, 50 mm lens, 2 Ikelite SS-200's sho... by Alan G. Miller
Angelfish, Nikonos RS, 50 mm lens, 2 Ikelite SS-200's shot with Kodachrome 64 film.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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