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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
Blue Ring Octopus - Shot on standard compact camera with ... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Blue Ring Octopus - Shot on standard compact camera with no strobes, no flash, no wide angle, macro or fish eye lense...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Disco crab!!! Arrow crab in front of an anemone. I adjust... by Arthur Telle Thiemann
Disco crab!!! Arrow crab in front of an anemone. I adjusted a very narrow DOP to get the anemone completely blured. So the tips appear just as blue spots.
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Muraena Helena by Vittorio Durante
Muraena Helena
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Just kind of likt it! by Bernard Maglana
Just kind of likt it!
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Raggy Scorpion Fish by Brian Welman
Raggy Scorpion Fish
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Green Moray at the Fredericksted Pier in St. Croix. by Juan Torres
Green Moray at the Fredericksted Pier in St. Croix.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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Inside a Barrel Sponge by Juan Torres
Inside a Barrel Sponge
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Scorpion fish in North Male atoll - Maldives - Lumix FX01 by Patrick Tutt
Scorpion fish in North Male atoll - Maldives - Lumix FX01
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Abstract.. by Sven Tramaux
Abstract..
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Porcupinefish, Dive site Acuarium @ Guánica Puerto Rico. ... by Pedro Padilla
Porcupinefish, Dive site Acuarium @ Guánica Puerto Rico.
I use my nikon D-80 with 105mm
Exposure 1/60sec at f/10, ISO 200
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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MR.BLUEEYES One of my Older Pictures Taken with Canon ... by Frank Michels
MR.BLUEEYES
One of my Older Pictures Taken with Canon Powershot G9 in Ikelite Housing,I Think The Bright Blue Eyes are an Result
of the Flash,but that Give a Special note to this Pic.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Germany
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Lunch. Canon G10, Inon macro lens, no strobe. by John Hill
Lunch. Canon G10, Inon macro lens, no strobe.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Shadow of a Spirographis spallanzani I found this glitter... by Alessandro Pagano
Shadow of a Spirographis spallanzani I found this glittering Hippocampus guttulatus. Deep 18m, Nikon D700, Hugyfot housing, Nikon AFS 105mm f2,8 VR, SB800 housing Foto Leone, Subtronic Alpha Pro
shortlistedShortlisted!
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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A cuttlefish on a night dive by Sven Tramaux
A cuttlefish on a night dive
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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my Octopus decided to go out from botle after photo casting by Ernesto Rodriguez
my Octopus decided to go out from botle after photo casting
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Stingray's eye. by Andres L-M_larraz
Stingray's eye.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"Face On" by Debi Henshaw
"Face On"
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blue Ring Octopus piggy back ride...Shot on compact camer... by Tim Ho
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Blue Ring Octopus piggy back ride...Shot on compact camera with natural light on 4 February 2010...
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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BUBBLE CORAL SHRIMP- MABUL -BORNEO by Marco Bartolomucci
BUBBLE CORAL SHRIMP- MABUL -BORNEO
17 Votes
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date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Macro of jellyfish by Vittorio Durante
Macro of jellyfish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Little one "Lysmata laticauda" while he cleans up the set... by Alessandro Pagano
Little one "Lysmata laticauda" while he cleans up the set of teeth of Muraena helena. Deep 30m. Nikon D700, Hugyfot case, Nikon AFS 105 f2,8 MICRO VR, SB800 case Foto Leone LBS, Subtronic Alpha Pro.
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Brain Coral by Julian Cohen
Brain Coral
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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another shot of octopus in your botle clear home by Ernesto Rodriguez
another shot of octopus in your botle clear home
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Smile by John Hill
Smile
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Periclemenes venustus by Marco Bartolomucci
Periclemenes venustus
15 Votes
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"Heads" - Flatheads shot on standard compact camera not u... by Tim Ho
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"Heads" - Flatheads shot on standard compact camera not using strobes, flash or added lenses...
14 Votes
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