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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
Clown fish in anemone, Fiji, taken with double strobes by Cindy Campbell
Clown fish in anemone, Fiji, taken with double strobes
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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Juvenile frogfish looking curiously into the lens. by Roland Lim
Juvenile frogfish looking curiously into the lens.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Island No. 5 of the Similan Islands Thailand October 2009 by Brian Weidmann
Island No. 5 of the Similan Islands Thailand October 2009
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Say Aaahhh. by Bradley Floden
Say Aaahhh.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Juvenile Cuttle Fish. A lucky find on a night dive in Pue... by Chad Engle
Juvenile Cuttle Fish. A lucky find on a night dive in Puerto Galera, Philippines. Using a Canon Powershot with canon housing.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Saba Island by Abimael Márquez
Saba Island
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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These guys are usually down in a crack where it's hard to... by Gordon Harveson
These guys are usually down in a crack where it's hard to get a shot of them. This one just posed....
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Eye shark. Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). by Edson Acioli
Eye shark. Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum).
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Brazil
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Fiery red fern coral pops like a giant hand from the seab... by Aj Hiller
Fiery red fern coral pops like a giant hand from the seabed; shot with Nikon 2DX, 10.5mm fisheye at f/11, 1/250, with one Inon Z-240 strobe
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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Taken on night dive at Lembeh Straits. by John Miller
Taken on night dive at Lembeh Straits.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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I love starfish the coulours on this one was just stunnin... by Herbert Kelly
I love starfish the coulours on this one was just stunning...
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Mozambique
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Red irish lord. Taken with Canon SD550 7.1 MP camera with... by Mathew Connell
Red irish lord. Taken with Canon SD550 7.1 MP camera with canon housing using internal flash with diffuser.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Hawkfish by Fatih Sökmen
Hawkfish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Can u See my Single Tooth.... Taken at Bali using Olympus... by Adrian Schokman
Can u See my Single Tooth.... Taken at Bali using Olympus E-330
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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gobbleguts -found this one on the wreck trail by Dave Baxter
gobbleguts -found this one on the wreck trail
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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5d by Jagwang Koo
5d
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Cyclopterus lumpus (Lump sucker) male with eggs. The male... by John De Jong
Cyclopterus lumpus (Lump sucker) male with eggs. The male protects the eggs till the juvenile fishes come out.
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Giant barracuda on the prowl; Nikon D2X, Nikkor 105mm mic... by Aj Hiller
Giant barracuda on the prowl; Nikon D2X, Nikkor 105mm micro-Nikkor, one Inon Z-240 strobe, Aquatica housing
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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This little fella was hiding in the coral I quite like th... by Herbert Kelly
This little fella was hiding in the coral I quite like the shot and the colours...
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Mozambique
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A fast shutter speed to get the black background......noy... by Gordon Harveson
A fast shutter speed to get the black background......noy because he was real fast!
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Butterfly fish inside a purple sponge - Palancar reef, Co... by Rickey Ferand
Butterfly fish inside a purple sponge - Palancar reef, Cozumel
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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What do you do when the strobes won't fire? Try another t... by Christian Skauge
What do you do when the strobes won't fire? Try another take at getting it together! Norwegian Topknot shot at f4.0, 1/60 and ISO 320 with a small focus light. Sometimes that can work too :-)
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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paracentrotus lividus.Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob by Carlos Ernesto
paracentrotus lividus.Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Lembeh-Cockatoo Waspfish-no cropping by Richard Goluch
Lembeh-Cockatoo Waspfish-no cropping
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Trumpet fish - mouth detail by Alan Lyall
Trumpet fish - mouth detail
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Ornate Ghost-pipefish. by Daniel Norwood
Ornate Ghost-pipefish.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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