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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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Triggerfish amidst soft coral; Nikon D2X, Aquatica Housin... by Aj Hiller
Triggerfish amidst soft coral; Nikon D2X, Aquatica Housing, one Inon Z-240 strobe, Nikkor 35-80mm lens.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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Curious parrotfish seeks conversation with equally curiou... by Aj Hiller
Curious parrotfish seeks conversation with equally curious diver...shot with Nikon D2X, 105mm micro-Nikkor, two Inon Z-240 strobes and Aquatica housing.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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Ahhh... by Bernard Maglana
Ahhh...
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
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4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Parrot fish another alien species in the mediterranean sea by Alberto Romeo
Parrot fish another alien species in the mediterranean sea
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Up close and personal by Eric Fly
Up close and personal
shortlistedShortlisted!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Crab in Crash Boat by Abimael Márquez
Crab in Crash Boat
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Close-up of an anemone shot with Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1/... by Rickey Ferand
Close-up of an anemone shot with Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1/B while diving in Cozumel
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Holaaa, St. Thomas by Abimael Márquez
Holaaa, St. Thomas
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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freshly hatched cuttlefish by Chris Hamilton
freshly hatched cuttlefish
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Fireworm on a Purple gorgonian was taken last spring in t... by Joseph Lamontagne
Fireworm on a Purple gorgonian was taken last spring in turks and caicos islands. Great colour composition on this photo.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Taken at Komodo using Olympus E330 by Adrian Schokman
Taken at Komodo using Olympus E330
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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Black Lionfish - lots of contrast added by Thomas Dinesen
Black Lionfish - lots of contrast added
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Catfish portrait taken on night dive in the Niagara River... by David Gilchrist
Catfish portrait taken on night dive in the Niagara River, Ontario Canada
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Lakes Canada
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rise up by Fatih Sökmen
rise up
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Watch out - I'm looking at you... Que du bonheur... :O)..... by Michel Lonfat
Watch out - I'm looking at you... Que du bonheur... :O)... MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU ON UWP.COM....
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Macro close-up of the colorful patterns of a giant clam; ... by Aj Hiller
Macro close-up of the colorful patterns of a giant clam; shot with Nikon D2X, Micro-Nikkor 105mm, 2 Inon Z-240 strobes and Aquatica Housing
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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The eye of the scorpion... by Juan Torres
The eye of the scorpion...
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Angel fish by Borja Muñoz
Angel fish
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Say ahhhhh! Giant moray and cleaner wrasse. One strobe ... by Erich Reboucas
Say ahhhhh!
Giant moray and cleaner wrasse.
One strobe for some dramatic shadows. Macro 50mm.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anemone fish, Carnatic Wreck, Red Sea. by José Carvalho
Anemone fish, Carnatic Wreck, Red Sea.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Mabul Pipefish. Close up shot of one of the many pipefish... by Daniel Norwood
Mabul Pipefish. Close up shot of one of the many pipefish at Borneo divers house reef.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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I just slipped up on this Red Hind relaxing in a sponge..... by Gordon Harveson
I just slipped up on this Red Hind relaxing in a sponge.......he couldn't be bothered!
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Watch out where you put your finger !!!!!!!!!!!!! Well c... by Christian Nielsen
Watch out where you put your finger !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well camouflaged Scorpion Fish in Komodo.
Olympus E330, 50mm macro, single Ikelite DS125 strobe.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Giant manta and accompanying remora fish; shot on Nikon D... by Aj Hiller
Giant manta and accompanying remora fish; shot on Nikon D2X with AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm in Aquatica housing with one Z-240 strobe
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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Female ribbon eel, taken at paradise in Tulamben, Bali. by Daniel Norwood
Female ribbon eel, taken at paradise in Tulamben, Bali.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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