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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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a. pictus "psychedelicus" :-D ... found in Dauin. By comp... by Daniel Strub
a. pictus "psychedelicus" big grin ... found in Dauin. By comparing with the size of the sandcorns you can imagine how big the "guy" was ...
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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serranus scriba by Miro Polensek
serranus scriba
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Can't remember where I took this, nor when I took it (las... by Sean Cooper
Can't remember where I took this, nor when I took it (last six months) but, as usual, it was taken with a Canon G10 and an Epoque strobe - Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Another night dive cameo using only torch light by Pete Devereux
Another night dive cameo using only torch light
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Painted Frogfish[ Antennarius Pictus-pink phase] showing ... by Richard Goluch
Painted Frogfish[ Antennarius Pictus-pink phase] showing the lure- Lembeh Strait-Canon 50 D 100 mm macro
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Pike blenny, shot in the Tobago Cays Marine Park, right u... by Kay Wilson
Pike blenny, shot in the Tobago Cays Marine Park, right under the catamaran which was our dive base on a sail and dive trip of the 32 islands that make up St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Some animals show their beauty when you see them in close... by John De Jong
Some animals show their beauty when you see them in close up. These picture of an Asterias rubens I made yesterday, the water is around 6° Celcius now.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Cuttlefish by J. Daniel Horovatin
Cuttlefish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Portrait of a Coral Cod ( Cephalopholis miniata) by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of a Coral Cod ( Cephalopholis miniata)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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... gobby ... :-D by Daniel Strub
... gobby ... big grin
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pier piling. Hood Canal, Puget Sound. Olympus SP350 and... by Bill Arle
Pier piling. Hood Canal, Puget Sound. Olympus SP350 and Inon wide angle lens.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Jorunna Funebris by J. Daniel Horovatin
Jorunna Funebris
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Reef Eater. A greent turtle breaks up the reef off Maui, ... by Douglas Klug
Reef Eater. A greent turtle breaks up the reef off Maui, Hawaii. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing using natural light.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Green Moray, North Leeward coast of St. Vincent. by Kay Wilson
Green Moray, North Leeward coast of St. Vincent.
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Sleeping Taeniura lymna :-) by Raoul Caprez
Sleeping Taeniura lymna :-)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A scool of soldierfish Myripristis xantacrus. by Alberto Romeo
A scool of soldierfish Myripristis xantacrus.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Tired scorpionfish... Marsa Alam. Canon G10 & Inon D2000. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Tired scorpionfish... Marsa Alam. Canon G10 & Inon D2000.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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little crop due to rotation :) by Cem Gazivekili
little crop due to rotation smile
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Malaysia
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Red-mouthed Goby - Gobius cruentatus - Sesimbra/Portugal ... by José Carvalho
Red-mouthed Goby - Gobius cruentatus - Sesimbra/Portugal - Nikkor 105mm, 1/60s, f/18, ISO 200.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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following the advice of the late great Jim church who sai... by Terry Dunbar
following the advice of the late great Jim church who said" find some interesting negative space and then wait for a subject" and this is what I got
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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hippocampus bargibanti by Jan Maringka
hippocampus bargibanti
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Portrait of Surgeon fish ( Acanthurus sohal) by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of Surgeon fish ( Acanthurus sohal)
13 Votes
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Portrait of a Giant Moray Gymnothorax javanicus by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of a Giant Moray Gymnothorax javanicus
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Solenostomus paradoxus by Miro Polensek
Solenostomus paradoxus
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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host goby on a green brain (?) coral ... by Daniel Strub
host goby on a green brain (?) coral ...
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
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Red Frills (rhinopias aphanes) Portrait image of a Red La... by David Henshaw
Red Frills (rhinopias aphanes) Portrait image of a Red Lacy Scorpoinfish
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Egg Cup (Opistognathus latitabundus) Blotched Jawfish wit... by David Henshaw
Egg Cup (Opistognathus latitabundus) Blotched Jawfish with eggs
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