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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
little crop due to rotation smile
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Red-mouthed Goby - Gobius cruentatus - Sesimbra/Portugal - Nikkor 105mm, 1/60s, f/18, ISO 200.
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
hippocampus bargibanti
Portrait of Surgeon fish ( Acanthurus sohal)
Portrait of a Giant Moray Gymnothorax javanicus
Solenostomus paradoxus
host goby on a green brain (?) coral ...
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Red Frills (rhinopias aphanes) Portrait image of a Red Lacy Scorpoinfish
Egg Cup (Opistognathus latitabundus) Blotched Jawfish with eggs
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Proud parents to be !
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
we did get a bit jaded by pygmy seahorses so I only point out exceptional ones like this now
frogfish
Portrait of a Bannerfish "Heniochus intermedius"
Seaweed blenny, in yellow tube sponge. Sea and sea DX1G compact camera, wide angle wet lens, YS110a strobe.
Whip coral goby, shot with one strobe put behind the goby.
Hood Canal, Puget Sound. Olympus SP350 and Inon wide angle lens
A harliquin shrimp up close. No cropping.
Hi.
Yellow gobbie posing...
clown fish, shot with d200/subal housing twin inons 60mm lens f16 @1/250th
Batman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (in disguise)
Shot on a nightdive in the Red Sea.
Olympus E330, 35mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
Need of a hairdresser... - Maldives - Lumix FX01
Picture taken with a Canon G9.
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large hermit crab, very accomadating, he/she just sat there whilst I took my shots..not bothered at all
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Scorpaena porcus, benthic fish...
A couple of Abudefduf vaigiensis " I LOVE YOU" :-)
Portrait of a Bluespotted Stigray
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