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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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Proud parents to be ! by Terry Dunbar
Proud parents to be !
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we did get a bit jaded by pygmy seahorses so I only point out exceptional ones like this now
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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frogfish by Miro Polensek
frogfish
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Portrait of a Bannerfish "Heniochus intermedius" by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of a Bannerfish "Heniochus intermedius"
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Jordan
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Seaweed blenny, in yellow tube sponge. Sea and sea DX1G c... by Kay Wilson
Seaweed blenny, in yellow tube sponge. Sea and sea DX1G compact camera, wide angle wet lens, YS110a strobe.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Whip coral goby, shot with one strobe put behind the goby. by Steve De Neef
Whip coral goby, shot with one strobe put behind the goby.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Hood Canal, Puget Sound. Olympus SP350 and Inon wide ang... by Bill Arle
Hood Canal, Puget Sound. Olympus SP350 and Inon wide angle lens
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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A harliquin shrimp up close. No cropping. by Tammy Gibbs
A harliquin shrimp up close. No cropping.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hi. by Arif Cem
Hi.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Yellow gobbie posing... by José Carvalho
Yellow gobbie posing...
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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clown fish, shot with d200/subal housing twin inons 60mm ... by Terry Dunbar
clown fish, shot with d200/subal housing twin inons 60mm lens f16 @1/250th
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Indonesia
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Batman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (in disguise) Shot on a nightdiv... by Christian Nielsen
Batman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (in disguise)
Shot on a nightdive in the Red Sea.
Olympus E330, 35mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Need of a hairdresser... - Maldives - Lumix FX01 by Patrick Tutt
Need of a hairdresser... - Maldives - Lumix FX01
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Picture taken with a Canon G9. by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken with a Canon G9.
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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large hermit crab, very accomadating, he/she just sat the... by Terry Dunbar
large hermit crab, very accomadating, he/she just sat there whilst I took my shots..not bothered at all
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Scorpaena porcus, benthic fish... by Enrico Zanzarella
Scorpaena porcus, benthic fish...
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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A couple of Abudefduf vaigiensis " I LOVE YOU" :-) by Alberto Romeo
A couple of Abudefduf vaigiensis " I LOVE YOU" :-)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Portrait of a Bluespotted Stigray by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of a Bluespotted Stigray
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Octopus Eye" At Clifton Garden, Sydney Harbour, Australi... by Ken Thongpila
"Octopus Eye" At Clifton Garden, Sydney Harbour, Australia.
With 6x Macro Lens.... No Cropping :-)
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Getting personal with a Lizardfish. by Steve De Neef
Getting personal with a Lizardfish.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Apogon Aureus hatching eggs. have a close look, you can s... by Daniel Strub
Apogon Aureus hatching eggs. have a close look, you can see the eyes of the unborn ... hard to catch face to face ...
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. Olympus SP350 and Inon wid... by Bill Arle
Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. Olympus SP350 and Inon wide angle lens.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Cleaner fish at work on the gills of a large pufferfish by J. Daniel Horovatin
Cleaner fish at work on the gills of a large pufferfish
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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mixed up world by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
mixed up world
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Probus (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus) Long-snout Pipefish by David Henshaw
Probus (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus) Long-snout Pipefish
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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This green turtle we saw swimming in the distance so we s... by James Davies
This green turtle we saw swimming in the distance so we swam over to it and followed it for about ten minutes so managed to get a few pics of our happy traveller.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Cook islands
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dinner time!! by Andrew Macleod
dinner time!!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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