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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
Dinner time ! Harlequin Shrimp Oahu by Scott Rettig
Dinner time ! Harlequin Shrimp Oahu
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Blue Sea Pearl-Cozumel by Joel Sarver
Blue Sea Pearl-Cozumel
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Bearded scorpionfish (L: Scorpaenopsis barbata) Cat Is... by Mike Dickson
Bearded scorpionfish (L: Scorpaenopsis barbata)
Cat Island
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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"Big mouth" Canon G7 by Sangut Santoso
"Big mouth"
Canon G7
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Clownfish by Wijnand Plekker
Clownfish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Philippines
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Tiny crab om Pennatula Nikon D200, 105 micro, twin strob... by Marchione Giacomo
Tiny crab om Pennatula
Nikon D200, 105 micro, twin strobo
Popo site in Manado 2008
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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SPLENDID TOADFISH by Joel Sarver
SPLENDID TOADFISH
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Peppered Moray (l: gymnothorax pictus) Cat Island, Mus... by Mike Dickson
Peppered Moray (l: gymnothorax pictus)
Cat Island, Muscat, Oman
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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clownfish closeup - 100mm macro lens + 2x tc by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
clownfish closeup - 100mm macro lens + 2x tc
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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2.5 inch yellow spoted mollusk I saw in the last day of a... by Danny Caspi
2.5 inch yellow spoted mollusk I saw in the last day of a diving safari in the Red Sea
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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FLAMED SCALOP Fuming. by Andres Larraz
FLAMED SCALOP
Fuming.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Common Giant Clam Tridacna Maxima Ras Ghazlani, Ras M... by Adolfo Maciocco
Common Giant Clam
Tridacna Maxima
Ras Ghazlani,
Ras Mohamed National Park
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Harlequin Shrimp by Dylan Kotze
Harlequin Shrimp
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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canon ixus 750 by King Lim
canon ixus 750
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Malaysia
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This cute guy just emerge from the rubble... by Bernard Maglana
This cute guy just emerge from the rubble...
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Ghost pipe fish by Dray Van Beeck
Ghost pipe fish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A small Gobie on a Wip Coral in the blue Water of the Red... by Michel Lonfat
A small Gobie on a Wip Coral in the blue Water of the Red Sea... Que du bonheur... :O)...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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no crop, D300, 60mm, single strobe. by Steve De Neef
no crop, D300, 60mm, single strobe.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Starry yellow mouthed moray (l: gymnothorax nudivomer). ... by Mike Dickson
Starry yellow mouthed moray (l: gymnothorax nudivomer).
Plug point, Bandar Khayran, Muscat, Oman
F5.6, 1/2000, spot metering, both strobes
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Tiger Cardinal Fish with eggs by Julian Cohen
Tiger Cardinal Fish with eggs
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we've seen Jawfish with eggs in their mouth but I think this is a different species (after a quick Google). Anyway, scarey guy!
42 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Flamingo Tongue, Saba Island. by Abimael Márquez
Flamingo Tongue, Saba Island.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Hippocampus Pontohoi by Mathias Baur
Hippocampus Pontohoi
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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butterfly ballet by Lee Arbo
butterfly ballet
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Frogfish taken at Lembeh Straits, Indonesia by Dennis Siau
Frogfish taken at Lembeh Straits, Indonesia
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Portrait image of Painted Frogfish. Taken with D200 and 1... by David Henshaw
Portrait image of Painted Frogfish. Taken with D200 and 105mm lens (no cropping)
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Shot off manado indonesia. no cropping. by Andrew Macleod
Shot off manado indonesia. no cropping.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Canon G10, no closeup lenses....big Spanish Dancer. Beau... by Stephen Holinski
Canon G10, no closeup lenses....big Spanish Dancer. Beautiful...no partner shrimp this time though. Taken in Anilao
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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