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Peoples' Vote


Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted (5 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 (5 days ago)
1 votes

Goloath grouper encounter
By Noel Lopez
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Big coral canyons in Gardens of the queen.
By Noel Lopez
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted (5 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 (5 days ago)
0 votes

A lone yellow Damselfish is centre stage in the staghorn coral.
By Conor Moore
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

Goloath grouper encounter
By Noel Lopez
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Looking at me looking at you (taken under permit) A Pilot Whale
By Arun Madisetti
posted Friday, September 25, 2026
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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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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friends :) by Danielle Stark
friends smile
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Red-Tipped Fireworm-Cozumel by Joel Sarver
Red-Tipped Fireworm-Cozumel
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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RED HOLE ,TIME WARP by Andres Larraz
RED HOLE ,TIME WARP
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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whip coral shrimp taken with DX1G sea & sea two ys110 str... by Kevin Lay
whip coral shrimp taken with DX1G sea & sea two ys110 strobes.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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I took thie little guy's picture with a 60 MM macro @ F4 ... by Stuart Ganz
I took thie little guy's picture with a 60 MM macro @ F4 1/60 ISO 200. I really like the way the background blurs out leaving the face in focus.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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moray eel/sea & sea DX-1G with 2-Inon S-2000 strobes by Joel Sarver
moray eel/sea & sea DX-1G with 2-Inon S-2000 strobes
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Eastern cleaner clingfish taking a rest after cleaning a ... by Jonathan Regan
Eastern cleaner clingfish taking a rest after cleaning a leatherjacket
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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The look of a Priacanthe de Bloch... Que du Bonheur... :O... by Michel Lonfat
The look of a Priacanthe de Bloch... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
13 Votes
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date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Portrait Study of Yellow Leaf Scorpionfish (supposed to b... by David Henshaw
Portrait Study of Yellow Leaf Scorpionfish (supposed to be in hiding) Taken with D200 and 60mm lens.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Sleeping Parrotfish by Martin Dalsaso
Sleeping Parrotfish
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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