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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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Juvenile Frogfish... yawning?!! by Erich Reboucas
Juvenile Frogfish... yawning?!!
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Little pipefish up by the beach. by Theresa Tracy
Little pipefish up by the beach.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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A close up shot of an "Inimicus Didactylus" Demon Fish...... by Michel Lonfat
A close up shot of an "Inimicus Didactylus" Demon Fish... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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wide open mouth by Brocken Rudi
wide open mouth
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Black crinoids on yellow gorgonia. Nikon 801s+60mm macro... by Alberto Romeo
Black crinoids on yellow gorgonia.
Nikon 801s+60mm macro. Ikelite Housing&Strobe
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Ever reliable cleaner going about his rounds.. by Allen Walker
Ever reliable cleaner going about his rounds..
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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I see you, Culebra, P.R. by Abimael Márquez
I see you, Culebra, P.R.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Napoleon Close-Up by Andrea Gamerro
Napoleon Close-Up
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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soft coral by Abdullah Samman
soft coral
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Rhino City, Ambon Bay, Indonesia. D300-60mm by Larry Polster
Rhino City, Ambon Bay, Indonesia. D300-60mm
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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beautiful scorpionfish by Lee Arbo
beautiful scorpionfish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Red Morwong, Shark Point by Doug Anderson
Red Morwong, Shark Point
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"Jewels of the Night" No Cropping :o) by Debi Henshaw
"Jewels of the Night" No Cropping :o)
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Crocodile fish portrait - Gili Banta, Indonesia (Canon G9... by Marco Waagmeester
Crocodile fish portrait - Gili Banta, Indonesia (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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The Eye of a Priacanthus Blochii... Que du Bonheur... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
The Eye of a Priacanthus Blochii... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Bend Stick Pipefish - taken at Secret Bay in Anilao, Bata... by John De Luna
Bend Stick Pipefish - taken at Secret Bay in Anilao, Batangas PHILIPPINES using a Canon Powershot G9 in a Canon WP-DC21 with INON UCL165 M67... aperture: f/5.6; shuttter speed: 1/100s; ISO: 100
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Olympus C 8080, black and white styl by Veronika Matějková
Olympus C 8080, black and white styl
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Golden Eye" Yellow Margin Moray Eel. D200, 60mm No crop... by Debi Henshaw
"Golden Eye" Yellow Margin Moray Eel. D200, 60mm No cropping :o)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Grouper at cleaning station - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, I... by Marco Waagmeester
Grouper at cleaning station - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Long-fin bannerfish. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50mm macro. by Alexander Nikolaev
Long-fin bannerfish. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50mm macro.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Hermit Crab, Green Ends Gully, Eyemouth. Taken with Canon... by Richard Toward
Hermit Crab, Green Ends Gully, Eyemouth. Taken with Canon A570is
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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That picture was shot with nikon coolpix P5100. On the di... by Philippe Duval
That picture was shot with nikon coolpix P5100. On the dive site cuevitas in Xpuha may 2009. Nice trompet fish.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Flamboyant cuttlefish. Taken with a Canon Ixus 870is. by Kim J Ho
Flamboyant cuttlefish. Taken with a Canon Ixus 870is.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Stargazer taken in Lembeh. Found this guy free swimming ... by Patrick Burke
Stargazer taken in Lembeh. Found this guy free swimming during the day!
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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With a canon G 10 off Anilao by Andrew Macleod
With a canon G 10 off Anilao
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Two small commensal shrimp on sea anemone. Nikon 801s+60... by Alberto Romeo
Two small commensal shrimp on sea anemone.
Nikon 801s+60macro+ Ikelite strobe&housing
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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star light star bright by Lee Arbo
star light star bright
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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