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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
Pretty Face... by Steve De Neef
Pretty Face...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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The gentle giant :) I captured this morray in Fethiye l... by Andre Yanco
The gentle giant smile I captured this morray in Fethiye looking at me out of its hole with a quite relaxed gaze. Nikon 60mm with SB800 Flash in a Fantasea Housing running in TTL mode.

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Single flash can work! it's quite moody when a dual flash might be too clean. Well done Andre
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Gurnard - Beautiful creature, from any angle you want to ... by José Carvalho
Gurnard - Beautiful creature, from any angle you want to consider. Right?
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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close look to spotted scorpionfish at crash boat dive sit... by Victor J. Lasanta
close look to spotted scorpionfish at crash boat dive site in Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Arrow Crab by Thomas Sharp
Arrow Crab
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Yellowfin Surgeonfish by Martin Dalsaso
Yellowfin Surgeonfish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Weird looking whip coral goby not seethrough like the oth... by Yves Antoniazzo
Weird looking whip coral goby not seethrough like the other one of his gender...........Fuji S5 pro/60mm
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Striated frogfish at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach,... by Theresa Tracy
Striated frogfish at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Florida. I was lucky enough to have my dive buddy point him out otherwise I would have overlooked him.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Bearded Scorpionfish. Check out the body poison spike... by Erich Reboucas
Bearded Scorpionfish.
Check out the body poison spikes ; )
Taken at 30m/100' at the wall on Shark Reef, Sharm, Egypt.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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This photo was created by accident.It's a shark egg. It ... by Veronika Matějková
This photo was created by accident.It's a shark egg.
It see a small embryo. A man is not dangerous and live in the Mediterranean.
It is Scyliorhinus canicula or shark spotted.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Croatia
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Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree... Shot with Nikon 6... by David Hoffman
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree... Shot with Nikon 60mm.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Blue-faced Angelfish. Wakatobi, Sulawesi. Canon 40D & C... by Ross Gudgeon
Blue-faced Angelfish. Wakatobi, Sulawesi. Canon 40D & Canon 100 macro.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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the "usual" green turtle hanging around the back of our b... by Adriano Trapani
the "usual" green turtle hanging around the back of our boat in Donald Duck Bay (island 8 - Similan National Park - Thailand)
55 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Profile of a Green Turtle by Martin Dalsaso
Profile of a Green Turtle
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Late afternoon dive,plenty of critters! by Bernard Maglana
Late afternoon dive,plenty of critters!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Same guy, different pose! Canon G10, internal strobe only... by Andrew Macleod
Same guy, different pose! Canon G10, internal strobe only... ..
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Devil fish, Lembeh channel, Kunkungan Bay, Dive site:Telu... by Ahmet Yay
Devil fish, Lembeh channel, Kunkungan Bay, Dive site:Teluk Kambahu.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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close-pu look to a hermit crab at crash boat dive site in... by Victor J. Lasanta
close-pu look to a hermit crab at crash boat dive site in Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Cuda, up close and personal. 60 mm. by David Hoffman
Cuda, up close and personal. 60 mm.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Mimicry (Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus). Canon G10 & Inon D20... by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Mimicry (Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus). Canon G10 & Inon D2000 strobe.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pogge or Hooknose. Aughrusmore, Connemara. 60mm. by Mark Thomas
Pogge or Hooknose.
Aughrusmore, Connemara.
60mm.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Ireland
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Death by pretty stranglers !!!!.............. Fuji S5 pro... by Yves Antoniazzo
Death by pretty stranglers !!!!.............. Fuji S5 pro/ 60mm
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Small Moray posing. Nikonos V 1:2 Macro extension tube by Marylin Batt
Small Moray posing. Nikonos V 1:2 Macro extension tube
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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This little guy would not come out. Sony Cybershot. by John Hill
This little guy would not come out. Sony Cybershot.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Spider Crab shot quite close with Subal system, (2) Inon ... by David Hoffman
Spider Crab shot quite close with Subal system, (2) Inon strobes, Nikon D-300 and Nikor 60mm Macro.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Undulated Moray by Cigdem Cooper
Undulated Moray
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pink Skunk Clownfish, Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia by Kane Savage
Pink Skunk Clownfish, Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
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date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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