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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
freckled hawk fish by John Naylor
freckled hawk fish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Recovery. A healthy red abalone at San Miguel Island. Sh... by Douglas Klug
Recovery. A healthy red abalone at San Miguel Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with a single DS50 strobe. Shot at f/22 and 1/320 second.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Fishs - Fin (detail) by Vito Lorusso
Fishs - Fin (detail)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on the prow... by Garnet Hooper
Crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on the prowl. Fuji e900 on macro setting with Ikelite housing and Ikelite DS51 substrobe
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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The Night Color - Photo was taken off the coast of Grenad... by David Buelna
The Night Color - Photo was taken off the coast of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea on a night dive of Veronica L. I didn't think much of this crab as it was the size of a large pin head, but by accident it became my favorite picture!
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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BANDED FAN WORM,OPEN FAN 1" wide by Andres Larraz
BANDED FAN WORM,OPEN FAN
1" wide
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Tiny grey moray, no larger than a maccaroni. by Andy Hamnett
Tiny grey moray, no larger than a maccaroni.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Starfish taking it easy... Fuji e900 on macro setting in ... by Garnet Hooper
Starfish taking it easy... Fuji e900 on macro setting in Ikelite housing with ikelite DS51 substrobe
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Green Hawaiian Lionfish. by Stuart Ganz
Green Hawaiian Lionfish.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Our resident seahorse on the second reef off Negombo, Sri... by Anouk Houben
Our resident seahorse on the second reef off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Sri Lanka
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Golden Moray showing me how brave he is. by Michael Schlenk
Golden Moray showing me how brave he is.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Picasso fish by Cigdem Cooper
Picasso fish
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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crab w/ one claw by Andres Larraz
crab w/ one claw
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Grrrrr! Anemone fish in Safaga, Red Sea by Andy Hamnett
Grrrrr!
Anemone fish in Safaga, Red Sea
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Shy Seahorse by Adriano Trapani
Shy Seahorse
50 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Off Leyte in the Philippines. Casio exilim ex z 1200 by Andrew Macleod
Off Leyte in the Philippines. Casio exilim ex z 1200
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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XENO by Andrey Tazba
XENO
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Jake the snake by Giuseppe Piccioli
Jake the snake
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Clown Fish Home. by Matthew White
Clown Fish Home.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Hairy Frogfish found in a community of 7! Yes 7 other fro... by Debi Henshaw
Hairy Frogfish found in a community of 7! Yes 7 other frogfish all living together, some even sitting on each other :o)
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Really pretty HOT Pink Crinoid, have never seen this colo... by Marylin Batt
Really pretty HOT Pink Crinoid, have never seen this color patten befor. Nikonos V 1:3 Extension tube.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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this is a close up of a sunstar in puget sound, Washingto... by Stephen Sanders
this is a close up of a sunstar in puget sound, Washington. Picture was shot by a sea and sea dx1200
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea United States
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eye to eye by Victor Zucker
eye to eye
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Tried to take the dorsal fin only. Turned out better when... by Larry Medenilla
Tried to take the dorsal fin only. Turned out better when the Lionfish's wings became the background.
shortlistedShortlisted!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Jawning Goby by Erika Antoniazzo
Jawning Goby
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Snake pipefish. Trefor Pier, N. Wales. 60mm. by Mark Thomas
Snake pipefish.
Trefor Pier, N. Wales.
60mm.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Parriot fish by Cigdem Cooper
Parriot fish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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