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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
Marbled Grouper taken with a Canon G10 and Epoque strobe
mad look of a Caribbean spiny lobster at the engine dive site in parquera area! PUERTO RICO
scorpion fish
Lovers tiff, two hollow back shrimps standing back to back.
Sony DSC W90, MPK WB housing. No external flash or strobes.
One of the many seahorses at Blue Heron Bridge.
cnidarians- white encrusting zoanthid at v.j.levels dive site in parguera area,PUERTO RICO
Another macro close-up shot of the sea anemone Radianthus magnifica
spotted moray at two for you dive site in parguera area,PUERTO RICO
Lionfish under the pier
giant clam, looks like a... ah-hem..... Casio exilim ex z 1200
christmas tree worm
a flat flounder from a different perspective, Secret Bay Anilao
Close up shot of an octopus (Octopus vulgaris) at Les Deux Freres, using stacked INON UCL 165 macro lenses with a Fuji e900 compact in an Ikelite housing and Ikelite DS51 substrobe.
Lizard fish lurking in the sand
Egg carrier la suite......... Fuji S5 pro/105 VR
I was excited when this wire coral shrimp moved into position, allowing for better composition of the photo.
Pipe fish?
The Red Ghost
If you look carefully you'll see a Red Ghost with two white eyes. The eyes are surrounded by a red head which leads to a neck and lower body. Coming out from the lower body you can even see two arms raised in a V.
Hairy squat lobster, on a Barrel sponge at night
Yellow head pike blenny, St. Vincent.
Scorpion fish at the Brothers, Les Sablettes in the South of France, using stacked Inon UCL 165 lenses and Ikelite D51 substrobe.
scarlet-striped cleaning shrimp with small split-crown feather duster at the forest dive site in parguera area, PUERTO RICO
Napoleon snake eel at Secret Bay, anilao
Banded Butterfly fish taken in Bimini, Bahamas.
HAIRY CLAM
Color Tease. A shy blue-banded goby at Catalina Island. Image taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with DS50 strobe. Shot at f/22 and 1/320 second.
Scorpionfish
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