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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
Peacock Mantis Shrimp by Michel De Ruyck
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Gurnard spreading it's wings fins? by Joz Grobbelaar
Gurnard spreading it's wings fins?
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Frogfish-Bonaire-Canon 5D 100 mm macro by Richard Goluch
Frogfish-Bonaire-Canon 5D 100 mm macro
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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I just know that it is a moray eel but that's about all I... by Yves Antoniazzo
I just know that it is a moray eel but that's about all I can tell you about this creature (look more like a dinosaur than a fish to me) Fuji S5 pro/105 VR
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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A very red hermit crab under the Ammo Jetty, Perth Wester... by Tammy Gibbs
A very red hermit crab under the Ammo Jetty, Perth Western Australia
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Picture taken during a dive in the Portofino Sanctuary. I... by Daniel Strub
Picture taken during a dive in the Portofino Sanctuary. It's an egg of a Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris ) bound to a red gorgonia. During that dive (La Torre) we dove through a canyon where every second gorgonia had an egg on it. Was amazing :-))
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Seahorse in the seagrass. Nuweiba, Egypt. by Erich Reboucas
Seahorse in the seagrass.
Nuweiba, Egypt.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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SILUETE.. Man o'war by Andres Larraz
SILUETE..
Man o'war
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Common Lionfish. by Cigdem Cooper
Common Lionfish.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Leaf Scorpion fish of the green variety. Not rare but ha... by Jim Mcguire
Leaf Scorpion fish of the green variety. Not rare but hard to spot. Nikon D60 natural light
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Marshall Islands
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Stargazer in Lembeh Straits. D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a s... by Kay Burn Lim
Stargazer in Lembeh Straits.
D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a strobes
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Red and White striped shrimp next to the tail of a flagta... by Erika Antoniazzo
Red and White striped shrimp next to the tail of a flagtail goby.
Patience, patience.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Spotted Boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) - Crystal Bay, Bali... by Marco Waagmeester
Spotted Boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) - Crystal Bay, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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coral by Hamid Sayyaran
coral
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caspian Sea Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) - Nikon D300... by Michael Henke
Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) - Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm - I just love this lens :-)
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Bearded Fireworm-Bonaire-Canon 5D 100 mm macro by Richard Goluch
Bearded Fireworm-Bonaire-Canon 5D 100 mm macro
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Hello by Louis Daniels
Hello
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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It took a while before this shy moray eel peered out of i... by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
It took a while before this shy moray eel peered out of its hole and posed for the camera (Kirby's Rock, Tingloy, Batangas)
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Angelfish by Vittorio Durante
Angelfish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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moray Eel by Hamid Sayyaran
moray Eel
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caspian Sea Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Lined seahorse at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Fl... by Theresa Tracy
Lined seahorse at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Florida.
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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man o'war by Andres Larraz
man o'war
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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These colourful Mandarin fish never cease to amaze me and... by Debi Henshaw
These colourful Mandarin fish never cease to amaze me and on this sunset dive I got quite lucky.
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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stealth king hehe by Khidlir Muhammad
stealth king hehe
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Seaweed Blenny. Olympus e-520 w/Olympus housing twin Inon... by Steve Jarocki, Jr.
Seaweed Blenny. Olympus e-520 w/Olympus housing twin Inon strobes
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hawkfish on a fire coral by Vittorio Durante
Hawkfish on a fire coral
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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these titans have always liked me, this one especially le... by Stew Smith
these titans have always liked me, this one especially letting me get to within 6 inches of his eye. 60mm macro
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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