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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

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Cuttlefish (Sepia Officinalis) by Vittorio Durante
Cuttlefish (Sepia Officinalis)
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Close up of a Peacock Mantis Shrimp by Debi Henshaw
Close up of a Peacock Mantis Shrimp
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Fearsome Lizard Fish! by Karl Marchant
Fearsome Lizard Fish!
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Those eyes....Porcupinefish Manado, North Sulawesi by Fatt Chuen Foo
Those eyes....Porcupinefish Manado, North Sulawesi
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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CHRISTMAS TREES by Andres Larraz
CHRISTMAS TREES
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Tropical sole taken in Sodwana, normally rather skittish ... by Allen Walker
Tropical sole taken in Sodwana, normally rather skittish but this guy humoured us. Lightened picture to bring out the Blue. Shot at 5.6/125/Sony Internal Flash
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Frogfish during a night dive off Leyte in the Philippines... by Andrew Macleod
Frogfish during a night dive off Leyte in the Philippines, this guy clung to the pier at the entry point... Casio exilim zx1200. Maybe one day I will save the $$ to get a housing for my d300! Till then, Casio all the way!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Goatfish..... It was taken in a night dive in Jana I... by Mohammed Al Hamood
Goatfish.....
It was taken in a night dive in Jana Island \ Saudi Arabia with Olympus C8080 wz without strobes,, using my night dive light and flash
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Saudi Arabia
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taken @ 3 mile reef north of Perth Western Australia by Dave Baxter
taken @ 3 mile reef north of Perth Western Australia
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Shy guy... by Khidlir Muhammad
Shy guy...
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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long nose sea horse teaken with Canon eos 5d, macro 100 m... by Miro Polensek
long nose sea horse teaken with Canon eos 5d, macro 100 mm and wet close up len whithout strobes
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), a type of Caribbean a... by Jim Chambers
Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), a type of Caribbean angelfish.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Scorpion Fish taken with Sony PC-105 by Kelly Mcgonigal
Scorpion Fish taken with Sony PC-105
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Painted Frogfish Profile (Ducomi Pier, Dauin, Dumaguete) by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
Painted Frogfish Profile (Ducomi Pier, Dauin, Dumaguete)
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Triplefin Blenny, in Isabela Island, Galapagos by Frankie Rivera
Triplefin Blenny, in Isabela Island, Galapagos
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Extreme cut by Giuseppe Piccioli
Extreme cut
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Yellow and Blue. I like the contrast of the Parazoanthus ... by John De Jong
Yellow and Blue. I like the contrast of the Parazoanthus axinellae and the water.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Flounder keeping a close eye on things by Joz Grobbelaar
Flounder keeping a close eye on things
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Barbados
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Persian Gulf Life 2 by Hamid Shamsi
Persian Gulf Life 2
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Basket star on noble coral. Taken at Crossroads reef in P... by Anthony Wooldridge
Basket star on noble coral. Taken at Crossroads reef in Port Elizabeth with a Sony W300
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Pacific Spiny Lobster by Martin Dalsaso
Pacific Spiny Lobster
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Secretary Blennie, D-300, 105VR, Bonaire by Larry Polster
Secretary Blennie, D-300, 105VR, Bonaire
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A Combtooth blenny (Parablennius incognitus ) by Sven Tramaux
A Combtooth blenny (Parablennius incognitus )
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Gipsy shrimp by Andres Larraz
Gipsy shrimp
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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An octopus at the mouth of a small crevice by Anthony Wooldridge
An octopus at the mouth of a small crevice
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Emperor shrimp, Periclimenes imperator on spanish dancer. by Jovin Lim
Emperor shrimp, Periclimenes imperator on spanish dancer.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Simpaticamente a passeggio by Antonio Imperio
Simpaticamente a passeggio
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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