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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
Flamingo Tongue @ Gorgonia in Mayaguez Puerto Rico, The s... by Nestor Crespo
Flamingo Tongue @ Gorgonia in Mayaguez Puerto Rico, The site name is Gata, that are the best site diving in PR...
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Commun seahorse (hippocampus taeniopterus); as often thes... by Daniel Strub
Commun seahorse (hippocampus taeniopterus); as often these shy creatures turn of their head from the lens!! they're funny though; i love them :-)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Portrait of a little Blackbar Chromis (Chromis retrofasci... by Jim Chambers
Portrait of a little Blackbar Chromis (Chromis retrofasciata) in the South China Sea of the Philippines.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Look closely for the flatworm bout to be eaten... Casio e... by Andrew Macleod
Look closely for the flatworm bout to be eaten... Casio exilim...
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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shrimp in Anemone by Steffen Binke
shrimp in Anemone
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Decorator crab photographed beneath the town pier, Bonaire . by Patrick Smith
Decorator crab photographed beneath the town pier, Bonaire .
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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lined Seahorse by Jonathan Romanov
lined Seahorse
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United States
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this photo I made last sunday. the water temperature was ... by Melita Bubek
this photo I made last sunday. the water temperature was 6oC...freeeeez...but when I saw this crab-cuple, it was much warmer...in my heart :-))
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Smile! by Michael Schlenk
Smile!
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Fireworks!!! (Sabella spallanzanii) by Vittorio Durante
Fireworks!!! (Sabella spallanzanii)
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Nights miting by Sergiy Glushchenko
Nights miting
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Lined Seahorse found at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Bea... by Theresa Tracy
Lined Seahorse found at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Florida.
53 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Close up of a crocodile snake eel on the mythic "Pura Vid... by Daniel Strub
Close up of a crocodile snake eel on the mythic "Pura Vida House Reef" in Dauin
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Christmas Tree Worms". Taken with Canon A650IS in macro... by Malia Beggs
"Christmas Tree Worms". Taken with Canon A650IS in macro mode at Pescador Island.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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White hairy frog - it was really friendly and kept follow... by John M Akar
White hairy frog - it was really friendly and kept following the divers.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"Pincushion Starfish"-This was my first view of a starfis... by Malia Beggs
"Pincushion Starfish"-This was my first view of a starfish without arms. It was located at Pescador Island on a coral reef ridge, about 7 meters in depth. I used my Canon A650IS in ambient light only.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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A very young grouper by Vittorio Durante
A very young grouper
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Shrimp with eggs by Steffen Binke
Shrimp with eggs
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Christmas Tree Worm by Kay Wilson
Christmas Tree Worm
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Funny face :-) by Daniel Strub
Funny face :-)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Squat Lobster on a Crinoid, Lembeh, N Sulawesi by Fatt Chuen Foo
Squat Lobster on a Crinoid, Lembeh, N Sulawesi
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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The Eye of a Fresh Water Eel... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
The Eye of a Fresh Water Eel... :O)...
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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When I saw a group of these, I thought I was going to be ... by Malia Beggs
When I saw a group of these, I thought I was going to be a pearl millionaire. But after closely examining it, the first touch was very soft. Not a pearl...but an algae ball. I took this at "Pescador Island" with a Canon A650IS.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) in Anilao. This i... by Jim Chambers
Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) in Anilao. This is the the biggest and best camouflaged frogfish I've ever seen. It was about the size of a football! Look just above the center for the eye.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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The color of fear by Vittorio Durante
The color of fear
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Taken at Lumbalumba house reef, Manado. Canon G9/Ikelite ... by Richard Witmer
Taken at Lumbalumba house reef, Manado. Canon G9/Ikelite DS160. Cropped.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009
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date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Snowflake morey,Maliko gulch,Maui by Jozef Butala
Snowflake morey,Maliko gulch,Maui
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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