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Flabellina affinis, August 2025 (SonyA6300, 1/125, f9, iso 125)
By Raphael Steinfeld
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

Man erzählte sich, dass der Leuchtturm einst von einem Fischer gebaut wurde, der seine Tochter vor einem Sturm verlor. Aus Trauer, aber auch aus Hoffnung, entzündete er jede Nacht das Licht, damit kein anderes Schiff den Weg verlieren möge. Mit der Z
By Martin Schrack
posted Monday, December 22, 2025
0 votes

Man erzählte sich, dass der Leuchtturm einst von einem Fischer gebaut wurde, der seine Tochter vor einem Sturm verlor. Aus Trauer, aber auch aus Hoffnung, entzündete er jede Nacht das Licht, damit kein anderes Schiff den Weg verlieren möge.
By Martin Schrack
posted Monday, December 22, 2025
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
Shrimp - there's two of them! by Tim Steenssens
Shrimp - there's two of them!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 13, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Zebra and leopard pattern in an oriental sweetlip by Joerg Blessing
Zebra and leopard pattern in an oriental sweetlip
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Sea dahlia, utricina felina. Part of the centre by Eduard Bello
Sea dahlia, utricina felina. Part of the centre
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Turtel will check the camera by Hansruedi Wuersten
Turtel will check the camera
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Dusky Anemonefish - Amphiprion melanopus by Hansruedi Wuersten
Dusky Anemonefish - Amphiprion melanopus
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 10, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Trigla hirundo Gurnards by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Trigla hirundo
Gurnards
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 9, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Ghost shrimp, pregnand. spookkreeftje, ophiothrix fragilis by Eduard Bello
Ghost shrimp, pregnand. spookkreeftje, ophiothrix fragilis
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 9, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Spiny tiger shrimp by Julian Hsu
Spiny tiger shrimp
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 9, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A simpel rope get populated by Hansruedi Wuersten
A simpel rope get populated
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 9, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Midnight Snapper - Macolor macularis by Hansruedi Wuersten
Midnight Snapper - Macolor macularis
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Just a shrimp (gewone steurgarnaal, palaemon serratus) by Eduard Bello
Just a shrimp (gewone steurgarnaal, palaemon serratus)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Jelly fish (oorkwal) by Eduard Bello
Jelly fish (oorkwal)
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 6, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Turtel with Passenger relax in hole by Hansruedi Wuersten
Turtel with Passenger relax in hole
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 6, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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fishstar by Marc Van Den Broeck
fishstar
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 5, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Bobbit Worm/Photographed at Lembeh, Indonesia with a Cano... by Laurie Slawson
Bobbit Worm/Photographed at Lembeh, Indonesia with a Canon 60 mm macro lens.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Noordelijke knuppelslak, eubranchus rupium by Eduard Bello
Noordelijke knuppelslak, eubranchus rupium
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Gobiidae portrait. Close, closer, closest. by Tim Steenssens
Gobiidae portrait. Close, closer, closest.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Hump-headed Spadefish (Batfish) - Platax batavianus by Hansruedi Wuersten
Hump-headed Spadefish (Batfish) - Platax batavianus
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Striated frogfish/Photographed with 60 mm macro lens and ... by Laurie Slawson
Striated frogfish/Photographed with 60 mm macro lens and Retrasnoot at Lembeh, Indonesia
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Small ghost lobster:Spookkreeftje, ophiothrix fragilis by Eduard Bello
Small ghost lobster:Spookkreeftje, ophiothrix fragilis
shortlistedShortlisted!
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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This longjaw squirlfish was rather shy, but couldn't res... by Tim Steenssens
This longjaw squirlfish was rather shy, but couldn't resist to come and peep around the corner.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Maldives
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Female blanket octopus during blackwater dive in Janao ba... by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Female blanket octopus during blackwater dive in Janao bay, Anilao.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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wobeface by Marc Van Den Broeck
wobeface
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Rockcod Just Watching us pass by. by Steve Winterton
Rockcod Just Watching us pass by.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Noordelijke knuppelslak,eubranchus by Eduard Bello
Noordelijke knuppelslak,eubranchus
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Sarasvati Anemone shrimp - Ancylomenes sarasvati by Hansruedi Wuersten
Sarasvati Anemone shrimp - Ancylomenes sarasvati
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 29, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Two Dragon Shrimps (Miropandalus hardingi) Anilao, Phili... by Oksana Maksymova
Two Dragon Shrimps (Miropandalus hardingi)
Anilao, Philippines
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 28, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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