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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

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Napolean snake eel/photographed with a 60 mm macro lens a... by Laurie Slawson
Napolean snake eel/photographed with a 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 28, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Red Corals/Photographed with a 100 mm macro lens at San C... by Laurie Slawson
Red Corals/Photographed with a 100 mm macro lens at San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 27, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Leopard morey, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Leopard morey, Acapulco Mexico
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 27, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Scorpaena scrofa It's time to escape. by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Scorpaena scrofa
It's time to escape.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 27, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Hermit Crab in the Oosterscheldt, Netherlands by Tim Steenssens
Hermit Crab in the Oosterscheldt, Netherlands
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 27, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Rough Box Crab - Calappa gallus by Spotted Sea Cucumber by Hansruedi Wuersten
Rough Box Crab - Calappa gallus by Spotted Sea Cucumber
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 26, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Zebra Lionfish - Dendrochirus zebra by Hansruedi Wuersten
Zebra Lionfish - Dendrochirus zebra
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 25, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A pair of French Angels in Bonaire by Leslie Howell
A pair of French Angels in Bonaire
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 25, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Kleine zeenaald, syngnathus acus by Eduard Bello
Kleine zeenaald, syngnathus acus
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 25, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Shrimp in anemone by Florence Van Gaever
Shrimp in anemone
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Banner fishes on dark by Hansruedi Wuersten
Banner fishes on dark
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Small blenny in an empty barnacle by Vasco Baselli
Small blenny in an empty barnacle
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Peru
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Rhinopias frondosa. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Rhinopias frondosa.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Ruthersparrs grondel, gobius by Eduard Bello
Ruthersparrs grondel, gobius
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Blennius portrait by Walter Bassi
Blennius portrait
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 22, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Brede ringsprietslak, facelina bostoniensis by Eduard Bello
Brede ringsprietslak, facelina bostoniensis
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 22, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Lemon gobies (Lubricogobius exiguus) Anilao, Philippines by Oksana Maksymova
Lemon gobies (Lubricogobius exiguus)
Anilao, Philippines
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 21, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Beautiful Ocellate Octopus, resting on a rock. by Marylin Batt
Beautiful Ocellate Octopus, resting on a rock.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 21, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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mating time by Deniz Muzaffer Gökmen
mating time
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 21, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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Banded jawfish Opistognathus macrognathus by John Roach
Banded jawfish
Opistognathus macrognathus
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 20, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Millennium wratslak, geitodoris planata by Eduard Bello
Millennium wratslak, geitodoris planata
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 20, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Sarasvati Anemone shrimp - Ancylomenes sarasvatii by Hansruedi Wuersten
Sarasvati Anemone shrimp - Ancylomenes sarasvatii
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 20, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Juvenile broadclub culttlefish photographed with a Canon ... by Laurie Slawson
Juvenile broadclub culttlefish photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 19, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Scorpaena maderensis by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Scorpaena maderensis
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 19, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Sardines by Hansruedi Wuersten
Sardines
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 19, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Closeup, focusing on the eye of tiny Gobie, with remainde... by Daryll Rivett
Closeup, focusing on the eye of tiny Gobie, with remainder of photo in Bokeh.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 18, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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