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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
Spotted Moray with a broken jaw by Lindsey Mobley
Spotted Moray with a broken jaw
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Plastic on the coralls... by Hansruedi Wuersten
Plastic on the coralls...
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Christmas tree hundreds of those colourful at the bay nea... by Eduard Bello
Christmas tree hundreds of those colourful at the bay nearby Tugboat
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Unknow Fish by Hansruedi Wuersten
Unknow Fish
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Close up of the colourful tropical fish sitting among cor... by Sergey Lisitsyn
Close up of the colourful tropical fish sitting among corals.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Close-up of a Banded seasnake, Puerto Galera, The Philipp... by Filip Staes
Close-up of a Banded seasnake, Puerto Galera, The Philippines
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Harlekijnslak, Polycera quadrilineata by Eduard Bello
Harlekijnslak, Polycera quadrilineata
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Marbled Snake Eel - Callechelys marmorata by Hansruedi Wuersten
Marbled Snake Eel - Callechelys marmorata
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 1, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Moray eel with banded cleaner shrimp, taken on a drift di... by Kai Steinbeck
Moray eel with banded cleaner shrimp, taken on a drift dive on Agincourt reef on the Great Barrier Reef. Shot with 18-55 canon Ikelite
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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He is ready to see results of a competition) by Sergey Lisitsyn
He is ready to see results of a competition)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anemone shrimp by J. Daniel Horovatin
Anemone shrimp
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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When I took this image of the Christmas Tree Worm, I saw ... by Patricia Sinclair
When I took this image of the Christmas Tree Worm, I saw that there was a shrimp on it, a very small translucent shrimp
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Blue Ribbon Eel portrait. Kimbe bay by Sam Taylor
Blue Ribbon Eel portrait. Kimbe bay
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arafura Sea Papua New Guinea
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Weide mantel, aecuipecten opercularis by Eduard Bello
Weide mantel, aecuipecten opercularis
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Macro photo - Close up of a giant clam, I was drawn to th... by Chiara Boardman
Macro photo - Close up of a giant clam, I was drawn to the incredible natural colours and lines. Taken In the Komodo National park using Olympus Tg4 and Olympus housing.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 25, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Groene zeedonderpad, Enophrys Bubalis with nest. Cold wat... by Eduard Bello
Groene zeedonderpad, Enophrys Bubalis with nest. Cold water 4C.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Rinophia backlite portrait by Raffaele Livornese
Rinophia backlite portrait
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 23, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Peacock Mantis shrimp - Odontodactylus scyllarus under Ba... by Hansruedi Wuersten
Peacock Mantis shrimp - Odontodactylus scyllarus under Barrel Sponge - Xestospongia testudinaria
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 21, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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het is een zeer kleine mossel in de wel begeerde put van ... by Guido Wouters
het is een zeer kleine mossel in de wel begeerde put van Ekeren
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Belgium
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Weide mantel, aecuipecten opercularis by Eduard Bello
Weide mantel, aecuipecten opercularis
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Title: Pink Lady Date Taken:21 DEC 2017 Location:Indone... by Ming Wen
Title: Pink Lady
Date Taken:21 DEC 2017
Location:Indonesia
Camera: Canon 5D Mark 4
Housing: Sea & Sea
Lens: Canon 100mm Marco F/2.8L
Strobe: 2* Sea & Sea Ysd1
Diopter: Naticam SMC
Setting: F/13 1/125 ISO 200
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Octopus vulgaris by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Octopus vulgaris
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Candy crab. Nikon D800E. , 105 macro , two strobo. Raja... by Marchione Giacomo
Candy crab.
Nikon D800E. , 105 macro , two strobo.
Raja ampat.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 16, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Tube Anemone - Cerianthus filiformis by Hansruedi Wuersten
Tube Anemone - Cerianthus filiformis
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 15, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pygmy Seahorse by Wawan Mangile
Pygmy Seahorse
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Tasseled Scorpionfish - Scorpaenopsis oxycephala perfect... by Hansruedi Wuersten
Tasseled Scorpionfish - Scorpaenopsis oxycephala
perfectly camouflaged
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Square-mouth striped anemone with its distinctive square ... by Peet J Van Eeden
Square-mouth striped anemone with its distinctive square mouth
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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