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Elysia timida_June 2025 (Canon RF100, 1/200,f16,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Dwarf Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula
By Stefanos Michael
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted Friday, July 4, 2025
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted Friday, July 4, 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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Blenny close up, La Paz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blenny close up, La Paz Mexico
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47 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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green eye by Marc Van Den Broeck
green eye
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Roar by Jinggong Zhang
Roar
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2018
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Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Japan
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Cuttlefish Love!!!! by George Touliatos
Cuttlefish Love!!!!
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman Oman
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Octopus vulgaris eye by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Octopus vulgaris eye
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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squid by Marc Van Den Broeck
squid
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blenny in a an empty blanus shell. by Vasco Baselli
Blenny in a an empty blanus shell.
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Peru
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Octopus at night by Tobias Reitmayr
Octopus at night
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Barracuda Yawn by Henley Spiers
Barracuda Yawn
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Shark Egg attached to a Sinuous Fan. by Peet J Van Eeden
Shark Egg attached to a Sinuous Fan.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Uranoscopus scaber by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Uranoscopus scaber
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Freckled Frogfish on Sipadan Wreck by Tobias Reitmayr
Freckled Frogfish on Sipadan Wreck
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Diving of the Island of Pulau Weh, Banda Aceh, found gian... by Daryll Rivett
Diving of the Island of Pulau Weh, Banda Aceh, found giant moray eel in the process of having cleaner shrimp busily cleaning mouth and teeth of moray.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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Napoleon Snake Eel in the muck by Tobias Reitmayr
Napoleon Snake Eel in the muck
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 26, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Baby Frogfish in Lembeh Strait. by Daniel Lamborn
Baby Frogfish in Lembeh Strait.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Moonjellyfish ,Melbourne Australia by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Moonjellyfish ,Melbourne Australia
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Yellow skirt slug (Okenia elegans) - Picture taken in Dun... by Gary Carpenter
Yellow skirt slug (Okenia elegans) - Picture taken in Dunmanus Bay, Ireland.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Ireland
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Ocean Art in Anilao...beautiful eye of a Crown Toby by Norm Vexler
Ocean Art in Anilao...beautiful eye of a Crown Toby
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The nudibranch I prefer... by Mathieu Macias
The nudibranch I prefer...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: New Caledonia
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Flatworm by Tobias Reitmayr
Flatworm
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Parablennius zvonimiri Colourful by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius zvonimiri
Colourful
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Deep Thoughts: Created background effect and capture the... by Guan Teoh
Deep Thoughts:
Created background effect and capture the moment of the frogfish; portraying the frogfish having some thoughts about his next meal.
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Colourful star... by Eduard Bello
Colourful star...
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Red/blue starfish in the Puget Sound by Chris Mckenna
Red/blue starfish in the Puget Sound
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Flamingo Tongue in St. Thomas USVI by Steve Dolan
Flamingo Tongue in St. Thomas USVI
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Virgin Islands U.S.
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Crystal jelly (Aequorea forskalea) - Picture taken in Dun... by Gary Carpenter
Crystal jelly (Aequorea forskalea) - Picture taken in Dunmanus Bay, Ireland
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 15, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Ireland
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Crocodilefish eye by Tobias Reitmayr
Crocodilefish eye
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 15, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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