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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)
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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)
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Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
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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)
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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
He's behind you! by Henley Spiers
He's behind you!
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Amazing capture! It takes a moment until you realize what's in the background :)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Long nose hawkfish by Claude Lespagne
Long nose hawkfish
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Don'tworry kid you are safe with me... Hymenocera pict... by Yustus Mananggung
Don'tworry kid you are safe with me...
Hymenocera picta.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Squid by Henley Spiers
Squid
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Reflection of the diver in the eye of an octopus by Peet J Van Eeden
Reflection of the diver in the eye of an octopus
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Backlit seahorse photographed in Anilao, Philippines by Norm Vexler
Backlit seahorse photographed in Anilao, Philippines
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pipefish... by Yustus Mananggung
Pipefish...
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"Softly" Soft Coral Crab on his coral Since he was so p... by Patricia Sinclair
"Softly"
Soft Coral Crab on his coral
Since he was so pastel, as was his soft coral, I decided to shoot this with f/2.8
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4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The beauty of an anemone seen by me by Mario Robillard
The beauty of an anemone seen by me
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Reef Squid on night dive, Kalimaya Reef, Sumbawa by Tobias Reitmayr
Reef Squid on night dive, Kalimaya Reef, Sumbawa
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Hunchback Amphipods by Peet J Van Eeden
Hunchback Amphipods
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Sea horse in Little cayman by John Loving
Sea horse in Little cayman
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Pygmy seahorse by Sergej Christof
Pygmy seahorse
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Double exposure by Ferdinando Meli
Double exposure
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"Eyebrows" from Pink Eye Goby. Alam Batu Housereef, Bali by Yustus Mananggung
"Eyebrows" from Pink Eye Goby. Alam Batu Housereef, Bali
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Fresh in the morning by Yustus Mananggung
Fresh in the morning
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A touch of Blue The Blue Spotted Klipfish by Peet J Van Eeden
A touch of Blue
The Blue Spotted Klipfish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Dark-side Close-up by Claude Lespagne
Dark-side Close-up
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The siphon of a giant sea clam by Peet J Van Eeden
The siphon of a giant sea clam
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 18, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Seahorse at our housereef at Alam Batu. by Yustus Mananggung
Seahorse at our housereef at Alam Batu.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 15, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Patterns of a seastar by Peet J Van Eeden
Patterns of a seastar
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 14, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Tanzania
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Don't forgot to smile 😊 by Yustus Mananggung
Don't forgot to smile 😊
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 14, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Patterns of a seastar by Peet J Van Eeden
Patterns of a seastar
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Tanzania
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Plaice portrait. Taken with a Sony rx100mkii in Nautica... by Billy Arthur
Plaice portrait.
Taken with a Sony rx100mkii in Nauticam housing, lit wit a single Sea&sea ys-d1 strobe with a home made snoot.
The subject wasn't bothered by the camera at all, think it though it was so well camouflaged that I couldn't see it.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Living Light Olympus Pen 1 14-42mm Sea&Sea YS-27DX st... by Carrie A Dutchak
Living Light
Olympus Pen 1
14-42mm
Sea&Sea YS-27DX strobes
Diaopter +5
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Cayman islands
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The Sumo Crab- the armoured warrior of the reef by Peet J Van Eeden
The Sumo Crab- the armoured warrior of the reef
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Slanke waaierslak, flabellina glacilis by Eduard Bello
Slanke waaierslak, flabellina glacilis
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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