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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
By Stefanos Michael
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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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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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Lips job required by Mario Robillard
Lips job required
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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The cold blue eyes of a sumo crab. An armoured warrior of... by Peet J Van Eeden
The cold blue eyes of a sumo crab. An armoured warrior of the reef
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Pijlinktviseieren, loligo vulgaris by Eduard Bello
Pijlinktviseieren, loligo vulgaris
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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If you look closely, you will find small bugs in its mouth. by Xiaomeng Pang
If you look closely, you will find small bugs in its mouth.
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Patterns of a seastar by Peet J Van Eeden
Patterns of a seastar
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Galathea squamifera, Black rollobster by Eduard Bello
Galathea squamifera, Black rollobster
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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The Queen Decorator crab by Tianhong Wang
The Queen
Decorator crab
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Octopus vulgaris & Felimare picta TRIO (Eye,Siphon,Gills) by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Octopus vulgaris & Felimare picta
TRIO (Eye,Siphon,Gills)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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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, May 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Freckled Hawkfish by Henley Spiers
Freckled Hawkfish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Beautiful common nudibranch. Slanke waaierslak, flabellin... by Eduard Bello
Beautiful common nudibranch. Slanke waaierslak, flabellina glacilis
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Face to face. by Xiaomeng Pang
Face to face.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Serranus scriba by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Serranus scriba
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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The Gatekeepers of Gullies The sandy anemone with it... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Gatekeepers of Gullies
The sandy anemone with its typical spots and range of colors.They are equipped to strongly adhere to rocks and to withstand wave actions.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Candy-striped sea anemone,False bay, South Africa by Peet J Van Eeden
Candy-striped sea anemone,False bay, South Africa
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Nudi Travolta Saturday night fever No filter - creative... by Philippe Eggert
Nudi Travolta
Saturday night fever
No filter - creative lighting with 3 snoot torches (white , red and blue)
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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I never seen amazing creature like this, Flamboyan Cuttle... by Wawan Mangile
I never seen amazing creature like this, Flamboyan Cuttle Fish 1,5 Cm long.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Mantis Baby / My first black water shooting in Anilao, Ph... by Richard (qingran) Meng
Mantis Baby / My first black water shooting in Anilao, Philippines.
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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