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The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

Dwarf Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula
By Stefanos Michael
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (2 days ago)
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
European Conger coming up out of a hollow and scaring me.... by Aksems Kuzucu
European Conger coming up out of a hollow and scaring me.
I was about to drop the camera in the hollow.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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A different seahorse- longsnout pipefish in eelgrass by Peet J Van Eeden
A different seahorse- longsnout pipefish in eelgrass
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 6, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Roses of the Sea-False Plum anemone by Peet J Van Eeden
Roses of the Sea-False Plum anemone
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Taking refuge in the leftover tube of a fanworm. Used an... by Victor Micallef
Taking refuge in the leftover tube of a fanworm. Used an Olympus mirrorless with a diopter wetlens for extra macro
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malta
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"Golden Portrait" A rare golden coney. No filters used: ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Golden Portrait"
A rare golden coney. No filters used: I angled my strobes to light just the coney's face, and used a high shutter speed, which kept the water behind it blue and provided a nice contrast to the yellow.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Crocodile fish by Leena Roy
Crocodile fish
shortlistedShortlisted!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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iridescent looking by John Loving
iridescent looking
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Grasping hands of a Basket Star catching food particles r... by Peet J Van Eeden
Grasping hands of a Basket Star catching food particles raining from above
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Guess who is the female? They start life as males and may... by Peet J Van Eeden
Guess who is the female? They start life as males and may change to a female if needed
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Lobster at Similand islands. Canon rebel 400d with 15-55 ... by Pontus Svanberg
Lobster at Similand islands. Canon rebel 400d with 15-55 standard lens and fotolight.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Thailand
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nice colors of oval cup coral by Aksems Kuzucu
nice colors of oval cup coral
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Doubles by Leena Roy
Doubles
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Spiny starfish Stone hard but mobile and a voracious pred... by Peet J Van Eeden
Spiny starfish Stone hard but mobile and a voracious predator
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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leafy by Mathieu Foulquié
leafy
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Portrait Cocco Octopussy Nikon D800E, 105 macro . Retra ... by Marchione Giacomo
Portrait Cocco Octopussy
Nikon D800E, 105 macro . Retra LSD
Lembeh strait
shortlistedShortlisted!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Moray portrait by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Moray portrait
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Blur ring octopus by Leena Roy
Blur ring octopus
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Broad head cuttlefish by Leena Roy
Broad head cuttlefish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Blenny divesite:Bianca, Diving, duskdive, Indonesia, Lem... by Twila M
by: Twila M
Blenny
divesite:Bianca, Diving, duskdive, Indonesia, Lembeh, Sulawesi
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Frogfish, 2016, Critters, divesite:Jahir1, Diving, In... by Twila M
by: Twila M
Frogfish,
2016, Critters, divesite:Jahir1, Diving, Indonesia, Lembeh, LembehResort, September, Sulawesi
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Magnifica by David Owens
Magnifica
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Napoleon snake eel (Lembeh) by Mathieu Foulquié
Napoleon snake eel (Lembeh)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Psycho Clown by Henley Spiers
Psycho Clown
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Mummy's kiss by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Mummy's kiss
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Team Cleaning by Tony Cherbas
Team Cleaning
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
This moray gets quite a lot of attention. Excellent behavior shot, great colors and well lit.
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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G H O S T L Y Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) by Lilian Koh
G H O S T L Y
Thorny Seahorse
(Hippocampus histrix)
shortlistedShortlisted!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
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date posted location: Indonesia
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Crocodile fish by John Loving
Crocodile fish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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