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anemone-riding porcelain crab
By Andre Philip
posted (last week)
35 votes

Fire
By Nonna Pokras
posted (last week)
35 votes

Muppet morays, Pulau Weh
By Doug Anderson
posted (Last month)
32 votes

Fangblenny, Pulau Weh
By Doug Anderson
posted (last week)
30 votes

Parablennius pilicornis
By Alberto Gallucci
posted (last week)
27 votes

Garden Eel
By Beate Seiler
posted (This month)
26 votes

Those Thornback Cowfish are often hard to spot but once you get close to them they amuse me with their 'frozen' face expression.
By Beat J Korner
posted (6 days ago)
24 votes

Splendid Toadfish
By Abimael Márquez
posted (6 days ago)
24 votes

Morey Eel Closeup
By Henrik Gram Rasmussen
posted (Last month)
22 votes

Feels whisker dangling good.
By Valda Fraser
posted (last week)
21 votes
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Macro - Close-Up

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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Three inch loach (cobitis taenia). Just stopped chewing ... by Chris Krambeck
Three inch loach (cobitis taenia).
Just stopped chewing sand for dinner, wondering about the illumination.
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date posted posted: 00:41 CST Today (3 hours ago)
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Germany
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Lovely Blue ringed Octopus came out to pose in the daylight. by Marylin Batt
Lovely Blue ringed Octopus came out to pose in the daylight.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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..... by Billy N
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Cuttlefish by Walter Bassi
Cuttlefish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Off to work and into the mouth I go. by Valda Fraser
Off to work and into the mouth I go.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Blenny in the dark, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blenny in the dark, Acapulco Mexico
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date posted posted: Yesterday
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes) by Paal Mathiesen
Flatfish (Pleuronectiformes)
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date posted posted: Yesterday
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Hid. by Sergey Lisitsyn
Hid.
votes: 9
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date posted posted: Yesterday
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Yellow eye by Nonna Pokras
Yellow eye
votes: 4
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date posted posted: Yesterday
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date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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The harlequin shrimp battled to dislodge the starfish. T... by Valda Fraser
The harlequin shrimp battled to dislodge the starfish. Then she carried it to a deep crevice and disappeared, along with her mate.
votes: 15
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date posted posted: (2 days ago)
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date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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fanworms by Marco Fierli
fanworms
votes: 10
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date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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ombrellini by Marco Fierli
ombrellini
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Playing around with DOF. Nice subject for trying out a fe... by Christian Nielsen
Playing around with DOF. Nice subject for trying out a few settings.
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date posted posted: (3 days ago)
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date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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P Fish....... by Billy N
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P Fish.......
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date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Pretty face by Christian Nielsen
Pretty face
votes: 14
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date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Bubble Coral Shrimp, brainy by Marco Fierli
Bubble Coral Shrimp, brainy
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date posted posted: (4 days ago)
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date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Name: please, get out from me by Yemialyanau Valery
Name: please, get out from me
votes: 6
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date posted posted: (5 days ago)
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Korea, Republic of
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Hary squatlobster :-D by Daniel Strub
Hary squatlobster big grin
votes: 19
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date posted location: Philippines
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Puerto Galera. by Sergey Lisitsyn
Puerto Galera.
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Froggy....... by Billy N
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Froggy.......
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Cute frog by Nonna Pokras
Cute frog
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date posted posted: (6 days ago)
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f8, 1/2000, external strobe. Unfortunally, we have not sh... by Blagodarova Elena
f8, 1/2000, external strobe. Unfortunally, we have not sharks....
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date posted location: Black Sea Ukraine
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Splendid Toadfish by Abimael Márquez
Splendid Toadfish
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date posted posted: (6 days ago)
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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hard coral abstract by Leena Roy
hard coral abstract
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votes: 17
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Those Thornback Cowfish are often hard to spot but once y... by Beat J Korner
Those Thornback Cowfish are often hard to spot but once you get close to them they amuse me with their 'frozen' face expression.
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"The kind gardener" XZ1 with flash by Diogo Ferreira
"The kind gardener" XZ1 with flash
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Feels whisker dangling good. by Valda Fraser
Feels whisker dangling good.
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