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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
One of the little-known squid facts is that they have three hearts. This is because their bodies are very complex. Their two smaller hearts serve their gills, while the larger one pumps blood to the rest of their bodies
Dental hygiene. A demonstration of symbiosis on Anacapa Island's reefs in the Channel Islands National Park. This is a California moray and its attendant red-rock shrimp.
Grey Angel fish eye in the mexican caribbean.
sna
Hot and humid ...can I borrow your fan?
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We gotta move that refrigerators....
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MORAY EEL
Gnathophyllum americanum - A hungry Bumble Bee Shrimp chewing on vegetables...
Gaudy clown crab on top of a vase sponge
flat nudi
Tasty donuts
Smoke underwater.
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Melibe engeli
The face of a warrior- The Sumo Crab
The Loving Hymenocera Picta - The pair of Harlequin Shrimps making their home nearby the magnificent Liberty Wreck at Tulamben, Bali
Lady bugs
2 coconut octopus were fighting for a home when the stronger one attempt to chase the already comfortable octopus out of the coconut husk.
Tunicate Cluster.
Pigmy seahorse pontohi
get out my house
EYE OF BLENNY
Gold Morey,Cocos Island Costa Rica
A Pachycerianthus spp or purple tipped tube anemone close up, lit with a single 800lumen lamp from a top down perspective.
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. (cutting it close on the 50% part, but its macro)
Lembeh strait
Nikon D800E , 105 macro , snoot RETRA LSD
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"Squid In High Key"
I spent about 1 1/2 hrs with some playful squid on a shallow shore dive. I pointed my camera straight up under the squid against the sky & intentionally overexposed the sun to blow out the sky & leave just the squid as subject.
The groom with its nuptial bouquet
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