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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
Caribbean Sea Spider
Mototi at Bonet's Corner, Dauin (the same as Gittan's, but without mirror ;-))
Small bladders and blades from new growths on a stalk of Giant Kelp in Catalina Island, California.
Anemone shrimp
Blue spotted stingray
Stealth, the ugly visage of war
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indonesia, Bunaken Islands
Blue spotted stingray foraging in the sand for food
Mototi octopus. July in Dauin Philippines
Gulf Coney (Epinephelus acanthistius?), Eagle Rock, San Carlos
Nudibranchia Mug dive, in Ambon Bay
Clown Snake Eel at Bonet's Corner, Dauin
Abstract, color and shape of a flamboyant cuttlefish
Battled-scared cuttlefish fighting over females. Beaked mouths ready to tear at flesh.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Planorbis carinatus
prefers clear water
seen in Suhrer lake only
Frogfish portrait
Porcelain Crab in Dauin
Morays in love
Gobie at Ginama Point - Dauin
Mantis shrimp with eggs
2x1
Female Stareye Parrotfish, Piedras Pintas, San Carlos
Salaria pavo
Shot of a notoriously difficult to photograph mouthbreeder, in 'mid-suck'. Malawi's mouthbreeders rear their babies in their mouths until they're fit to fend for themselves. It took me four months to get this shot!
Dendronephthya soft coral, night dive.
Slender File Fish
dad with eggs
Black and White Chain Moray
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Anemone with visitors
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f11, 1/60, ISO 100
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