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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
a. pictus "psychedelicus" big grin ... found in Dauin. By comparing with the size of the sandcorns you can imagine how big the "guy" was ...
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serranus scriba
Can't remember where I took this, nor when I took it (last six months) but, as usual, it was taken with a Canon G10 and an Epoque strobe - Enjoy!
Another night dive cameo using only torch light
Painted Frogfish[ Antennarius Pictus-pink phase] showing the lure- Lembeh Strait-Canon 50 D 100 mm macro
Pike blenny, shot in the Tobago Cays Marine Park, right under the catamaran which was our dive base on a sail and dive trip of the 32 islands that make up St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Some animals show their beauty when you see them in close up. These picture of an Asterias rubens I made yesterday, the water is around 6° Celcius now.
Cuttlefish
Portrait of a Coral Cod ( Cephalopholis miniata)
... gobby ... big grin
Pier piling. Hood Canal, Puget Sound. Olympus SP350 and Inon wide angle lens.
Jorunna Funebris
Reef Eater. A greent turtle breaks up the reef off Maui, Hawaii. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing using natural light.
Green Moray, North Leeward coast of St. Vincent.
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Sleeping Taeniura lymna :-)
A scool of soldierfish Myripristis xantacrus.
Tired scorpionfish... Marsa Alam. Canon G10 & Inon D2000.
little crop due to rotation smile
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Red-mouthed Goby - Gobius cruentatus - Sesimbra/Portugal - Nikkor 105mm, 1/60s, f/18, ISO 200.
following the advice of the late great Jim church who said" find some interesting negative space and then wait for a subject" and this is what I got
hippocampus bargibanti
Portrait of Surgeon fish ( Acanthurus sohal)
Portrait of a Giant Moray Gymnothorax javanicus
Solenostomus paradoxus
host goby on a green brain (?) coral ...
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Red Frills (rhinopias aphanes) Portrait image of a Red Lacy Scorpoinfish
Egg Cup (Opistognathus latitabundus) Blotched Jawfish with eggs
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