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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
Blue Bell Tunicate at la Nariz Dive site in Mayaquez area, West Coast of PUERTO RICO. *Diving with The Dive Shop*
Olympus Sp-350,Inon Macro lens, Manual
Papa Sam Too Vessel
shot with nikon D70s and 60mm macro lense
"Bright Eyes" Close up of a White eyed Moray No Cropping :o)
My what nice teeth... A pacific Moray on the reef at Anacapa Island. Image shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with a single DS50 strobe.
Eyes in the dark (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus).
Canon G7 internal flash and Inon macro lens.
No cropping.
Queen Trigger
Muck dive, Lembeh, D300-60mm
Little fish, bit of coral.
Reflexion.
Nikon coolpix 5000+Sea%Sea housing. Natural light
baby goldentail moray at crash boat dive site in Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO.
Hermit crab
Lionfish
Ribbon eel greeting.
Trumpet fish coming out of a bush of soft coral in Beacon Reef (Island 8 Similan National Park)
Giant moray
Fishing, seen from the flipside - strangulated Moray Eel, Ecomarine Pier, Utila. Canon EOS 350, 18-55mm
a top place in italy/island of elba
Crocodile fish close up
Rhinopias, Ambon Harbor, Indonesia..D300, 60mm
taken at martini rock Khor fakkan last weekend with nikon D70s and a 60mm macro lense, small bit of crop
Fishs
Pretty Face...
The gentle giant smile I captured this morray in Fethiye looking at me out of its hole with a quite relaxed gaze. Nikon 60mm with SB800 Flash in a Fantasea Housing running in TTL mode.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Single flash can work! it's quite moody when a dual flash might be too clean. Well done Andre
Gurnard - Beautiful creature, from any angle you want to consider. Right?
close look to spotted scorpionfish at crash boat dive site in Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO
Arrow Crab
Yellowfin Surgeonfish
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