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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
Common Lionfish.
Leaf Scorpion fish of the green variety. Not rare but hard to spot. Nikon D60 natural light
Stargazer in Lembeh Straits.
D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a strobes
Red and White striped shrimp next to the tail of a flagtail goby.
Patience, patience.
Spotted Boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) - Crystal Bay, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
coral
Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) - Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm - I just love this lens :-)
Bearded Fireworm-Bonaire-Canon 5D 100 mm macro
Hello
It took a while before this shy moray eel peered out of its hole and posed for the camera (Kirby's Rock, Tingloy, Batangas)
Angelfish
moray Eel
Lined seahorse at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Florida.
man o'war
These colourful Mandarin fish never cease to amaze me and on this sunset dive I got quite lucky.
stealth king hehe
Seaweed Blenny. Olympus e-520 w/Olympus housing twin Inon strobes
Hawkfish on a fire coral
these titans have always liked me, this one especially letting me get to within 6 inches of his eye. 60mm macro
Cuttlefish (Sepia Officinalis)
Close up of a Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Fearsome Lizard Fish!
Those eyes....Porcupinefish Manado, North Sulawesi
CHRISTMAS TREES
Tropical sole taken in Sodwana, normally rather skittish but this guy humoured us. Lightened picture to bring out the Blue. Shot at 5.6/125/Sony Internal Flash
Frogfish during a night dive off Leyte in the Philippines, this guy clung to the pier at the entry point... Casio exilim zx1200. Maybe one day I will save the $$ to get a housing for my d300! Till then, Casio all the way!
Goatfish.....
It was taken in a night dive in Jana Island \ Saudi Arabia with Olympus C8080 wz without strobes,, using my night dive light and flash
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