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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 Christmas Tree Worn shot with a home made "snoot" with 1" diameter opening for the strobe light on subject. D300-60mm, DS-160
Seaweed Blenny on peach colored sponge and yellow hydroid bulbs
Hawaiian Day Octopus
Hawaiian Day Octopus
Seahorse
Northeast Coast Taiwan
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hippocampus
Baby Moray hiding in the coral
Taken at Phil Foster Park under the Blue Heron Bridge in West Palm Beach, Florida
Seahorse
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trying to square the circle with this ascidians choir
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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One of the very few cases where a square crop works. The fisheye-lens effect boosts the composition as well. Sometimes, the simpliest things can become the greatest models :-)
Snapping shrimp - true it snapped me! Alpheus sp.
Arrow crab shot in Cozamel on Palancar Bricks. Shot using a Fujifilm EXR 16 Mega CMOS and an Intova 4000 flash.
Ctenophora.
Hermite crab Dardanus calidus, night dive, 50 mm macro lens, 20 cm from the subject-Canon eos 350d-two strobes ikelite DS125-Focusing light 25 leds from illunaluce.
Looking closely at trumpetfish
immobile
Spiny Flounder on the sandy bottom at 25ft deep in Crash Boat, Aguadilla, P.R.
Hawkfish
lighting eyes
This has already been entered...but I was wondering if anyone can ID the type of crab please.
Taken on Vetchies Pier - Durban's "Muck Diving" mecca....
It must be dived on high tide and at mid day to take advantage of ambient light.
Lots of sediment in the water so very light use of the strobe is recomended ! more to come from this place!
The sun reveals the trumpet fish eating a small fish.
Phantom
Weedy ScorpionFish
Portrait Shot - Rhinopias frondosa
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Marsa Shagra December 2011
Maldives Anemonefish
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