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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 Ring!!!
Map Puffer - Arothron mappa
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This pair of Ornate Ghost Pipefish were hanging out near a mooring line on a dive in Lembeh Strait. The female is pregnant (notice her protruding belly).
Peacock-Tail Anemone Shrimp/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Alor, Indonesia.
Spiny waspfish

neon goby
Scorpaena maderensis
my window
Tomato Anemonefish - Amphiprion frenatus
Tassled Scorpionfish/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Alor, Indonesia
While I had heard of photographers finding Blue-Ringed Octopuses, I had never had the pleasure of finding one until diving in Lembeh Strait!
Dardanus Arrosor in Mediterranean Sea, photographed with Canon macro lens 60 mm, t/200, f/22, ISO 200.
Seahorse - backlit
Day Octopus - Octopus cyanea
Guardian
Giant frogfish - Antennarius commerson
Hermit Crab
Hinge-beak shrimp/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Alor, Indonesia
Bulb-tentacle Sea Anemone - Entacmaea quadricolor at night
I have been wanting to get a photo of a Peacock Mantis Shrimp with eggs for the longest time! On my trip to Lembeh Strait, I finally had my dream shot come true!!
Orange cup coral/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Alor, Indonesia
Hippocampus guttulatus
Fan Coral - Solenocaulon akalyx
Close-up on a staring morey
Sardine run Moalboal
Blue-Striped Fang Blenny/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Alor, Indonesia
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