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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
Detail of a green coral at shallow depth. I was intrigued by the small octopuses that cover it. Done scuba diving in India_Goa, Dec_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
Reticulated Filefish - Stephanolepis diaspros
Rinding
Brittle Star - Ophioderma longicauda
Southern Blue Devil Fish in its den
Phyllodesmium serratum Located under Port Victoria Jetty.
Grumpy Cardinal
Froggy
One of the favorite subjects of a lot of photographers. Always nice to encounter. This nice murene.
Small colorful creatures of the Indian Ocean_Dec-2023
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
Robust ghost pipefish
Lizardfish like to be a shark
Ancylomenes kobayashii
NOSY BE 2022
Olympus
"Clowning Around"
Fiji Anemonefish (aka Clownfish)
Beqa Lagoon, Fiji
Panasonic LX100
Mouth brooding Cardinal fish
Leafy seadragon - Phycodurus eques
Olympus
Olympus
Face to face with a Limacia clavigera on a kelp leave
pigmy sea horse
peces en la boca
STENOPUS HISPIDUS
REUNION 2022
tried and tried and tried
This is always challenging to shoot , hairy shrimp
This is a long time coming as it was at 22m with current
Mullus surmuletus
MOTIONLESS
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