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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Close-Up

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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
Kiss me
BALISTE CLOWN - Balistoides conspicillum
REUNION 2021
Epibulus insidiator (sling-jaw wrasse) being cleaned. (f/... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Epibulus insidiator (sling-jaw wrasse) being cleaned. (f/8, 1/50, ISO-100, 16mm). - Erik
Aerating the eggs
Parablennius p. usually live in shallow waters, spending their time with body in ravines and head alert &curious to observe the environment. For this reason they are excellent shooting subjects for macro uw photos.
(Canon 100,1/200,f13,iso100)
Tomato Anemonefish - Amphiprion frenatus
Snowflake Moray Eel - Echidna nebulosa
Scorpaena maderensis
Peperoncino fish ( Trypterigion tripteronotus)_2023
(Canon100,,1/200,f10,iso100)
Purple Sea Urchin - Paracentrotus lividus
Giant Frogfish
king II
Reef Stonefish - Synanceia verrucosa
leaf point
Robust Ghostpipefish - Solenostomus cyanopterus
Sponge Crab - Dromia dormia
An individual of Lamprohaminoea ovalis photographed at ~15 mt depth_ La Formica dive site_Casteldaccia,Sicily_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
red red ...horse
Unknown - Sepia sp
Olympus EM1X
Swimming Feather Star - Zygometra sp
"Grumpy Old Man" - Red Lipped Batfish - Isla Fernandina, Galapagos Islands
Red-Eye Medusa
Blackspotted Puffer - Arothron nigropunctatus
Olympus EM1X
Scorpionfish Close Up
Gorgonian Shrimp
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