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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
Two seahorses facing each other
Drowning in a sea of anemone
Clownfish in a tight anemone coat
Sea Pony - Hippocampus fuscus
Andaman gobi_April 2024
(Canon100, 1/200, f11,iso100)
coral goby
Cardinalfish - Apogon imberbis
Giant frog fish _Nha Trang_March 2024
(Canon60,1/200,f13,iso100)
Rocky Shore Hermit Crab - Pagurus anachoretus
Pink Clownfish
Arrow crab mating and releasing its eggs on night dive in Cozumel
Portrait of a Frog fish
Nikon D750, Ikelite housing with one Ikelite strobe + Retra snoot, Nikon 105mm, ISO 100, f16, 1/125
Peperoncino fish_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
Mediterranean crab . This was quite large and didn't fit in the frame of my lens but I photographed it anyway trying to focus on its green eyes. Unfortunately not very well, but no rush..I'll try again later, it's a matter of practice! _June 2024
Flatworm - Paraplanocera sp.
disco seahorse
white in colors
Bavosa c._2023
(Canon100,1/200,f8,iso100)
Scotch Βonnet - Semicassis undulata
A couple
A real man in pink
Andaman gobi_April 2024
(Canon60, 1/200,f10,iso100)
Blenny Fish
Hairy Frogfish 'dancing' in the current
Yaeyama blenny _April 2024
( Canon100, 1/200, f10, iso100)
Peacock mantis shrimp
Micro life on the Andaman sea_Blenny fish_April 2024
(Canon100,1/250,f8,iso100)
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