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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
Phryganea grandis - this weekends dive in Vaumarcus big grin
Tulamben, Bali-Indonesia
blue ribbon eel
A very close and "abstract" view into a giant clam ( Tridacna gigas ). As always : "mother nature" is the greatest artist ;-)
Anemone Shrimps (Periclimenes Brevicarpalis )
Close look
shot with nikon D70s with 105mm macro
Weever a small shot almost completely covered with sand.
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i'm waiting...
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A morray eel off of Tofo, MZ, with a cleaner fish in it's mouth
Hey pic me smile
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Thailand 2011
Cute Little Pygmy Sea Horse.
dont touch sealife dc1000
Reef squid at night, Komodo
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Octopus playing with a shell spotted a few metres off the beach. Taken with a Canon G9 in Canon housing.
Nap time ...
pulau sepa seahorse
banded boxer shrimp, Manado
"The queen is not amused" ;-)
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
nice portrait Rico
dance -- Sealife DC1000
Polka Dotted Feather Duster
Locked on the prey and ready for ambush! I think I was a sidekick - my dive light made the night hunt *very easy* for this lionfish.
Eye of the Pike.
Pike close up taken at Wraysbury Lake, Middlesex.
eyes
In summertime the short snouted seahorse can be found in the Oosterschelde but it is a rare species.
Cyclocoeloma tuberculata
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