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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
Close-up of a nurse shark and King Crab. Taken at Shark Reef, Grenada, WI with Canon G9 and Canon housing.
MOR
Face to face, Frogfish
Frogfish, (stacked lens)
That's close ! Head of a "caretta caretta" sea-turtle. CANON 40D + 60mm macro lens. Ike DS-125 strobe. No crop.
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Taken by Nikon D200. at Anilao
The eye of the beholder, octopus that is.
At Vieques, Puerto Rico
fingers by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
fingers
This way, please !
Batfish, stacked lens
Frogfish
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I personally like the detail of this giant clam
"Predator closeup". Nightdive, CANON 40D, Ike housing, Ike DS-125 strobe, CANON 60mm macro lens.
A Belted Sandfish on Mammoth Rock Reef , in the Gulf of Mexico, off Clearwater Beach, Florida.
CENTEPIDE
Janolus nudibranch on kelp, photo taken in Southern California.
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preggy pygmy : )
blue ribbon treat by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
blue ribbon treat
Friendly Face. D300/Inon Strobes/105mm.
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Editor's Comment
Nice crop Richard
walking tall and who's leading who - Banded Coral Shrimp make their way to the tip of a Barrel Sponge - this photo was taken during a morning dive off Roatan.
Found in a beer bottle!
A beautiful Leptopsammia pruvoti in the Mediteranean sea.
transparent eggy!!! (commensal shrimp)
Myriapora truncata whit bubbles of my ARA in underwater cave.
Close to the squid :-)
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Frog fish on Mitsio
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