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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
Hawkfish on a fire coral
these titans have always liked me, this one especially letting me get to within 6 inches of his eye. 60mm macro
Cuttlefish (Sepia Officinalis)
Close up of a Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Fearsome Lizard Fish!
Those eyes....Porcupinefish Manado, North Sulawesi
CHRISTMAS TREES
Tropical sole taken in Sodwana, normally rather skittish but this guy humoured us. Lightened picture to bring out the Blue. Shot at 5.6/125/Sony Internal Flash
Frogfish during a night dive off Leyte in the Philippines, this guy clung to the pier at the entry point... Casio exilim zx1200. Maybe one day I will save the $$ to get a housing for my d300! Till then, Casio all the way!
Goatfish.....
It was taken in a night dive in Jana Island \ Saudi Arabia with Olympus C8080 wz without strobes,, using my night dive light and flash
taken @ 3 mile reef north of Perth Western Australia
Shy guy...
long nose sea horse teaken with Canon eos 5d, macro 100 mm and wet close up len whithout strobes
Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), a type of Caribbean angelfish.
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Scorpion Fish taken with Sony PC-105
Painted Frogfish Profile (Ducomi Pier, Dauin, Dumaguete)
Triplefin Blenny, in Isabela Island, Galapagos
Extreme cut
Yellow and Blue. I like the contrast of the Parazoanthus axinellae and the water.
Flounder keeping a close eye on things
Persian Gulf Life 2
Basket star on noble coral. Taken at Crossroads reef in Port Elizabeth with a Sony W300
Pacific Spiny Lobster
Secretary Blennie, D-300, 105VR, Bonaire
A Combtooth blenny (Parablennius incognitus )
Gipsy shrimp
An octopus at the mouth of a small crevice
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