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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
Tiger Grouper being cleaned by Cleaner Gobies on Little C... by Deborah Chambers
Tiger Grouper being cleaned by Cleaner Gobies on Little Cayman Island.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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This Scorpionfish is a colorful example of the surroundi... by Malia Beggs
This Scorpionfish is a colorful example of the surrounding corals it inhabits.. Used Canon A650IS.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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A Whip Coral Xeno Crab. Just of the Liberty Wreck in Tula... by Chad Ordelheide
A Whip Coral Xeno Crab. Just of the Liberty Wreck in Tulamben, Bali. Canon A640
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Red eyed crab in a barrel sponge - Gili Lawa Laut, Komodo... by Marco Waagmeester
Red eyed crab in a barrel sponge - Gili Lawa Laut, Komodo (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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A hydriod seen from beneath by Martin Dalsaso
A hydriod seen from beneath
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Northern Mariana Islands
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Shrimp by Sharon English
Shrimp
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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A very friendly octopus on the house reef at Buddy Dive R... by Patrick Smith
A very friendly octopus on the house reef at Buddy Dive Resort.Bonaire, N.A.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Eriphia verrucosa(Pagur) by Ivelin Krastev
Eriphia verrucosa(Pagur)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Black Sea Bulgaria
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Red Scorpionfish by Vittorio Durante
Red Scorpionfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Basket star enjoy the comfort of a nice red spunge coral ... by Joz Grobbelaar
Basket star enjoy the comfort of a nice red spunge coral stretching out and reaching out for more
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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French Angel by Steven Daniel
French Angel
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Red Sea Anemone Fish. by Cigdem Cooper
Red Sea Anemone Fish.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus) in the Cayman Isla... by Jim Chambers
Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus) in the Cayman Islands.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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a crab hitching a ride in a large jellyfish by Geoff Spiby
a crab hitching a ride in a large jellyfish
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Shrimp on the face Fuji S5 pro/ 60mm by Yves Antoniazzo
Shrimp on the face Fuji S5 pro/ 60mm
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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A Warty or Clown Frog fish in Leyte . Casio Exilim by Andrew Macleod
A Warty or Clown Frog fish in Leyte . Casio Exilim
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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Clavelina Lepadiformis by Vittorio Durante
Clavelina Lepadiformis
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Scorpionfish - beautiful colours inside its mouth by Sharon English
Scorpionfish - beautiful colours inside its mouth
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Bluespotted Stingray in party mode. Covered with colorful... by Erich Reboucas
Bluespotted Stingray in party mode. Covered with colorful sand!
At Yolanda Reef, Ras Mohamed.
Nikon D80, macro sigma 50mm, Ikelite with DS 125
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Network Pipefish (Corythoichthys flavofasciatus). by Jim Chambers
Network Pipefish (Corythoichthys flavofasciatus).
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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A Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis) by Sven Tramaux
A Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Feather duster worm found while snorkeling just south of ... by Joe Platko
Feather duster worm found while snorkeling just south of the Tugboat in Curacao. This was shot by a canon a570 while in macro mode and using an additional inon macro lens. No cropping was used
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Trumpetfish doing the best he can to hide from my camera. by Michael Schlenk
Trumpetfish doing the best he can to hide from my camera.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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big eye. by John Naylor
big eye.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Tube Worm-Bispira sp. *Sabellidae* It is hard to associa... by Malia Beggs
Tube Worm-Bispira sp. *Sabellidae* It is hard to associate this beautiful flower-like specimen with a worm! I took this picture with a Canon A650IS in macro mode in the location of Badian Island, Cebu.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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LONGLURE FROGFISH Long, undivided, whitish translucent fi... by Marcus Joseph
LONGLURE FROGFISH Long, undivided, whitish translucent filament, called a lure, just above lip. Large variety of color phases, including shades of deep red, pink, orange, yellow, green, and tan. Change color, pale or dark.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Me my shrimp, & eye by Sven Tramaux
Me my shrimp, & eye
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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