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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
Eye to Eye with Hermit Crab and it's tools!
Honeycombe taken with Sony W17 C.D.C. and external flash in Sodwana Bay.
Spotted scorpion fish with Peterson Cleaning shrimp.
spiny puffer
island of korcula
A Zebra Lionfish
Queen angel,(intermediary phase)
Beautiful Porcelan Crab in Anemone - very close and smiling at you!
UW Photographer trying to get a close Makro Photo from Pigmy Seahorse....
Yes, I know its not so easy
Seahorse (Hippocampos Barbouri)
Very nice seahorse. About 6 to 8 inches long. Seen in one of the dive sites in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.
Queen Angel - DC600
Cleaning station, D300, 14mm, D125 strobes
grouper(any body can tell wich one is the original the one in the bottom or the one on top)
Nikon D200, Sea&Sea housing, dual strobes. These guys are the scourge of the ocean. They are not endemic and have no natural enemies.
Black and White Curly Whirly
Tiger Shrimp on yellow coral
A Giant Moray (gymnothorax javanicus) fills the frame. South Red Sea
Pipefish very close - you like me also?
D300, 14mm, twin D125 strobes, converted to gray scale using Lightroom from Adobe
Giant French Angel. Sea and Sea 1G with YS strobe
An Anemone Fish, taken in the Red Sea in 2007
Sea Anemone seen July 2008 in Grand Cayman. Photo taken with a Canon SD550.
Hi - doyou want to join me in this beautiful anemoune ?
His claws were huge! He didn't stick around long though and took off right after the picture.
Mantis Hammer Shrimp with eggs!
Hopy you all like this rare shot...
"Dude - not now - really!"
Nice spotted Moray telling me off. 80 ft. DC600 w/strobe
White Seahorse during night dive at Lighthouse, Malapascua
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