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2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire. This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away. Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (3 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Tuesday, December 24, 2024
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted 05:47 CST Today (2 hours ago)
0 votes
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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

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Ornate Ghost pipefish also called harlequin—ghost pipefis... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Ornate Ghost pipefish also called harlequin—ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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GOBYINTHESAND by Marko Perisic
GOBYINTHESAND
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 6, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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"PINKY" from Seferihisar İzmir Turkey. Olympus EM1 MarkII... by Ahmet Caglar
"PINKY" from Seferihisar İzmir Turkey. Olympus EM1 MarkII Nautıcam Housing.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 5, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Mediterranean striped blenny_2021 (Canon60 mm,t1/200,f/2... by Antonio Venturelli
Mediterranean striped blenny_2021
(Canon60 mm,t1/200,f/20,iso200)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 5, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Leafy Sea Dragon by Charles Wright
Leafy Sea Dragon
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Stare by Kelvin H.y Tan
Stare
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Pike by Abimael Márquez
Pike
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Rhinomuraena quaesita by Sofia Tenggrono
Rhinomuraena quaesita
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021

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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Boxing shrimp by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Boxing shrimp
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 31, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Gobi on bubble coral by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Gobi on bubble coral
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Radial leatherjacket (Acreichthys radiatus) by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Radial leatherjacket (Acreichthys radiatus)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Sand goby by Kelvin H.y Tan
Sand goby
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Octopus eye by Yoav Lavi
Octopus eye
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 25, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Tunicate shrimp by Kelvin H.y Tan
Tunicate shrimp
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 24, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Beauty comes from dark. Bodrum Turkey. by Ahmet Caglar
Beauty comes from dark. Bodrum Turkey.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 21, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Egg cowrie by Kelvin H.y Tan
Egg cowrie
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Cleaner shrimp inside a small anemon with snooted light by Raffaele Livornese
Cleaner shrimp inside a small anemon with snooted light
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 17, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Long-legged spider crab - Macropodia rostrata by Athanassios Lazarides
Long-legged spider crab - Macropodia rostrata
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 16, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Spotted cleaner shrimp by Arun Madisetti
Spotted cleaner shrimp
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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The singer. Parablennius pilicornis by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
The singer.
Parablennius pilicornis
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 11, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Muraena augusti moray eel found north of the eastern Cent... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Muraena augusti moray eel found north of the eastern Central Atlantic ocean.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 7, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicum) by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicum)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 6, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Ecsenius namiyei by Julian Hsu
Ecsenius namiyei
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 6, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Sea rabbit from Karaburun Izmir Turkey, Olympus EM1 mark ... by Ahmet Caglar
Sea rabbit from Karaburun Izmir Turkey, Olympus EM1 mark II Nauticam Housing, INON Flash. f/10 1/200 ISO 200
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Goniobranchus geometricus pipe fish face detail by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Goniobranchus geometricus pipe fish face detail
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15 Votes
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SEPIOLA by Marko Perisic
SEPIOLA
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 4, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Small Hermit Crab (Dardanus sp) by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Small Hermit Crab (Dardanus sp)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 4, 2021
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date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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