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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
Tiger shirmp in double exposure in the camera by Massimo Giorgetta
Tiger shirmp in double exposure in the camera
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 3, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus hystrix). Film Fujifilm Pro... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus hystrix).
Film Fujifilm Provia 100 ASA and Nikon F60 with Nikon 105 mms macro. Scanned with Epson pro scanner
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 30, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Kiss me Amphiprion bicinctus Red Sea Clown fish by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Kiss me
Amphiprion bicinctus Red Sea Clown fish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Amphiprion perideraion also known as the pink skunk clown... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Amphiprion perideraion also known as the pink skunk clownfish or pink anemonefish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 25, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Dancer Clown fishes on anemone by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Dancer Clown fishes on anemone
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 23, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hermit crab Dardanus calidus Shotting with film Fuji Pro... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Hermit crab Dardanus calidus
Shotting with film Fuji Provia 100 ASA and Nikon F100 camera Nikon 105 macro and Subtronic Alpha pro macro.
Scanner Epson
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Leopard Anemone Shrimp by Julian Hsu
Leopard Anemone Shrimp
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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THE DENTIST Lysmata amboinensis shrimp clean Fangtooth... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
THE DENTIST
Lysmata amboinensis shrimp clean Fangtooth moray teeth (Enchelycore anatina)
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Peacock Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Odontodactylus scyllarus
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 20, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Emperor shrimp on sea apple by Julian Hsu
Emperor shrimp on sea apple
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 17, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Thor amboinensis shrimp by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Thor amboinensis shrimp
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 16, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Spider Squat Lobsters (Chirostylus sandyi) by Julian Hsu
Spider Squat Lobsters (Chirostylus sandyi)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Ornate pipe ghost fish Moalboal Cebu Philippines by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Ornate pipe ghost fish
Moalboal Cebu Philippines
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pontonides unciger shrimp on Whip coral. Shooting in Moa... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Pontonides unciger shrimp on Whip coral.
Shooting in Moalboal Cebu island.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A False Plum Sea anemone is a decptive beauty with a nas... by Peet J Van Eeden
A False Plum Sea anemone is a decptive beauty with a nasty sting
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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From Adabükü Bodrum. more than a flower Olympus EM1 MarkI... by Ahmet Caglar
From Adabükü Bodrum. more than a flower Olympus EM1 MarkII 60 mm f/8 !/200 Nauticam body INON Flash
0 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Whip Coral Shrimp, Camera Canon G9, Meikon Housing Hand h... by Matt Hutchinson
Whip Coral Shrimp, Camera Canon G9, Meikon Housing Hand held Big Blue torch.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Arlequin shrimp in double exposure in camera by Massimo Giorgetta
Arlequin shrimp in double exposure in camera
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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A peacock mantis shrimp shot in Ponta do Ouro, Southern M... by Gareth Stevens
A peacock mantis shrimp shot in Ponta do Ouro, Southern Mozambique. Watch out though, these little guys can throw hands!
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Cerithium vulgatum occupied by hermit crab_2021 (Canon60... by Antonio Venturelli
Cerithium vulgatum occupied by hermit crab_2021
(Canon60mm, t1/200,f/14,iso200)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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The Lemon Coral Goby (Gobiodon citrinus) by Oksana Maksymova
The Lemon Coral Goby (Gobiodon citrinus)
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 5, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Longstriped blenny (Parablennius Rouxi)_2021 (Canon60mm,... by Antonio Venturelli
Longstriped blenny (Parablennius Rouxi)_2021
(Canon60mm,t1/200,f/20,iso200)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 4, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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hermit crab from Karaburun IZMIR Turkey F/2.8 1/60 olympu... by Ahmet Caglar
hermit crab from Karaburun IZMIR Turkey F/2.8 1/60 olympus EM1 MarkII 60mm
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 3, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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I see you, Southern Stingray, Crash Boat, Aguadilla. by Abimael Márquez
I see you, Southern Stingray, Crash Boat, Aguadilla.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Puerto Rico
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Close focus of a friendly moray in the Mediterranean Sea_... by Antonio Venturelli
Close focus of a friendly moray in the Mediterranean Sea_Casteldaccia_Sicily_2021
(Canon 60mm,t1/160,f/6.3,iso200)
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Family (2 sea urchin crab) by Kelvin H.y Tan
Family (2 sea urchin crab)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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close-up "Horozbina" from Kusadası Aydın Turkey Olympus ... by Ahmet Caglar
close-up "Horozbina" from Kusadası Aydın Turkey
Olympus EM1 Mark II 60 mm zuiko lens f/8 1/60
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 27, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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