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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
Fish Geek
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Octopus portrait - No crop
Master of mimicry, Lembeh strait, Indonesia
Banded Sea Snake Juvenile
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A star has been born- 1 cm in length, weight unkonwn
Seahorse in Black, Acapulco Mexico
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the eye of a shell
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Orange Nudi....Early season of the coast of New England
"In Flight"
A Spanish hogfish races across a reef, the detail of its scales appearing like feathers, while its pectoral fins give the appearance of flight...
Scorpaena scrofa
BIG HEAD
King
Octopus
Tiny juvenile Inimicus didactylus, A.K.A. Grump
Windmill
Location : Anilao Philippines
Canon EOS1D X Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM Lens: F22, 1/200, ISO 400
SEACAM silver CANON EOS1D X Mark II
SEACAM SEAFLASH 150 DIGITAL*2
Howshot M50 Video Light 5000/Lumen
Soft corals with silver fish at night
Hippocampus guttulatus
BLUE DREAM
Hidden Beauty
Portrait of a Mantis shrimp, Lembeh strait.
Clown 🤡
Protula tubularia
AWARD OF PATIENCE
whip coral goby on pose
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Morray
Hiden Blenny, Acapulco México
Surround
Location : Romblon Philippines
Canon EOS1D X Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM Lens: F20, 1/160, ISO 800
SEACAM silver CANON EOS1D X Mark II
SEACAM SEAFLASH 150 DIGITAL
RETRA LSD
Howshot M50 Video Light 5000/Lumen
Fire Sea Urchin is home to some small fish
Blenny on hard corals
A ghost morray out of the dark
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