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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
Wrasse - Pteragogus trispilus
Bigfin reef squid - Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Purple Sea Urchin - Paracentrotus lividus
Beadlet Anemone - Actinia equina
Parablennius zvonimiri
Pteragogus trispilus
The Grumpy Guy
(Antennarius Pictus)
My first octo! Taken in waist deep water at Blue Heron, I sucked a steel dry. An Atlantic Longarm, this was an interesting critter.
Vibrant sea urchin
Tiger shrimp
One eye jack
Hippocampus guttulatus
Back lighted
BLACKGOBY
A beautiful juvenile Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena) hiding behind a sea cucumber (holothuria).
UNDERCOVER
Reconciliation
Tuberculate Night Anemone, - Alicia sansibarensis
Chaloklum Bay, Thailand
EYEBALLING
Bobtail squid
Longhorn cowfish portraid (Lactoria cornuta)
Lembeh strait 2004
Fujifilm Provia 100ASA Nikon F60 and Nikkor 105 macro and Kenko 1.4X Subtronic Alpha Pro Macro F22 1/125
(scanned with Minolta film scan)

Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
Glowing Frog
pair of saddled butterflyfish in Raja Ampat. I followed them for a while snapping shots and finally got this perfect pose of the two of them!
Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus) 
shortlistedShortlisted!
Ornate Ghost pipefish also called harlequin—ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)
GOBYINTHESAND
"PINKY" from Seferihisar İzmir Turkey. Olympus EM1 MarkII Nautıcam Housing.
Mediterranean striped blenny_2021
(Canon60 mm,t1/200,f/20,iso200)
Leafy Sea Dragon
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