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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
Poise
Leaf Scorpionfish - Taenianotus triacanthus
Bali, Indonisia
puffer eyes
Spreading Wings
A lion fish at the house reef of Thalatta Resort in Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental.
Nikon D750, Nikkor 105mm lens, Easydive Leo3 housing, 2 Ikelite strobes, ISO 100, F16, 1/100s, Original picture, no improvements, no photoshop.
green moray, canon 5D mark III, two ikelita subtrobe Ds125, seacam housing.cuba , gardens of the queen
Fluorescence photography of an anemone in Scotland. It's not 100% known why organisms underwater omit fluorescent light. Many anemones, nudibranchs and elasmobranchs fluoresce. This shot was taen with a yellow filter and a blue Nightsea Sola UV light
Anemone Crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) fishing for food.
Grumpy Rhinopias
Red Sea Anemone Fish guarding its eggs.
Taken with G7X MkII, Fantasea Housing, 2x Inon S2000
Juvenile wolf eel curious about me.
tiger grouper in a cleaning station. nikon D800, nikon lens 105mm, two ikelite subtrobe DS125, aquatica housing.
''Shanny in the shallow'' in the estuary of the Eastern Scheldt
(Lipophrys pholis)
Close-up portrait of one Schoolmaster fish (Lutjanus apodus) made in Cozumel (Mexico) in sommer 2019.
ISO: 400
f:5.0
1/160seg
Corallimorph Decorator Crab (Cyclocoeloma tuberculata)
Anilao, Philippines
Shorthorn sculpin guarding it's nest in lake Grevelingen in the Netherlands.
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Finger Lickin' Good. False Plum Anemone stretching out its tentacles after a good meal
Shining Light. Colorful Gas flame Nudibranch
The Gate keepers. Sandy anemones occur also in gullies and collect passing food with their sticky tentactles. Sand also sticks to its tentacles therefore the name sandy anemones
Spiral of Life. The fan of the Red fan-worm demonstrated the Fibonacci sequence.
centolla crab. canon 60D, canon 60mm lens ,two ikelite subtrobe,seacam houisng.gardens of the queen.cuba
Clown fish in Nosy Be, Olympus TG-6, Isotta housing, Backscatter M52 wide lens, 2x INON S-2000
A little orange clownfish in his natural habitat.
harlekijnslakje, Polycera quadrilineata
ruwe wratslak,Doris ocelligera
Bruine plooislak,goniodoris castanea
Green Lantern
Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus
Chaloklum, Thailand
A Stonefish with a Nudibranch marching over its forehead
Keep me hangin' on
Anemone Porcelain Crab - Neopetrolisthes maculatus
Bali, Indonesia
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