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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
Shot this Bristle Worm close up at a nightdive in Pulau Weh. Didn't know before that they have this strange looking sensual organ in their face.
Juvenile Blenny
Gone with the wind
Split Sec
Sawblade shrimp on colonial tunicates
snoot
Sawblade shrimp from St. Eustatius
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Prawn
The Roughsnout
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Maldives has always been on my bucket list of diving destinations and I was fortunate enough to be able to go there last year. On a night dive, this couple of anemonefish was settling down for the night.
Experimenting on photo techniques. Hairy frogfish through magic ball lens but with aperture at F4
Anemone .... an abstract
squat crab on feather star
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This curious cuttle fish, showed no adverse reaction to my presence at all and actually approached me.
Squid
Hermit eyes & eyebrow
Arlequin shrimp. Nikon D800E , 105 macro , snoot RETRA
LEMBEH STRAIT
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Anemonefish
maze
Flamboyant Cuttlefish shot in Reverse Ring Macro. Patience paid off with this shot smile
Moray
Dark Knight Blenny
queen conch (Lobatus gigas)
Burp! -Juvenile Painted Frogfish: Frogfish are capable of consuming prey equal to the size of themselves.
Chirostylus Sandyi, Spider Squat Lobster
A banded sea snake cruising on the shallow sand at Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
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Antillean Fileclam (Lima pellucida)
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