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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
Flounder
Stargazer, Sabang Bay, Puerto Galera
Leopard Blenny
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Wonderpus octopus with background elimination. Lembeh.
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The shot was taken at the dive spot, Twin Peaks in Koh Tao. With the settings of Iso50, f2.8, 1/200 sec. With Aquatica housing and a Canon 5d Mark III, with Canon 100mm macro lens and two Nikons 105 strobes.
Tubeworm and small fish by Danny Van Belle
hippocampus Guttulatus , from Değirmendere Turkey
Peixe Rã
Garden eel on muck dive, Giant Clam, Puerto Galera
Jewellery - next Nemo generation
Mero
Cuttlefish
Golden eye
"anemone crab" on Samber Gelap, South Borneo
Squid at night, Small La Laguna, Puerto Galera
Peacock flounder
Beautiful Anemone
An Ambon scorpionfish in Lembeh. Subsee snoot (Double).
yellow gobi with tongue isopod, with eggs
I found this blenny on a shallow water, i was attracked by his funny face, try to getting a passport photo for him/her, i swam back and forth , he seemingly getting used to my camera for few seconds and got this shot finally.
It was one of the most demanding efforts to shoot this shot with the Inon Macro Wide angle of a Sargassum frogfish floating around in between some weed just below the surface.
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Although orang-utan crabs are normally found on bubble coral and tulamben there is no bubble coral and instead they look like they are in the jungle
Profile
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Monday Morning ... ! Devil Scorpionfish - Scorpaenopsis diabolus. Padangbai, Bali
Head
Coleman shrimp on Fire urchin, Boulders, Puerto Galera
~ Jet Propulsion ~
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