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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
Periclimenes imperator
Nikon D500, Nikkor 60mm, Nauticam housing, Saga +20 diopter, YS-D1 strobe with LSD
F18, 1/30, ISO200
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Octopussy
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Octopus hidden in a rock, photographed with lens 60 mm
Short nose seahorse, rare in the dutch waters.
Nestled in to sleep. Goodnight Mr. Seahorse
Every Year there are more seahorse found in our waters. Very rare for the dutch waters.
Field of flowers and spikes - flower urchin - Toxopneustes pileolus
Reunion Island TG3
Scrawled Filefish, Aluterus scriptus, Blue Heron Bridge, Florida
Upsidedown Jellyfish, Cassiopea andromeda, Blue Heron Bridge, Florida
Serranus Cabrilla
Bring it ... !
Reef Stonefish - Synanceia verrucosa
Bali, Indonisia
Pleurobranchus testudinarius
YELLOW
Slender Filefish, Stevens Cay, U.S. Virgin Islands
Found around the pacific coast of Costa Rica from Panama down to Colombia is the Panamic Barnacle Blenny which has these stunning and striking bright red eyes.
Common mussle, there a lot all around here.
Red blenny
Ole Blue Eyes in St. Eustatia
Discodoris Atromaculata
(Canon 60 mm,1/125,f/4.5,iso100)
Candy Crab (Hoplophrys oatesi)
Anilao, Philippines
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Protula Tubularia
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Leaf fish
Dragon shrimp
Smile....Lizard fish waiting for his prey
Yellow Shrimp/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens and SMC-1 at Lembeh, Indonesia
A cute couple. Snowflake moray eels.
Black fish
Mototi Octopus/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia
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