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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
Hermit crab
Lionfish
Ribbon eel greeting.
Trumpet fish coming out of a bush of soft coral in Beacon Reef (Island 8 Similan National Park)
Giant moray
Fishing, seen from the flipside - strangulated Moray Eel, Ecomarine Pier, Utila. Canon EOS 350, 18-55mm
a top place in italy/island of elba
Crocodile fish close up
Rhinopias, Ambon Harbor, Indonesia..D300, 60mm
taken at martini rock Khor fakkan last weekend with nikon D70s and a 60mm macro lense, small bit of crop
Fishs
Pretty Face...
The gentle giant smile I captured this morray in Fethiye looking at me out of its hole with a quite relaxed gaze. Nikon 60mm with SB800 Flash in a Fantasea Housing running in TTL mode.

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Single flash can work! it's quite moody when a dual flash might be too clean. Well done Andre
Gurnard - Beautiful creature, from any angle you want to consider. Right?
close look to spotted scorpionfish at crash boat dive site in Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO
Arrow Crab
Yellowfin Surgeonfish
Weird looking whip coral goby not seethrough like the other one of his gender...........Fuji S5 pro/60mm
Striated frogfish at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Florida. I was lucky enough to have my dive buddy point him out otherwise I would have overlooked him.
Bearded Scorpionfish.
Check out the body poison spikes ; )
Taken at 30m/100' at the wall on Shark Reef, Sharm, Egypt.
This photo was created by accident.It's a shark egg.
It see a small embryo. A man is not dangerous and live in the Mediterranean.
It is Scyliorhinus canicula or shark spotted.
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree... Shot with Nikon 60mm.
Blue-faced Angelfish. Wakatobi, Sulawesi. Canon 40D & Canon 100 macro.
the "usual" green turtle hanging around the back of our boat in Donald Duck Bay (island 8 - Similan National Park - Thailand)
Profile of a Green Turtle
Late afternoon dive,plenty of critters!
Same guy, different pose! Canon G10, internal strobe only... ..
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