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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
Ambon Scorpionfish in Lembeh Straits,
D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a strobes
Blue Ribbon Eel. photo taken with Olympus C4000 and Ike DS-125 strobe
Alysia Myrabilis, gulf of Patras, night dive, Nikonos V macro 1:3 Tube
Blenny peeking out of it's hole, Komodo, Indonesia
Midnight snapper (Macolor macularis). Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelitem 2xDS125
Night dive on Pardise reef, Cozumel.
This Ratfish gave me a flyby off Santa Cruz Island at only @60ft, fairly shallow for them. Nikon D200, Sea & Sea housing, YS-90 strobe.
Sand Diver, taken in Bonaire at Bari Reef,
Peacock Flounder - Bonaire - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm
Close up of a very inquisitive Painted Flutemouth (trumpet fish) taken at Cathedral Rock near Anilao. Taken with Canon 40D in Ikelite housing with Canon EF macro lens - 100 mm - F/2.8 and Ikelite DS125 and DS160 sub-strobes.
smiling Shanny
Golden Tail Moray, Roatan Honduras
A pair of Coleman's shrimps, Periclimenes colemani on fire urchin.
THis little crab had a plank over his shell that was 8 times its size!
Nikon D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a Strobes
Curious Picasso
The star of the red sea...
Eilat, Coral Beach.
Shot with Canon G9, internal flash, at a depth of 28m.
Persian Gulf Life
A "Box-o-Bullets" on the Sankisan Maru in truk lagoon, F.S.M.
Show me your fins. I caught this Garibaldi at Santa Cruz Island on a boat trip over New Years. Nikon D200, Sea & Sea housing, YS-90 Strobe
Red-Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandi). Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.
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Close-up of the Alien of the Deep, the crown jelly Periphylla periphylla. Photographed at 40 meters depth, 260 meters above bottom at Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Anenome Fish in Sharm el Sheikh I just love how inquisitive these guys are.
The beautiful Eye of a Parrot Fish... :O)...
Portrait of a Honeycomb Cowfish - Bonaire - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm
Saddle anaemome shrimp, D300, 105VR, Bonaire
Euselenops Luniceps, part of the Pleurobranchidae family.
Nikon D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a strobes
Anemonefish I took this pic Jana Island with Olympus C8080 WZ without strobes
Jubail, Saudia Arabia
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