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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Close-Up

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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

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Blue-ringed Angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) at Terumbu ... by Brian Mayes
Blue-ringed Angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) at Terumbu Kecil in the Perhentians
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Keeping an eye out by Stephen Bardes
Keeping an eye out
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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crab at night by Rico Besserdich
crab at night
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Stargazer, Indonesia by Michael Gallagher
Stargazer, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Smiling parrotfish by Chris Crediford
Smiling parrotfish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Bernardo l'eremita (Dardanus arrosor). by Ferdinando Meli
Bernardo l'eremita (Dardanus arrosor).
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Attack is the best form of defence.........(Mediterranean... by Marco Faimali
Attack is the best form of defence.........(Mediterranean morey - Muraena helena)
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Crab on soft coral. by Anouk Houben
Crab on soft coral.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Mimic Octopus Eyes by Tony Cherbas
Mimic Octopus Eyes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Needlefish on the turn by Tony Cherbas
Needlefish on the turn
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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That's no special critter, that's just a leaf...drifting ... by Rico Besserdich
That's no special critter, that's just a leaf...drifting in open water during my last nightdive. Loved the structures and found it worth a shot ;-) CANON 40D, 60mm makro lens, F20, 1/160 sc., ISO 200, 2x Sea&Sea 110@ strobe (manuelly set to 50%)
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Detailed profile of a Murena helena. by Ferdinando Meli
Detailed profile of a Murena helena.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Spotted Moray, Nikon d7000, 60mm macro, ikelite housing by Boz Johnson
Spotted Moray, Nikon d7000, 60mm macro, ikelite housing
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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I suspect that I'll never find one of these guys with egg... by Kevin Bryant
I suspect that I'll never find one of these guys with eggs in his mouth. In the mean time, I'll practice.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis). by Ferdinando Meli
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis).
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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wonderpus by Afflitti Gianluca
wonderpus
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Web Burrfish, nigth dive, Bonaire. by Abimael Márquez
Web Burrfish, nigth dive, Bonaire.
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55 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Who are ... You? (arabesque greenling) by Boris Pamikov
Who are ... You?
(arabesque greenling)
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Russia
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Mosaic tile cleaner (?) on Lauderdale By the Sea shore di... by Kevin Bryant
Mosaic tile cleaner (?) on Lauderdale By the Sea shore dive back in May.
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Coonstripe Shrimp by J. Daniel Horovatin
Coonstripe Shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Longfin Sculpin by J. Daniel Horovatin
Longfin Sculpin
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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blue spotted sting ray by Richard Mclean
blue spotted sting ray
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Fluorescent Hermit crab glowing in the dark - by using gl... by Lill Haugen
Fluorescent Hermit crab glowing in the dark - by using glowdive filters and ultraviolet lights it is possible to find and capture fluorescent creatures even in the cold Norwegian fjords. No photoshop effects.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Scorpionfish eye by Chris Crediford
Scorpionfish eye
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Shrimp on a crinoid. by Anouk Houben
Shrimp on a crinoid.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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spotted lobster, Nikon d7000, 60mm macro, ikelite housing by Boz Johnson
spotted lobster, Nikon d7000, 60mm macro, ikelite housing
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Fun dive by Stephen Bardes
Fun dive
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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