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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
face by Daniele Daniele
face
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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I take this shoot when I dived on mainland manado exactly... by Alvin Liu
I take this shoot when I dived on mainland manado exactly on Malalayang Beach in the afternoon with my Canon Ixus 130 ( with WP-DC37 with only internal flash ) and I found this amazing creature Camouflaged Crab stand still very gentle
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Scyllarus arctus. by Ferdinando Meli
Scyllarus arctus.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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bubble coral shrimp by Mathieu Foulquié
bubble coral shrimp
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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I somehow liked the scene ;-) by Rico Besserdich
I somehow liked the scene ;-)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Spanish Shawl Nudibranch by Matthew Fischbach
Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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close up cuttlefish by William Loke
close up cuttlefish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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tummy glow by William Loke
tummy glow
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Social Feather Dusters in a bouquet! by Lisa Hinderlider
Social Feather Dusters in a bouquet!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Sabella spallanzani by Carlos Ernesto
Sabella spallanzani
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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"Puff the Magic Dragon" by Tony Cherbas
"Puff the Magic Dragon"
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Mandarins Dance like Flamboyant Robots by Tony Cherbas
Mandarins Dance like Flamboyant Robots
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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"For the love of Leafys" Leafy Sea Dragon at Tumby Bay j... by Jamie Coote
"For the love of Leafys"
Leafy Sea Dragon at Tumby Bay jetty SA.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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FEED ME! Bobbit worm goes after some bait that our guide ... by Tony Cherbas
FEED ME! Bobbit worm goes after some bait that our guide prepared to entertain us with. The whole thing was a little weird, but since I've never seen a Bobbit Worm before, and was quite entertained by the baiting, I didn't protest smile
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Anemone Shrimp by Kf Chin
by: Kf Chin
Anemone Shrimp
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sand Trap by Tony Cherbas
Sand Trap
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nice portrait Tony
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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This is how to stand your ground. Juvenile Black Bass by Suzan Meldonian
This is how to stand your ground.
Juvenile Black Bass
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Urchin. Canon G-10. by Bill Arle
Urchin. Canon G-10.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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flowers for you : ) by Bernard Maglana
flowers for you : )
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Triggerfish by Carlos Ernesto
Triggerfish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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This small Flamboyant Cuttlefish was just the right size ... by Tony Cherbas
This small Flamboyant Cuttlefish was just the right size to fill the frame of my 60mm.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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I don't know what kind of crab this is (if someone does l... by Tony Cherbas
I don't know what kind of crab this is (if someone does let me know) but I think it's a new favorite. One of many "firsts" for me in Lembeh.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Free-swimming Wonderpus, Lembeh, Indonesia by Michael Gallagher
Free-swimming Wonderpus, Lembeh, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Right in the middle Anemone Porcelain Crab - Neopetrolis... by Jörg Menge
Right in the middle
Anemone Porcelain Crab - Neopetrolisthes maculatus (maculata) - Punkttupfen-Anemonenkrebs ...on a Haddon's Carpet Anemone - Stichodactyla haddoni - Haddons Teppichanemone
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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found in Lembeh; F100 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; F100
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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This snail was photographed at the south coast of Menorca... by Thorsten Kussel
This snail was photographed at the south coast of Menorca using a 50mm macro-lens with a canon EOS 450D and an ikelite DS160 substrobe.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Yellow Rhinopia by Kf Chin
by: Kf Chin
Yellow Rhinopia
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
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