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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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Clown anenmone fish taken at Canyons dive site Puerto Gal... by Jeffrey Smith
Clown anenmone fish taken at Canyons dive site Puerto Gallera
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Frog fish... by Sergiy Glushchenko
Frog fish...
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Moray Eel close up by Bob Jeannetti
Moray Eel close up
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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octopus vulgaris.Olympus c-7070 and YS-60 strob by Carlos Ernesto
octopus vulgaris.Olympus c-7070 and YS-60 strob
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Moving! Coconut octopus by Sven Tramaux
Moving! Coconut octopus
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Redbanded Coral Shrimp by Rene Oude Avenhuis
Redbanded Coral Shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Aruba
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The eye of the Scorpionfish by Rene Oude Avenhuis
The eye of the Scorpionfish
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Aruba
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Lion fish by Vittorio Durante
Lion fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anemone - A real beauty of the night. Sharm El Sheikh, Eg... by Rico Besserdich
Anemone - A real beauty of the night. Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - November 2010
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hairy..... by Bernard Maglana
Hairy.....
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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I am hungry !!! by Rico Besserdich
I am hungry !!!

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It pays to fill the frame. Rico has elevated an ordinary moray shot to a great moray shot by a tight crop
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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This surgeon fish was waiting for the divers to end the d... by Daniel Strub
This surgeon fish was waiting for the divers to end the dive and there he was playing with our bubbles big grin
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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The eye of a Scorpion fish, shot with a Canon 350D and Ca... by Rene Oude Avenhuis
The eye of a Scorpion fish, shot with a Canon 350D and Canon 60mm Macrolens
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Aruba
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Tiny filefish, at first i thought it was a seahorse by Bob Jeannetti
Tiny filefish, at first i thought it was a seahorse
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Spiny lobster close up by Bob Jeannetti
Spiny lobster close up
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Flamingo Tongue shells eating soft corals by Rene Oude Avenhuis
Flamingo Tongue shells eating soft corals
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Aruba
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North Cyprus 2008 by Timucin Ucar
North Cyprus 2008
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Lionfish closeup by Rico Besserdich
Lionfish closeup
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I shot This photo in the Hurgada Red sea, Please if any o... by Hisham Elshafie
I shot This photo in the Hurgada Red sea, Please if any one know the name of the fish let me know
I Bleave it's from the Halichoeres species, and as per Michael Gallagher, in Australia they call these fish "slingjaw wrasse"
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Soft... by Sergiy Glushchenko
Soft...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Nudibranch in Dumaguete off of Atlantis Resort by Jeffrey Smith
Nudibranch in Dumaguete off of Atlantis Resort
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Deep by Bob Jeannetti
Deep
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Parapandalus narval (cropped) by Vittorio Durante
Parapandalus narval (cropped)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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This little guy just wanted his pic taken. You just got t... by Graeme Cole
This little guy just wanted his pic taken. You just got to love the expression on his face. one of my favorites.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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North Cyprus 2010 by Timucin Ucar
North Cyprus 2010
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Taenianotus triacanthus by Alex Varani
Taenianotus triacanthus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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Peppered moray found near Marsa Alam. by Charly Kotnik
Peppered moray found near Marsa Alam.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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