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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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Close up of a very patient Bigeye on a Red Sea reef by Paul Colley
Close up of a very patient Bigeye on a Red Sea reef
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The pink transparency of Periclemenes holthuisi by Mario Toldo
The pink transparency of Periclemenes holthuisi
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Dangerous... by Sergiy Glushchenko
Dangerous...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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fight on the reef by Dingo Dango
fight on the reef
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Italy
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Smile by Loay Rayyan
Smile
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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Business end of Barracuda !! Apparently, whilst I was ta... by Jackie Campbell
Business end of Barracuda !!
Apparently, whilst I was taking this guys portrait photo, another Barracuda was hovering just behind my head......checking out the finished shot !!!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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I know they are a little cliched,but they can be quite a ... by Paul Duxfield
I know they are a little cliched,but they can be quite a challenge, testing the camera focussing abilities to the max. I cant resist shooting them though and this is my personal favourite so far....
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Sometimes the most mundane looking creatures can reward y... by Paul Duxfield
Sometimes the most mundane looking creatures can reward you.This is the interior of a sea urchin, and to me it looked very alien,if you saw it in a Sci-Fi movie you would be impressed that someone had even imagined it!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Anemone crab by Peter Foulds
Anemone crab
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Madagascar
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Christmas tree worms by Bob Jeannetti
Christmas tree worms
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Weedy Sea Dragon by Joe Daniels
Weedy Sea Dragon
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Xeno crab in blue water by Jackson Wong
Xeno crab in blue water
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Canon 7D, 100mm Macro, Ikelite Housing. This Lizard Fish ... by Paul Duxfield
Canon 7D, 100mm Macro, Ikelite Housing. This Lizard Fish was happy for me to get close enough with the 100mm lens, to catch his portrait. I took a few different compositions, but this was my favourite.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Picture taken with a Canon G9 and a Inon UCL 165 macro le... by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken with a Canon G9 and a Inon UCL 165 macro lens. Cap d'Agde
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Une salpe qui dans le courant qui transporte une petite c... by Sabine Boulad
Une salpe qui dans le courant qui transporte une petite crevette
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Sharp tail eel making his way around the coral heads.... by Lisa Hinderlider
Sharp tail eel making his way around the coral heads....
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Mantis shrimp was difficult to get a clear shot current w... by Peter Foulds
Mantis shrimp was difficult to get a clear shot current was surging causing the sand to be turned up.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Saint Lucia
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What kind of clam is this? by Bob Jeannetti
What kind of clam is this?
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Christmas tree worms all lit up! Taken with a SeaLife DC... by Mark Reasor
Christmas tree worms all lit up! Taken with a SeaLife DC800 underwater camera and digital proflash.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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A Octopus. I use a Olympus 6000 point and shoot camera wi... by Eric Walker
A Octopus. I use a Olympus 6000 point and shoot camera with no strobe. The only thing that I do on editing the photo is add color that is filtered out. ( red,yellow,and blue). I sometimes crop the pictures.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hellooo ! Picture taken in the Cap d'Agde by Raoul Caprez
Hellooo !
Picture taken in the Cap d'Agde
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Say Aaaaaaaaaahhh!!! A trio of Batfish lining up for a cl... by Michael Gallagher
Say Aaaaaaaaaahhh!!! A trio of Batfish lining up for a clean at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Unicornfish on a cleaning station by Paul Colley
Unicornfish on a cleaning station
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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mantis shrimp - the bugger charged me !!! so I took his p... by Dave Baxter
mantis shrimp - the bugger charged me !!! so I took his picture !!
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date posted posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Cuttle Fish - Padang Bai, Bali Canon S 90 + SB 105 by Andy Chan
Cuttle Fish - Padang Bai, Bali
Canon S 90 + SB 105
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date posted posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Shrimp on a whip coral at Alcoy Dive Point, Cebu by Daniel Strub
Shrimp on a whip coral at Alcoy Dive Point, Cebu
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date posted posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This scorpionfish was crawling along the walls of the ree... by Mert Gokalp
This scorpionfish was crawling along the walls of the reef. I was manage to capture him while its wings are open beautifully.
This is actually a picture taken paralel to the wall. So it was swimming upside down but in this picture it looks diff...
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date posted posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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