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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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Among thorns by Abimael Márquez
Among thorns
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Face to face by Abimael Márquez
Face to face
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands (British)
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Octopus , taken at El Quadim with Canon G10 by Beate Seiler
Octopus , taken at El Quadim with Canon G10
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Nemo with 10000 babies. More photos: www.jornari.com by Jorn Ari
Nemo with 10000 babies.
More photos: click here
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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ghosts Lombock 2009 Nokon D200, 60 micro, twin stobo by Marchione Giacomo
ghosts
Lombock 2009
Nokon D200, 60 micro, twin stobo
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Peacock Flounder. 105mm VR. by Paul Colley
Peacock Flounder. 105mm VR.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Hide & Seek!!! by Adolfo Maciocco
Hide & Seek!!!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pterois taken during a night dive in Egypte. Canon G9 a... by Raoul Caprez
Pterois taken during a night dive in Egypte.
Canon G9 and a single DS125 Ikelite strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Improvised housing, Aguadilla. by Abimael Márquez
Improvised housing, Aguadilla.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Aquel Mantis de Crash Boat, Aguadilla, P.R. by Abimael Márquez
Aquel Mantis de Crash Boat, Aguadilla, P.R.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Anemone Fish inside Anemone. by Brian Gonzales
Anemone Fish inside Anemone.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Finally a fish that approves of Coca Cola. photographed ... by Heok Hui Tan
Finally a fish that approves of Coca Cola.
photographed at Lembeh Straits, March 2010
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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RANOPIA by Juan Valenciano
RANOPIA
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Black Tip Grouper by Paul Colley
Black Tip Grouper
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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You like my smile, Aguadilla, P.R. by Abimael Márquez
You like my smile, Aguadilla, P.R.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Close up of flower coral in Masa Alam, Egypt by Tanja Hofmann
Close up of flower coral in Masa Alam, Egypt
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Home sweet home Fuji S5 pro/105 VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Home sweet home Fuji S5 pro/105 VR
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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"Fighting Puffers" Canon SD750,macro mode,Fantasea Nano ... by Jozef Butala
"Fighting Puffers"
Canon SD750,macro mode,Fantasea Nano flesh
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date posted posted: Monday, March 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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2 frogfishes by Jagwang Koo
2 frogfishes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This is the shot I took right after the one that just won... by William Goodwin
This is the shot I took right after the one that just won the Global National Geographic Photographic Competition (Nature category). I was astounded that the little crustacean held still that long. Peppermint shrimp in a branching vase sponge 75 fsw.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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shot with nikon D70s with 105mm macro by Simon Gardener
shot with nikon D70s with 105mm macro
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date posted posted: Monday, March 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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I have seen this squid at a night dive. Looks like I told... by Roland Bach
I have seen this squid at a night dive. Looks like I told him: "Hands up". Sure, I said nothing like that. :-)
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a nice natural history study Roland
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date posted posted: Monday, March 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Fire Worm on the Halliburton wreck by Susan Beerman
Fire Worm on the Halliburton wreck
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Hermit Crab. Taken at Blue Heron Bridge in West Palm Beac... by Eric Walker
Hermit Crab. Taken at Blue Heron Bridge in West Palm Beach. Used a Olympus Stylus 6000 with a Olympus housing ( no strobe ).
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Bearded scorpionfish comfortably resting on a vase coral ... by Carlo Greco
Bearded scorpionfish comfortably resting on a vase coral with barbells sticking out of the coral edge
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Tiger Moray Wonder the pain it must be to close that mou... by Christian Nielsen
Tiger Moray
Wonder the pain it must be to close that mouth !!
Palm Mar Cave, Tenerife.
Olympus E330, 14-54mm, single Ikelite DS125 strobe.
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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