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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
Red octopus at the bronze mermaid statue in Powell River,... by Mathew Connell
Red octopus at the bronze mermaid statue in Powell River, BC.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Photograph of a Moray Eel in Tenerife, Canary Islands. by Jorge Sorial
Photograph of a Moray Eel in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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sometimes a symetrical crop works well
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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... by Cem Gazivekili
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malaysia
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grevelingen bij kijkuit op 08-11-09 by Jan De Vries
grevelingen bij kijkuit op 08-11-09
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Two bannerfish float peacefully in the South Pacific blue... by Aj Hiller
Two bannerfish float peacefully in the South Pacific blue waters off Fiji; Nikon D2X, 105mm micro-Nikkor, two Inon Z-240 strobes, Aquatica housing
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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I took this while on a boat dive out of Panama City Flori... by John Grady
I took this while on a boat dive out of Panama City Florida. It was my daughter's first boat dive and her scuba certification final dive so I was mostly taking photos of her... but took a few of the fish and got this one.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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Giant manta; Nikon D2X with 105mm micro-Nikkor, two Inon ... by Aj Hiller
Giant manta; Nikon D2X with 105mm micro-Nikkor, two Inon Z-240 strobes, Aquatica Housing
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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Above the Wreck of Dori, in Azores Island of S.Miguel by Nuno Perez
Above the Wreck of Dori, in Azores Island of S.Miguel
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Spirographe (Canon G 10 + strobe) by Daniel Petitmermet
Spirographe (Canon G 10 + strobe)
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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This is a picture of a baby lionfish taken in Marsa Alam ... by Brian Weidmann
This is a picture of a baby lionfish taken in Marsa Alam Egypt.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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"Green Fingers" by Debi Henshaw
"Green Fingers"
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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fidler crab on poalem beach goa by Beccy Johnson
fidler crab on poalem beach goa
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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crab city on the beach at agonda reefmaster land and sea ... by John Johnson
crab city on the beach at agonda reefmaster land and sea camera
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Curious moray eel. Shot with a Canon 5D, Sigma EX Macro l... by Chad Engle
Curious moray eel. Shot with a Canon 5D, Sigma EX Macro lens - 105 mm - F/2.8, w/ Ikelite housing and stobes in Puerto Galera, Philippines on the Alma Jane wreck.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Mummy Shrimp to end the Year.... Manado using Olympus E-330 by Adrian Schokman
Mummy Shrimp to end the Year.... Manado using Olympus E-330
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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How close is close enough when you are laying next to a s... by Terry Stigall
How close is close enough when you are laying next to a scorpion fish? This close.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This lovely anemone fish was close to Hideaway Island, Va... by Benita Vincent
This lovely anemone fish was close to Hideaway Island, Vanuatu.
Image taken with Olympus C5060 and inon strobe
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Opalescent Nudibranch, Maple Bay , Vancouver Island by Keith Rediger
Opalescent Nudibranch,
Maple Bay , Vancouver Island
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Canada
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Spotted scorpionfish - rare for this area. by Bj Arnold
Spotted scorpionfish - rare for this area.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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Octopus hiding inside part of ex-HMAS Brisbane diving wreck by James Tewes
Octopus hiding inside part of ex-HMAS Brisbane diving wreck
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Idolo moro by Abimael Márquez
Idolo moro
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
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"Peje Blanco" by Abimael Márquez
"Peje Blanco"
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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porcelain crab taken in phillipines just of verde island ... by Damian Charnley
porcelain crab taken in phillipines just of verde island with a with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL Ikelite housing. ikalite strobe 120
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Gray Angel by David Andrew
Gray Angel
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Don't touch the rocks!!! by Johannetta Gordijn
Don't touch the rocks!!!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Sea slog. by Andres L-M_larraz
Sea slog.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Sea slugs. B/W by Andres L-M_larraz
Sea slugs. B/W
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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