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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
Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. Olympus SP350 and Inon wid... by Bill Arle
Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. Olympus SP350 and Inon wide angle lens.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Canon 5D Mark2 Sea&Sea Housing with YS-250 by Jagwang Koo
Canon 5D Mark2
Sea&Sea Housing with YS-250
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Moray Eel,cleaned by cleaner shrimp by Jan Maringka
Moray Eel,cleaned by cleaner shrimp
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The magic of an anemone at nigth - Lumix Fx01 by Patrick Tutt
The magic of an anemone at nigth - Lumix Fx01
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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PAINTED COMBER... It was taken in Turkey.... Thanks... by Lütfi Tanrıöver
PAINTED COMBER...
It was taken in Turkey....
Thanks...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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A gorgonian full of Crystal Ascidia (Clavellina sp.) by Alberto Romeo
A gorgonian full of Crystal Ascidia (Clavellina sp.)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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use canon G9. by Ah Chan
by: Ah Chan
use canon G9.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malaysia
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"Crinoid" A different take on a common subject. Malapascu... by Debi Henshaw
"Crinoid" A different take on a common subject. Malapascua, Philippines
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009

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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Striped anglerfish portrait, taken in Sydney Harbour by Michael Gallagher
Striped anglerfish portrait, taken in Sydney Harbour
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Thor amboinensis by Jorge Sorial
Thor amboinensis
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Ummmmm! What's up, doc? by Jorge Sorial
Ummmmm! What's up, doc?
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Antennae Dragon fish by Fernando Trindade
Antennae Dragon fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea United Arab Emirates
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Blue spotted ray in Abu Dabab - Lumix FX01 by Patrick Tutt
Blue spotted ray in Abu Dabab - Lumix FX01
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A scool of Castagnola (Chromis chromis) very common and ... by Alberto Romeo
A scool of Castagnola (Chromis chromis) very common and typical fish of Mediterranean sea with their forked tail and black body.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Night dive at trwics caves in North Male atoll - Lumix FX01 by Patrick Tutt
Night dive at trwics caves in North Male atoll - Lumix FX01
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date posted posted: Monday, November 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Hide & Seek by James Dawson
Hide & Seek
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date posted posted: Monday, November 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Ghostpipefish by Holger Koch
Ghostpipefish
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date posted posted: Monday, November 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Portrait of a mediterranean "flying fish" Dactylopterus... by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of a mediterranean "flying fish" Dactylopterus volitans
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date posted posted: Monday, November 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Transparent Lobster on Anemone, picture taken at sunset by Loay Rayyan
Transparent Lobster on Anemone, picture taken at sunset
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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this is a sculpin taken at keystone. the camera that was ... by Stephen Sanders
this is a sculpin taken at keystone. the camera that was used was a sea and sea dx1200.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea United States
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Sleepy? by Bernard Maglana
Sleepy?
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Picture taken in Sharm El Sheikh with a Canon G9. by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken in Sharm El Sheikh with a Canon G9.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Scorpaena scrofa by Antonio Franco
Scorpaena scrofa
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Portrait of a jellyfish Cassiopea Mediterranea "Cotylorhi... by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of a jellyfish Cassiopea Mediterranea "Cotylorhiza tuberculata"
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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So nice during the night ! by Raoul Caprez
So nice during the night !
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Soft coral pygmy seahorse 2 . Very rare...Very lucky... by Dray Van Beeck
Soft coral pygmy seahorse 2 . Very rare...Very lucky...
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date posted posted: Friday, November 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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