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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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Ornate Ghost Pipefish by Pete Devereux
Ornate Ghost Pipefish
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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My first yawning frogfish..... by Bernard Maglana
My first yawning frogfish.....
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Jawfish Amazing colour structures (and teeth) Olympus E... by Christian Nielsen
Jawfish
Amazing colour structures (and teeth)
Olympus E330, 35mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Hello!! by André Bruchez
Hello!!
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Special crop for a special effect. Picture taken with a ... by Raoul Caprez
Special crop for a special effect.
Picture taken with a Canon G9 in Sharm El Sheickh.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Taken using a home made 'snoot' to get this kind of selec... by Steve De Neef
Taken using a home made 'snoot' to get this kind of selective lighting.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Seahorse in Lipe by Erika Antoniazzo
Seahorse in Lipe
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date posted posted: Friday, November 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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emperor shrimp over cucumber by Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalez
emperor shrimp over cucumber
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Pin sharp Ripli
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date posted posted: Friday, November 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Olympus 7070 Patima Housing with ys-110 2ea by Jagwang Koo
Olympus 7070
Patima Housing with ys-110 2ea
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date posted posted: Friday, November 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Yummy! This is good... by Jorge Sorial
Yummy! This is good...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Sad looking Rhinopias :-( Rhino Rock's, Komodo. Olympus... by Christian Nielsen
Sad looking Rhinopias :-(
Rhino Rock's, Komodo.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Dog tooth pinnacle, Nikonos V 35 mm with 1:2 extension tu... by Alan G. Miller
Dog tooth pinnacle, Nikonos V 35 mm with 1:2 extension tube and Nikonos SB 105, shot on Kodachrome 64 with no cropping just like all my photography.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Small sea cucumber fiding Canon 350D/Sigma 70mm by Yves Antoniazzo
Small sea cucumber fiding Canon 350D/Sigma 70mm
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Lion Fish by Loay Rayyan
Lion Fish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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sepia officinalis by Antonio Franco
sepia officinalis
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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I am ugly ;-) Special creature, this Stargazer. Photo sh... by Christian Nielsen
I am ugly ;-)
Special creature, this Stargazer. Photo shot on a nightdive in Komodo.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro, Single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Crocodile Fish by Loay Rayyan
Crocodile Fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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This image is of a Social Feather Duster found off the is... by Steven Anderson
This image is of a Social Feather Duster found off the island of Cozumel. The detail and colors attract my lens and I.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Close up of a lion fish in Utila by Susan Beerman
Close up of a lion fish in Utila
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date posted posted: Monday, November 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Leach's Spider Crab, Menai Straits North Wales Nikon D80... by Alan Fryer
Leach's Spider Crab, Menai Straits North Wales
Nikon D80 60mm
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date posted posted: Monday, November 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Seated comfortably for evening meal fuji S5 pro/105 VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Seated comfortably for evening meal fuji S5 pro/105 VR
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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small wonder by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
small wonder
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Poisson faucon à long nez, dans son corail noir. by André Bruchez
Poisson faucon à long nez, dans son corail noir.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) without his tentacles mayb... by Alberto Romeo
A jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) without his tentacles maybe eated by a turtle....
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Hi !!! by Raoul Caprez
Hi !!!
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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YUCATAN SHRIMP... by Durand Gerald
YUCATAN SHRIMP...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Trinidad and Tobago
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Kas 2009 by Timucin Ucar
Kas 2009
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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