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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
Shot in Lembeh Straits by Patrick Burke
Shot in Lembeh Straits
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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CONCH,Retraction! by Andres Larraz
CONCH,Retraction!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Devil Fire fish,eye to eye.... by Allen Walker
Devil Fire fish,eye to eye....
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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sea anemoni in Newport Beach california.January 09, water... by Dale Kobetich
sea anemoni in Newport Beach california.January 09, water 50.5 degrees,Cosco short siut, free diving3 meter depth...thinking of a cup of hot chocolate..this image is a double wide image..a panorama/ macro
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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decorated sponge crab on a night dive in Richelieu Rock by Adriano Trapani
decorated sponge crab on a night dive in Richelieu Rock
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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shot in good old Newport Beach california under the pier.... by Dale Kobetich
shot in good old Newport Beach california under the pier....water 51 degrees..Cosco short suit..free diving ...fun fun fun....this image is a triple frame wide image....a panorama macro
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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I was really taken by this little shrimp trying to hang o... by Benita Vincent
I was really taken by this little shrimp trying to hang on in this anemone!
Image taken off Hideaway Island with Olympus C5060 and Inon strobe
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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A baby scorpion fish, taken at the entrace to the cave at... by Marcus Grant
A baby scorpion fish, taken at the entrace to the cave at Anchor bay, Malta
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Parrot fish catching a nap in Honduras by Lee Arbo
Parrot fish catching a nap in Honduras
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Jewel Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) - Tulamben, Bali (C... by Marco Waagmeester
Jewel Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Clown fish off Hideaway Island, Vanuatu. Image taken with... by Benita Vincent
Clown fish off Hideaway Island, Vanuatu. Image taken with Olympus C5060 and Inon strobe
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date posted posted: Monday, June 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Bluegill Perch (Lepomis macrochirus) - Clear Springs Scub... by Shawn Rener
Bluegill Perch (Lepomis macrochirus) - Clear Springs Scuba Park - Texas 2009
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date posted posted: Monday, June 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Portrait study of Blotched Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprin... by David Henshaw
Portrait study of Blotched Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys aprinus). Taken with D200, 60mm lens.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Who's looking at who?? by Allen Walker
Who's looking at who??
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date posted posted: Monday, June 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Faron island, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt. Crocodile Flathead (... by John Butler
Faron island, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt.
Crocodile Flathead (Crocodile fish)
This Flathead was gazing at me as i took his picture, i wasn't until after id looked at the shot that i noticed his hypnotic eyes. What a beautiful creature.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Abstract" by Debi Henshaw
"Abstract"
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date posted posted: Monday, June 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Night dive in Lembeh Strait, saw this cute little moray n... by Thomas Ozanne
Night dive in Lembeh Strait, saw this cute little moray neatly arranged on the sand. Nikon D300 , Subal Housing, 105mm + 1.4 x Teleconverter. Inon Z240 Strobe.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Needle Urchin - F4 1/60 ISO200 60MM macro lens. by Stuart Ganz
Needle Urchin - F4 1/60 ISO200 60MM macro lens.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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A large Morey inspects the lens of the housing, allowing ... by Marcus Grant
A large Morey inspects the lens of the housing, allowing me to take a couple of shots.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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lion fish, shot with nikon and 60mm macro by Simon Gardener
lion fish, shot with nikon and 60mm macro
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Kingdom
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming at Takawide 1... by Brian Mayes
Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming at Takawide 1 in Lembeh Straits.....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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"How do I look" Canon G7 Internal flash by Sangut Santoso
"How do I look"
Canon G7 Internal flash
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Little ray of sunshine... Usually it is not right to shoo... by Andre Yanco
Little ray of sunshine... Usually it is not right to shoot a subject from behind, but this little lion fish was so attractive with its fins spread out that I could not miss the chance smile Nikon 60mm SB800 in Fantasea Housing in TTL mode.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Taken in Lembeh this was the second time in 4 days I had ... by Thomas Ozanne
Taken in Lembeh this was the second time in 4 days I had witnessed this behaviour. The Lizard fish was sitting on the bottom waiting patiently for it's dinner to give up the fight. Nikon D300, Subal Housing, 105mm Inon Z240 Strobe.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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This image is the shell and mantle of a Flamingo Tongue ... by Steven Anderson
This image is the shell and mantle of a Flamingo Tongue taken during a dive in Roatan in 2007.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Dive site Black Beauty by Sergiy Glushchenko
Dive site Black Beauty
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Conger conger. Canon Ixus 980. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Conger conger. Canon Ixus 980.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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