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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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taken at martini rock Khor fakkan last weekend with nikon... by Simon Gardener
taken at martini rock Khor fakkan last weekend with nikon D70s and a 60mm macro lense, small bit of crop
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Fishs by Vito Lorusso
Fishs
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Pretty Face... by Steve De Neef
Pretty Face...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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The gentle giant :) I captured this morray in Fethiye l... by Andre Yanco
The gentle giant smile I captured this morray in Fethiye looking at me out of its hole with a quite relaxed gaze. Nikon 60mm with SB800 Flash in a Fantasea Housing running in TTL mode.

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Single flash can work! it's quite moody when a dual flash might be too clean. Well done Andre
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Gurnard - Beautiful creature, from any angle you want to ... by José Carvalho
Gurnard - Beautiful creature, from any angle you want to consider. Right?
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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close look to spotted scorpionfish at crash boat dive sit... by Victor J. Lasanta
close look to spotted scorpionfish at crash boat dive site in Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Arrow Crab by Thomas Sharp
Arrow Crab
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Yellowfin Surgeonfish by Martin Dalsaso
Yellowfin Surgeonfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Weird looking whip coral goby not seethrough like the oth... by Yves Antoniazzo
Weird looking whip coral goby not seethrough like the other one of his gender...........Fuji S5 pro/60mm
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Striated frogfish at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach,... by Theresa Tracy
Striated frogfish at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Florida. I was lucky enough to have my dive buddy point him out otherwise I would have overlooked him.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Bearded Scorpionfish. Check out the body poison spike... by Erich Reboucas
Bearded Scorpionfish.
Check out the body poison spikes ; )
Taken at 30m/100' at the wall on Shark Reef, Sharm, Egypt.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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This photo was created by accident.It's a shark egg. It ... by Veronika Matějková
This photo was created by accident.It's a shark egg.
It see a small embryo. A man is not dangerous and live in the Mediterranean.
It is Scyliorhinus canicula or shark spotted.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Croatia
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Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree... Shot with Nikon 6... by David Hoffman
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree... Shot with Nikon 60mm.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Blue-faced Angelfish. Wakatobi, Sulawesi. Canon 40D & C... by Ross Gudgeon
Blue-faced Angelfish. Wakatobi, Sulawesi. Canon 40D & Canon 100 macro.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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the "usual" green turtle hanging around the back of our b... by Adriano Trapani
the "usual" green turtle hanging around the back of our boat in Donald Duck Bay (island 8 - Similan National Park - Thailand)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Profile of a Green Turtle by Martin Dalsaso
Profile of a Green Turtle
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Late afternoon dive,plenty of critters! by Bernard Maglana
Late afternoon dive,plenty of critters!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Same guy, different pose! Canon G10, internal strobe only... by Andrew Macleod
Same guy, different pose! Canon G10, internal strobe only... ..
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Devil fish, Lembeh channel, Kunkungan Bay, Dive site:Telu... by Ahmet Yay
Devil fish, Lembeh channel, Kunkungan Bay, Dive site:Teluk Kambahu.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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close-pu look to a hermit crab at crash boat dive site in... by Victor J. Lasanta
close-pu look to a hermit crab at crash boat dive site in Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Cuda, up close and personal. 60 mm. by David Hoffman
Cuda, up close and personal. 60 mm.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Mimicry (Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus). Canon G10 & Inon D20... by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Mimicry (Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus). Canon G10 & Inon D2000 strobe.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pogge or Hooknose. Aughrusmore, Connemara. 60mm. by Mark Thomas
Pogge or Hooknose.
Aughrusmore, Connemara.
60mm.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Ireland
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Death by pretty stranglers !!!!.............. Fuji S5 pro... by Yves Antoniazzo
Death by pretty stranglers !!!!.............. Fuji S5 pro/ 60mm
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Small Moray posing. Nikonos V 1:2 Macro extension tube by Marylin Batt
Small Moray posing. Nikonos V 1:2 Macro extension tube
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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This little guy would not come out. Sony Cybershot. by John Hill
This little guy would not come out. Sony Cybershot.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Spider Crab shot quite close with Subal system, (2) Inon ... by David Hoffman
Spider Crab shot quite close with Subal system, (2) Inon strobes, Nikon D-300 and Nikor 60mm Macro.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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