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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
Pois by Giuseppe Piccioli
Pois
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Alicia anemone - night dive - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm; s... by Alan Lyall
Alicia anemone - night dive - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm; single DS-125
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile Emperor Angel. Canon Ixus 60. Hin Daeng, Thail... by Andre Jensen
Juvenile Emperor Angel.
Canon Ixus 60.
Hin Daeng, Thailand.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Spider crab by Joz Grobbelaar
Spider crab
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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My favorite Zebra Lionfish shot. No special effects here,... by Kip Nead
My favorite Zebra Lionfish shot. No special effects here, all the colors are as shot. The sponge that this was next to really was that color when lit by the strobe. Canon SD550 w/ Fantasea Nano strobe
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Cuttlefish about to enjoy lunch - I think he saw himself ... by Dave Baxter
Cuttlefish about to enjoy lunch - I think he saw himself in the ports reflection ;-)
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) by Sven Tramaux
Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata)
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Potamogeton sp., Pondweed, found in our lakes. Here detai... by Daniel Strub
Potamogeton sp., Pondweed, found in our lakes. Here detail of the flower, 3 m under water.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Casio exilim zx 1200.. Porcalain crab by Andrew Macleod
Casio exilim zx 1200.. Porcalain crab
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44 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Thorny Seahorse. Lembeh. 60mm. by Mark Thomas
Thorny Seahorse.
Lembeh.
60mm.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Sandiver, Sugar Pier, Aguadilla, P.R. by Abimael Márquez
Sandiver, Sugar Pier, Aguadilla, P.R.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca; it is very urticant. Note th... by Alberto Romeo
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca; it is very urticant. Note the pink genitalia inside the umbrella.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Tall fin Batfish (Platax teira), Amed, Bali by Michel De Ruyck
Tall fin Batfish (Platax teira), Amed, Bali
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Coral... a hand held strobe pointing down the tube to giv... by Andrew Macleod
Coral... a hand held strobe pointing down the tube to give it luminescence... Casio exilim zx 1200
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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hairy clam by Andres Larraz
hairy clam
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Yellow Mouth Eel Masandam \ Oman by Olympus C8080 WZ wi... by Mohammed Al Hamood
Yellow Mouth Eel
Masandam \ Oman by Olympus C8080 WZ without strobes
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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batfish/spadefish 60mm canon 350D by Stew Smith
batfish/spadefish 60mm canon 350D
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Moray - Bonaire - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm; single DS-125 by Alan Lyall
Moray - Bonaire - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm; single DS-125
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Yellow boxfish close-up Fuji S5 Pro/105 VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Yellow boxfish close-up Fuji S5 Pro/105 VR
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Snakefish (Trachinocephalus myops) waiting for food. by Michael Henke
Snakefish (Trachinocephalus myops) waiting for food.
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camouflage
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Trigla by Vittorio Durante
Trigla
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Freshwater Snail - Limnée auriculaire (Lymnaea auriculari... by Michel Lonfat
Freshwater Snail - Limnée auriculaire (Lymnaea auricularia)... Juste like the eyes they have... Que du bonheur... :O)...
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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White spotted filefish - Bonaire - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60... by Alan Lyall
White spotted filefish - Bonaire - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm; single DS-125
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Giant Moray by Sean Cooper
Giant Moray
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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found in Mabul; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Mabul; D200
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Cockatoo waspfish portrait - Ablabys taenionotus. D300, ... by Kay Burn Lim
Cockatoo waspfish portrait - Ablabys taenionotus.
D300, 60mm AF-S Macro
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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the subject is a crab on a rock in san juans, Washington.... by Stephen Sanders
the subject is a crab on a rock in san juans, Washington. the subject was taken by a sea & sea.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic United States
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