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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
"Twisted Outlook". I am not sure if this Green Moray Eel just swallowed a sour fish or its mouth was deformed from birth or battle. Canon A650IS with macro and ambient light.
Clown & anemone
Very photogenic rockcod
"Crown of Thorns"Sea Star. These are definitely not a friend to an underwater photographer. Their thorns can penetrate about anything. Ambient light source with Canon A650IS around the area of Anda, Bohol.
Blowhole, Oahu Whitemouth Moray
Interesting animal!!!
We found this Frogfish on an exploratory beach dive Nth of Madang. Nikon D-70 & 105mm
Lined Seahorse found at Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Florida.

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nice shot - I like the vignette framimg too!
sea urchin
D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a
Does anybody know what this is? Found on a wreck at 25m in warm water. Never seen anything like it. Not sure if it is coral, nudi, flatworm or alien!
Porcelain crab feeding, somewhere in the muck....
The most beautiful ugly-face stonefish ever ...so colourful and clean.
Night
Ornate Friends. Two of a group of three Ornate Ghost Pipefish @ Koh Haa, near Koh Lanta.
Narrow-lined puffer (Arothron manilensis) hiding. Nikon D300, 105mm
Nemos from Dauin, Philippines.
Funny couple ...
Can you believe this Juvenile Toby is as big as a finger nail? What a wondeful World!!!
Coral worm posing
Scarlet Frogfish in Lembeh Straight
A eel watching me.. Casio Exilim z 1200
Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) with Nikon D300, 105mm

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I love the Paisley pattern on this guy
A Yellow Frog Fish beneath the downtown pier,Kralendijk , Bonaire. NA .
a tiny crab living on a starfish
"Inside the Tunicate" - Banta Island, Komodo (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
crown butterfly fish
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