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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
You looking at me??? by Juan Torres
You looking at me???
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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1/125 @ f9. This is one of the first photographs where I... by Julian Cohen
1/125 @ f9.
This is one of the first photographs where I planned the shot before taking it. I side lit the rhinopias with TTL on one strobe and set the other strobe to 1/8 and put it above the subject.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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yellowspotted snake eel,haloa point,maui by Jozef Butala
yellowspotted snake eel,haloa point,maui
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Shrimp by Girts Kravalis
Shrimp
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Toadfish, up close and personal. Pic taken yesterday whil... by Amanda George
Toadfish, up close and personal. Pic taken yesterday while diving Blue Heron Bridge again. Taken with Olympus Stylus 700 with housing - no strobe, no special lenses, no color adjusting - nothing special
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This is a pygmy sea horse on fan coral. This species was... by Steven Bryan
This is a pygmy sea horse on fan coral. This species was not discovered until relatively recently because of its small size and near perfect camoflage.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Papua New Guinea
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Shrimp & Goby on a Whip Coral. Taken at Cod Hole ot the R... by Steffen Binke
Shrimp & Goby on a Whip Coral. Taken at Cod Hole ot the Ribbon Reef #10 on the Great Barrier Reef.
Nikon D200, 60mm Nikkor, 125 Ikelite
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Crab hiding under the rock( real habitat) by Yousuf Ali
Crab hiding under the rock( real habitat)
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Pakistan
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shrimp / canon g9, canon housing, macro lens and (for a f... by Melita Bubek
shrimp / canon g9, canon housing, macro lens and (for a first time underwater!) my new strobe inon d2000 typ3...:-)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Yellow Mouth Eel took it when I was in Masandam \ Oman by... by Mohammed Al Hamood
Yellow Mouth Eel took it when I was in Masandam \ Oman by Olympus C8080 WZ
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 3, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Stripebelly puffer by Jozef Butala
Stripebelly puffer
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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LOOK AFTER THE LITTLE ONES!!! VERY HARD TO TAKE THIS PICT... by Ramon Magana
LOOK AFTER THE LITTLE ONES!!! VERY HARD TO TAKE THIS PICTURE BUT IT WORTH IT AFTER ALL...
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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This was taken in Monterey, California by Juliana Metzger
This was taken in Monterey, California
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Scorpion Fish looking at you from corals - I can see you,... by Juerg Ziegler
Scorpion Fish looking at you from corals - I can see you, how about you?
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Close up on Scorpion fish Pleace: Masandam \ Oman by ... by Mohammed Al Hamood
Close up on Scorpion fish
Pleace: Masandam \ Oman
by Olympus C-8080 WZ
Cheers
Mohammed
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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beautiful but deadly... by Juerg Ziegler
beautiful but deadly...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Peacock Flounder seen in Grand Cayon August 2008. Photo t... by Bonnie Conley
Peacock Flounder seen in Grand Cayon August 2008. Photo taken with a Canon SD550.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A Royal Angel Fish by Lucy Chamberlain
A Royal Angel Fish
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date posted posted: Monday, September 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I know thery're the rogues of the choral, but very nice a... by Kirk Murray
I know thery're the rogues of the choral, but very nice all the same Taken with Dc500, and urpro filter
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date posted posted: Monday, September 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Spotted Moral Eel - there are a few of these guys around.... by Andy Boundy
Spotted Moral Eel - there are a few of these guys around. 65ft. with Sealife DC600
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Taken in July 2008 by Lucy Chamberlain
Taken in July 2008
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Portrait of a Coral Grouper. South Red Sea. by Marko Perisic
Portrait of a Coral Grouper. South Red Sea.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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male Labrisomus nuchipinnis, photographed with a compact. by Helena Encarnação
male Labrisomus nuchipinnis, photographed with a compact.

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here's a new critter (for us) shot by a newbie - let's hope you enter some more Helena
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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white spoted octopus by Ofir Avny
white spoted octopus
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Emperor Angel Fish, Egypt 2008 by Lucy Chamberlain
Emperor Angel Fish, Egypt 2008
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A lovely yellow Christmas Tree Worm by Lucy Chamberlain
A lovely yellow Christmas Tree Worm
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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black-cheeked moray eyeing his lunch Rocktail Bay, South... by Geoff Spiby
black-cheeked moray eyeing his lunch
Rocktail Bay, South Africa
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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