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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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Pink Horns by Ximena Olds
Pink Horns
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"When size matters" Hunger Baby Octopus by Carlos Pérez
"When size matters" Hunger Baby Octopus
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Winking pipefish by Pietro Cremone
Winking pipefish
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Is this one blinking to us, Pietro ?
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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maschera by Salvatore Ianniello
maschera
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Pair of Tiny Octopus by Abimael Márquez
Pair of Tiny Octopus
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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nudibranch above a scorpionfish by Afflitti Gianluca
nudibranch above a scorpionfish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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A suitable suitor! by John Roach
A suitable suitor!
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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ten inch nudi Dendrodoris (carbunculosa?) by Chris Krambeck
ten inch nudi
Dendrodoris (carbunculosa?)
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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White tip reef shark. Trianodon Obesus. Taken at Playas d... by Leonardo Parias
White tip reef shark. Trianodon Obesus. Taken at Playas del Coco, Guanacaste - Costa Rica. Kit: Canon G12
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
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Scorpionfish by Iyad Suleyman
Scorpionfish
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Patterns of a sunburst soft coral by Peet Van Eeden
Patterns of a sunburst soft coral
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Make up by Raoul Caprez
Make up
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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All puffed up and no place to go! by John Roach
All puffed up and no place to go!
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Holes- A different perspective of tube sponges from the top by Lisa Hinderlider
Holes- A different perspective of tube sponges from the top
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Scorpionfish by Iyad Suleyman
Scorpionfish
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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basket star by Chris Krambeck
basket star
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Cocoa Damselfish on the Fish Camp Rocks off the beach in ... by Michael Kovach
Cocoa Damselfish on the Fish Camp Rocks off the beach in Fort Lauderdale.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Inquisitive! by John Roach
Inquisitive!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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atop coral forest by Chris Krambeck
atop coral forest
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Lionfish Focus on eye, small clockwise rotaition of came... by Iyad Suleyman
Lionfish
Focus on eye, small clockwise rotaition of camera
D3s, Sigma macro 70mm
ISO 200, f16, 1/80
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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This was my first Seahorse Photo. I would go back everyda... by Leonardo Parias
This was my first Seahorse Photo. I would go back everyday for over a month and he was always there
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date posted posted: Friday, April 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
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annelid gill plume by Chris Krambeck
annelid gill plume
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date posted posted: Friday, April 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Parablennius by Walter Bassi
Parablennius
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Sincerity. by Suzan Meldonian
Sincerity.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Another local resident of "Front Porch". by John Roach
Another local resident of "Front Porch".
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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China dragon by Ladislav Nogacek
China dragon
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Periclemenes imperator (uncropped) by Alex Varani
Periclemenes imperator (uncropped)
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 19, 2012
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date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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