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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
Hermit crab - Calcinus tubularis holding a gastropod by Stefanos Michael
Hermit crab - Calcinus tubularis holding a gastropod
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Vir philippinensis shrimp_Jan 2024 (Canon100, 1/200,f9,i... by Antonio Venturelli
Vir philippinensis shrimp_Jan 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f9,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, June 10, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Yellow Umbrella Slug - Tylodina perversa by Stefanos Michael
Yellow Umbrella Slug - Tylodina perversa
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date posted posted: Friday, May 31, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus by Stefanos Michael
Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus
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date posted posted: Monday, May 27, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus by Stefanos Michael
Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 25, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Balanophyllia sp_Orange cup coral . Close up taken in the... by Susanna Randazzo
Balanophyllia sp_Orange cup coral . Close up taken in the Andaman Sea . The mouth opening is closed_April 2024
(Canon60, 1/200,f9,iso100)
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 23, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Head of the Dragon, I managed to get this close up snoot ... by Jeff Bradley
Head of the Dragon, I managed to get this close up snoot shot of a Leafy Sea Dragon on a Night Dive. Port Norlunga South Australia
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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An Ornate Ghost Pipefish carrying its eggs. This shot wa... by Grethel Dejaresco
An Ornate Ghost Pipefish carrying its eggs. This shot was taken in Gato Island, Malapascua Cebu, Philippines, with an Olympus TG-6 Camera and a Backscatter MF-2.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 19, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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A little crab with its great orange hat photographed in t... by Antonio Venturelli
A little crab with its great orange hat photographed in the sea of Goa_ November 2023
(Canon100,1/250,f9,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 12, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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The Sea Squirt Shrimp (Dactylonia Ascidicola) lives in th... by Oksana Maksymova
The Sea Squirt Shrimp (Dactylonia Ascidicola) lives in the Blue Yellow-ringed Sea Squirt (Rhopalaea Crassa) and the small goby guards its eggs outside of it.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 3, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Shining eyes for this beautiful coral gobi photographed d... by Antonio Venturelli
Shining eyes for this beautiful coral gobi photographed during a dive in Andamans_April 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f8,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, April 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Coral fish_Andamans_April2024 (Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Coral fish_Andamans_April2024
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 28, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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What splendid eyes these little gobies have! They hide in... by Antonio Venturelli
What splendid eyes these little gobies have! They hide in small crevices in rocks. They are shy but curious and it is easy to photograph them when they lean out to scrutinize the external environment. Havelock Is._April2024
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 25, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Red anemone with sparkling dust above. by Diogo Benchimol
Red anemone with sparkling dust above.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Brazil
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Red anemone with sparkling dust above. by Diogo Benchimol
Red anemone with sparkling dust above.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Brazil
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Red anemone with sparkling dust above. by Diogo Benchimol
Red anemone with sparkling dust above.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Brazil
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Morena & shrimp by Iñaki Bravo Carmona
Morena & shrimp
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Hermit crab_Havelock Island_April 2024 (Canon100,1/200,f... by Antonio Venturelli
Hermit crab_Havelock Island_April 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, April 22, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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White sand moray eel by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
White sand moray eel
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hermit Crab - Diogenes pugilator by Stefanos Michael
Hermit Crab - Diogenes pugilator
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date posted posted: Monday, April 15, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Sea Pony - Hippocampus fuscus by Stefanos Michael
Sea Pony - Hippocampus fuscus
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 13, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Porcelain crab with eggs by Rudy Janssen
Porcelain crab with eggs
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Whaaaaat? by Penn De Los Santos
Whaaaaat?
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Tiny coral hermit crab Paguritta vittata by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Tiny coral hermit crab
Paguritta vittata
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Salarias ceramensis, the Seram blenny or Ceram blenny by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Salarias ceramensis, the Seram blenny or Ceram blenny
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Nomad Jellyfish - Rhopilema nomadica by Stefanos Michael
Nomad Jellyfish - Rhopilema nomadica
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Laced up eye. The Flathead croc fish let me get closer to... by Penn De Los Santos
Laced up eye. The Flathead croc fish let me get closer to get this shot of its beautiful eye.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 1, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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