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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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Small fish have bright colors and flamboyant shape that a... by Antonio Venturelli
Small fish have bright colors and flamboyant shape that attract experienced & novice divers alike. Unless it moves.. it can be difficult to distinguish them from the context around, as seen in this photo! Goa_India_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 29, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Juvenile Sorsogona prionota (halfspined flathead). (f/8, ... by E&e Lp
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Juvenile Sorsogona prionota (halfspined flathead). (f/8, 1/125, ISO-100, 50mm). - Erik
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date posted posted: Friday, April 28, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Rocky-shore Hermit Crab - Pagurus anachoretus by Stefanos Michael
Rocky-shore Hermit Crab - Pagurus anachoretus
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date posted posted: Monday, April 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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stone by Marc Van Den Broeck
stone
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date posted posted: Monday, April 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Mediterranean Moray - Muraena helena by Stefanos Michael
Mediterranean Moray - Muraena helena
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Coral blenny-Havelock Is. -Andamans_2023 (Canon100,1/200... by Antonio Venturelli
Coral blenny-Havelock Is. -Andamans_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Diploastrea heliopora macro: very common here in the Indi... by Antonio Venturelli
Diploastrea heliopora macro: very common here in the Indian Ocean but always fascinating to see especially if you get close and notice its shapes like colored vanilla puddings_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso125)
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date posted posted: Friday, April 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Golden Leaf Scorpionfish "Taenianotus triacanthus" by Luca Keller
Golden Leaf Scorpionfish "Taenianotus triacanthus"
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date posted posted: Friday, April 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hide and seek with a common reef octopus. by Luca Keller
Hide and seek with a common reef octopus.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 20, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Top view of a coral fish_2023 (Canon 100,1/250,f13,iso125) by Antonio Venturelli
Top view of a coral fish_2023
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 20, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Seahorse by Min Seok Jeon
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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A pact with the moray by Luca Keller
A pact with the moray
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Bedford's flatworm ,named "Persian carpet"..and you can u... by Antonio Venturelli
Bedford's flatworm ,named "Persian carpet"..and you can understand why! Photo taken at Aquarium dive site_Thanks to great support of Barefoot diving staff in Havelock Island-Andamans_2023
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date posted posted: Monday, April 17, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Big Island, HI by Alison Ranheim
Big Island, HI
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 15, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Anemone fishes are immune to anemone's tentacles from day... by Antonio Venturelli
Anemone fishes are immune to anemone's tentacles from day 1. It is a mutually beneficial relationship in which the anemone feeds from the fish dejection while the fish gets shelter from predators_Havelock Is._2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 15, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Mexican barnacle blenny photographed at "El Morro" dive s... by Antonio Venturelli
Mexican barnacle blenny photographed at "El Morro" dive site_ P. Vallarta-Mexico_2021
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 15, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp Pontonides ankeri by Jacek Bugajski
Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp
Pontonides ankeri
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A tiny fish stays on a branch of corals. Photo taken at "... by Susanna Randazzo
A tiny fish stays on a branch of corals. Photo taken at "Aquarium dive site" of Havelock island , Andamans_2023
(Canon60, 1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Mediterranean Sea Fan Worm - Sabella spallanzanii by Stefanos Michael
Mediterranean Sea Fan Worm - Sabella spallanzanii
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Yellow Goby by Jacek Bugajski
Yellow Goby
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date posted posted: Monday, April 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Thecacera Picta by Jacek Bugajski
Thecacera Picta
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A curious and very colorful goby. Photo taken in Havelock... by Susanna Randazzo
A curious and very colorful goby. Photo taken in Havelock, in the Andamans-2023
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date posted posted: Monday, April 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Mediterranean moray_Casteldaccia_Sicily-2021 (Canon60,1/... by Antonio Venturelli
Mediterranean moray_Casteldaccia_Sicily-2021
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 9, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Big Island, HI by Alison Ranheim
Big Island, HI
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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A large chunk of coral life is tiny, lesser known, easily... by Antonio Venturelli
A large chunk of coral life is tiny, lesser known, easily hidden creatures. These include both sessile (fixed in one place) and mobile reef invertebrates, as well as the itty bitty reef fish like this in the photo_2023
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Fistularia commersonii (cornetfish). (f/5.6, 1/160, ISO-2... by E&e Lp
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Fistularia commersonii (cornetfish). (f/5.6, 1/160, ISO-250, 50mm). - Erik
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Duet - Micro Nudi dancing with Skeleton Shrimp by Jacek Bugajski
Duet - Micro Nudi dancing with Skeleton Shrimp
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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