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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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Manthis shrimp with eggs by Raffaele Livornese
Manthis shrimp with eggs
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Harvest by Tianhong Wang
Harvest
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date posted posted: Friday, February 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sunlight by Tianhong Wang
Sunlight
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date posted posted: Friday, February 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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I went for 8 dives at the Similans and was hoping for wha... by Marcel Rudolph-Gajda
I went for 8 dives at the Similans and was hoping for whale sharks or mantas. Instead I found a lot of anemonefish which I love. So I had to get real close with my 8‘‘ dome.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Thailand
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Blenny inspire, divi beach Bonaire by Alejandro Topete
Blenny inspire, divi beach Bonaire
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Green algae shrimp by Julian Hsu
Green algae shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Evening Romance" Two hamlets in a spawning clutch on ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Evening Romance"
Two hamlets in a spawning clutch on Grand Cayman.
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wonderful behavioral shot
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Golden Tail Eel Bonaire No crop by Patricia Sinclair
Golden Tail Eel
Bonaire
No crop
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Electric shock by Tianhong Wang
Electric shock
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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diy Blacklight used underwater on a shaws boxfish by Shane Hermans
diy Blacklight used underwater on a shaws boxfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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My Purple Bed. Clown fish in its anemone home by Peet J Van Eeden
My Purple Bed.
Clown fish in its anemone home
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Hippocampus guttulatus Speckled seahorse by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Hippocampus guttulatus
Speckled seahorse
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Pom Pom crab (Lybia tessellata) by Lilian Koh
Pom Pom crab
(Lybia tessellata)
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date posted posted: Friday, January 26, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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shoot@anilao Philippine by Jinggong Zhang
shoot@anilao Philippine
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 26, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Leopard eel, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Leopard eel, Acapulco Mexico
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Barnacle feeding with its cirri estended. by Vasco Baselli
Barnacle feeding with its cirri estended.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Peru
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Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius), Zeeland, The ... by Filip Staes
Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius), Zeeland, The Netherlands
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Bispira volutacornis by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Bispira volutacornis
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date posted posted: Monday, January 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Thru my eye by Mario Robillard
Thru my eye
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Bispira volutacornis by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Bispira volutacornis
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Arlequi porcellain crab. Nikon D200 , 60 macro , two strobo by Marchione Giacomo
Arlequi porcellain crab. Nikon D200 , 60 macro , two strobo
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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A small sculpin in cold water. by Glenn Ostle
A small sculpin in cold water.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Cold water shrimp by Glenn Ostle
Cold water shrimp
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Hippocampus guttulatus Under my shelter by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Hippocampus guttulatus
Under my shelter
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 20, 2018
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Portrait of a pike, Pond of Ekeren, Belgium. by Filip Staes
Portrait of a pike, Pond of Ekeren, Belgium.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Belgium
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Gobius cruentatus by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Gobius cruentatus
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date posted posted: Friday, January 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Orange is the new fashion for frogfish, Lembeh, Sulawesi. by Filip Staes
Orange is the new fashion for frogfish, Lembeh, Sulawesi.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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