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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
Small spider at a normal sponge (Suberites massa) by Eduard Bello
Small spider at a normal sponge (Suberites massa)
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 9, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Parablennius gattorugine Ha ha ha by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius gattorugine
Ha ha ha
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 9, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Bubble-tip anemone with Clownfish photographed in Puerto ... by Norm Vexler
Bubble-tip anemone with Clownfish photographed in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 9, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hello fishie by Twila Grower
Hello fishie
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Pipefish by Twila Grower
Pipefish
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Moray in Fluoreszence by Philippe Eggert
Moray in Fluoreszence
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A Zebra Angelfish or Lyretail Angelfish (Genicanthus caud... by David Gilchrist
A Zebra Angelfish or Lyretail Angelfish (Genicanthus caudovittatus, male)-Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Wanna bite! Fishing Hairy Frogfish! by Marc Damant
Wanna bite! Fishing Hairy Frogfish!
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Lovely Triggerfish Tulamben Canon 80d by Deniz Muzaffer Gökmen
Lovely Triggerfish
Tulamben Canon 80d
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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A very confident shrimp by Fabrizio Torsani
A very confident shrimp
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Scorpionfish Fluorescence by Luke Gordon
Scorpionfish Fluorescence
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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The Big Dinner//Lembeh strait, Indonesia, Canon 5D MarkII... by Yuping Chen
The Big Dinner//Lembeh strait, Indonesia, Canon 5D MarkIII, 100mm macro Lens, InonZ240*2,F14,1/160,ISO100
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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A Red Sea Anemonefish ( Amphiprion bicinctus) poses in it... by David Gilchrist
A Red Sea Anemonefish ( Amphiprion bicinctus) poses in its comfort zone.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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1/200 Iso 500 F19 by Songda Cai
1/200 Iso 500 F19
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Survival by Abimael Márquez
Survival
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A nice couple of harlequin shrimps by Fabrizio Torsani
A nice couple of harlequin shrimps
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Roar by Jinggong Zhang
Roar
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Take the load from Mary, take the load for free, take the... by John Roach
Take the load from Mary, take the load for free, take the load from Mary and you put the load right on me.......Starry-eyed hermit crab/ Dardanus venosus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 4, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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A Royal Angelfish majestically swims the coral reefs of t... by David Gilchrist
A Royal Angelfish majestically swims the coral reefs of the Red Sea.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 4, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Fantasy Canon 5D Mark III 100mm f/5 1/200 ISO 1000 Lemb... by Ming Wen
Fantasy
Canon 5D Mark III 100mm f/5 1/200 ISO 1000
Lembeh, Indonesia. APRIL 2017
#A.T.G 2300
#NoodilabSnood
#NoodilabMoby
#sea & sea Canon 5D mark 3 housing
#Canon 100mm maco Lens
#sea & sea ysd1*2
#Nauticam smc
#Retra LSD
感谢#FunDive...
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 3, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Bubble coral shrimp is unique to bubble coral and does no... by Peet J Van Eeden
Bubble coral shrimp is unique to bubble coral and does not occur elsewhere
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date posted posted: Monday, July 3, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Tessellatted Blenny Hypsoblennius invemar Bonaire NA by John Roach
Tessellatted Blenny
Hypsoblennius invemar
Bonaire NA
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Flasher Scorpion Portrait by Luke Gordon
Flasher Scorpion Portrait
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Oyster Blenny Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnus Bonaire NA by John Roach
Oyster Blenny
Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnus
Bonaire NA
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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"Rendezvous with an old lady" - Portrait of a Green Sea T... by Andre Philip
"Rendezvous with an old lady" - Portrait of a Green Sea Turtle
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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A flying nudibranch by Fabrizio Torsani
A flying nudibranch
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Picture of a spirograph taken at the dive sport of Ix-Xin... by Steve Carmentran
Picture of a spirograph taken at the dive sport of Ix-Xini on the Island of Gozo / Malta.
I tried to shoot the subject in an unconventional way, using a relatively new technique that I'm still familiarizing myself with.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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