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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
Jawfish Incubating eggs by Frankie Rivera
Jawfish Incubating eggs
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date posted posted: Monday, February 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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FANCY by Tianhong Wang
FANCY
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The little cuttleflish by Chris Liau
The little cuttleflish
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Mantis shrimp and eggs by Mark Reilly
Mantis shrimp and eggs
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Liquid by Carsten Schroeder
Liquid
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date posted posted: Monday, February 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Rhinopia with Snoot. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Rhinopia with Snoot.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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green coral crab by Marc Van Den Broeck
green coral crab
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Phalium granulatum Excavator from Korumar Bay in KUSADASI by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Phalium granulatum
Excavator from Korumar Bay in KUSADASI
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Turtle taken with an Nikon AW130 by Carsten Schroeder
Turtle taken with an Nikon AW130
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Octopus portrait by Uwe Schmolke
Octopus portrait
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 25, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Nutribranches by Carsten Schroeder
Nutribranches
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Big smile. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Big smile.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Clown close up by Carsten Schroeder
Clown close up
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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4/5000 Eyes by Abimael Márquez
4/5000
Eyes
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Turbinaria sp. fluoresces in the Molucca sea by Luke Gordon
Turbinaria sp. fluoresces in the Molucca sea
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Red fire by Carsten Schroeder
Red fire
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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MILDNESS by Tianhong Wang
MILDNESS
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blenny by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Blenny
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Gasp! Longfin Snake Eel, - Pisodonophis cancrivorus ... by Stefan Follows
Gasp!
Longfin Snake Eel, - Pisodonophis cancrivorus
Mae Haad, Thailand
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Flamboyant cuttlefish successful hunting by Uwe Schmolke
Flamboyant cuttlefish successful hunting
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Affirmative Peacock Mantis Shrimp - Odontodactylus scy... by Stefan Follows
Affirmative
Peacock Mantis Shrimp - Odontodactylus scyllarusi
Bali, Indonisia
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Popeye (Homarus gammarus) Zeeland, North Sea by Lars Oliver Michaelis
Popeye
(Homarus gammarus)
Zeeland, North Sea
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Smiling Seahorse by Simon Chong
Smiling Seahorse
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malaysia
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"Latticework" A juvenile trumpetfish is backlit as it hi... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Latticework"
A juvenile trumpetfish is backlit as it hides in a gorgonian. I carefully placed my strobes to achieve this effect.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Rainbow in the eye... Giant Lizard fish by Philippe Eggert
Rainbow in the eye... Giant Lizard fish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 17, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Porzellan crab by Carsten Schroeder
Porzellan crab
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 17, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Hermodice carunculata Bubble Catcher fire worm by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Hermodice carunculata
Bubble Catcher fire worm
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Stunning shot of a very special creature, love the detail on the bubbles
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 16, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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