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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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A mouthful of eggs by Leena Roy
A mouthful of eggs
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date posted posted: Friday, April 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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~ The Month Long Feast ~ Harlequin shrimp predate on Sta... by Geo Cloete
~ The Month Long Feast ~
Harlequin shrimp predate on Starfish. The work in pairs to flip the Starfish over and then proceed to consume the legs, one at time. The poor Starfish remains alive.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Mantis Shrimp with eggs. Anilao, Philippines. by Marylin Batt
Mantis Shrimp with eggs. Anilao, Philippines.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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A beautiful pair of Ghost Pipe fish, Zumbaguita, Philippi... by Marylin Batt
A beautiful pair of Ghost Pipe fish, Zumbaguita, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Squilla mantis #5 by Marco Gargiulo
Squilla mantis #5
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Pigami Sea horse by Helen Hansen
Pigami Sea horse
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Common Octopus by Helen Hansen
Common Octopus
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Crab Coral Hermit Crab, Paguritta sp by Deniz Muzaffer Gökmen
Crab Coral Hermit Crab, Paguritta sp
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Peixe Palhaço by Gonçalo Gomes
Peixe Palhaço
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Portugal
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A Look to the Sky by Abimael Márquez
A Look to the Sky
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Crab in home, Bonaire by Alejandro Topete
Crab in home, Bonaire
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Cyclops by Tony Cherbas
Cyclops
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date posted posted: Friday, March 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Gobie - Danny Van Belle by Danny Van Belle
Gobie - Danny Van Belle
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date posted posted: Friday, March 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Everybody needs a home. Coconut octopus living in a disc... by Marylin Batt
Everybody needs a home. Coconut octopus living in a discarded can.
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Squilla mantis going away by Marco Gargiulo
Squilla mantis going away
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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who's watching who by Les Baptiste
who's watching who
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Cape Verde
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A tiny mandarin fish taken on my first dive in Lembeh on ... by Charlotte Sams
A tiny mandarin fish taken on my first dive in Lembeh on the house reef. A colourful and secretive fish, found within piles of broken coral. Taken with Nauticam housing, and Sea&Sea strobes.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Peixe Papagaio by Gonçalo Gomes
Peixe Papagaio
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Squilla portrait by Marco Gargiulo
Squilla portrait
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Sea whip goby in 7m - Ilha Situ, Mozambique by Tess Macdonald
Sea whip goby in 7m - Ilha Situ, Mozambique
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date posted posted: Monday, March 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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filefish by Volker Lonz
filefish
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Bathfish cleaning station by Rudy Janssen
Bathfish cleaning station
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Goby on a sea pen :) by Tracey Harris
Goby on a sea pen smile
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Octopus sleeping on the bottom by Vincent Guenoden
Octopus sleeping on the bottom
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Horozbina by Mehmet Öztabak
Horozbina
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Turkey
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Clownfish with eggs in macro wide angle by Danny Van Belle
Clownfish with eggs in macro wide angle
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Fang tooth moray eel by Miguel Pereira
Fang tooth moray eel
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 13, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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