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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
fireworks in the dark by Violet Ting
fireworks in the dark
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Trumpet Fish close up, Flamingo Reef Bonaire by Alejandro Topete
Trumpet Fish close up, Flamingo Reef Bonaire
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Oranges are not the only fruit by James Deverich
Oranges are not the only fruit
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Goggle eyed by James Deverich
Goggle eyed
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Squat Lobster taken in Anilao. using SMC close up lenses. by Eng Guan Goh
Squat Lobster taken in Anilao. using SMC close up lenses.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Eyes and Eggs by Henley Spiers
Eyes and Eggs
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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my bedroom by Marc Van Den Broeck
my bedroom
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Night Octopus! I came across this octopus on a night dive... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Night Octopus! I came across this octopus on a night dive. It slid up against a wall of coral and spread itself wide. It changed colors and textures repeatedly while I took this photograph.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Weedy Scorpionfish / Rhinopias frondosa by Marteyne Van Well
Weedy Scorpionfish / Rhinopias frondosa
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Ornate Pipefish Tulamben Bali by Debra Cahill
Ornate Pipefish Tulamben Bali
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Flounder look, Bonaire by Alejandro Topete
Flounder look, Bonaire
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Christmas tree worm close up with a narrow depth of field. by Behnaz Afsahi
Christmas tree worm close up with a narrow depth of field.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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This Christmas Tree Worm was a rather ugly brownish color... by Patricia Sinclair
This Christmas Tree Worm was a rather ugly brownish color when I first spotted it. But, when lit it because this beautiful red/white color and was breathtaking. This is without a dopter.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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pygmy seahorse taken at Anilao, Batangas, Philipines at d... by Eng Guan Goh
pygmy seahorse taken at Anilao, Batangas, Philipines at depth 15meter. Using Olympus OEM-EM1 with Nauticam housing and Sea&Sea x2 Strobe, SMC dioptor with the close up shot.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Just lounging around.... Two coleman shrimp on a fire urchin by Marteyne Van Well
Just lounging around.... Two coleman shrimp on a fire urchin
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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King of the Mountain by Patricia Sinclair
King of the Mountain
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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light in the sponge by Marc Van Den Broeck
light in the sponge
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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So close , scorpionfish by Beate Seiler
So close , scorpionfish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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cockoo........ snake eel close up by Claudia Weber-Gebert
cockoo........
snake eel close up
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Peppermint / Stripehead Pygmy Goby - Trimma striata by James Deverich
Peppermint / Stripehead Pygmy Goby - Trimma striata
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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CAMOUFLAGE by Marko Perisic
CAMOUFLAGE
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Kiss Me . A little Pigmy Seahorse on a Gorgonian Fan by Marcel Waldis
Kiss Me . A little Pigmy Seahorse on a Gorgonian Fan
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Terror of the deep, the fearsome, the ferocious....... GO... by James Deverich
Terror of the deep, the fearsome, the ferocious....... GOBI!!!!!!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Hairy Face" Close up portrait of a Scorpion Fish. by Dusty Norman
"Hairy Face"
Close up portrait of a Scorpion Fish.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Big Blue Froggy by John Parker
Big Blue Froggy
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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~ Hammerhead Crab ~ Spotted this decorated crab with a... by Geo Cloete
~ Hammerhead Crab ~
Spotted this decorated crab with a piece of orange sponge part of its decoration. The shape of which reminded me of the head of a hammerhead shark and a character in Pirates of the Caribbean smile
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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Pink eyed yawn / Pink eye goby (Bryaninops natans) by James Deverich
Pink eyed yawn / Pink eye goby (Bryaninops natans)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 8, 2015
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