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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
Parablennius Rouxi shot in Bodrum by Can Turktan
Parablennius Rouxi shot in Bodrum
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Dardanus pedunculatus by Mathieu Foulquié
Dardanus pedunculatus
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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'Blue Spots & Eyelashes' Peacock Flounder (Bothus lunatu... by Henley Spiers
'Blue Spots & Eyelashes'
Peacock Flounder (Bothus lunatus), Saint Lucia
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Goby on Whip coral by Martin Gombrii
Goby on Whip coral
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Thorny golden seahorse by Laura Dinraths
Thorny golden seahorse
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I see you by Walter Bassi
I see you
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Juvenile Clearfin Lionfish dwelling in its little sponge ... by Dragos Dumitrescu
Juvenile Clearfin Lionfish dwelling in its little sponge coral. Canon G12, Inon S2000 strobe.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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I spy with my arrow-headed eyes. by Adeline Wee
I spy with my arrow-headed eyes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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W R A T H Teddy Bear Crab by Lilian Koh
W R A T H
Teddy Bear Crab
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Anemone Shrimp taken with Canon G16,Internal Flash under ... by Shah Aida
Anemone Shrimp taken with Canon G16,Internal Flash under low Visibility @0.5m
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Hong Kong
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lizard by Salvatore Ianniello
lizard
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Nudibranch taken with Canon G16,Fantasea Housing,Inon Dua... by Shah Aida
Nudibranch taken with Canon G16,Fantasea Housing,Inon Dual Z240 Strobes and Nauticam CMC Lens
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Lettuce Leaf Slug taken on a night dive in Cayman. by Lindsey Mobley
Lettuce Leaf Slug taken on a night dive in Cayman.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Purple Haze by Henley Spiers
Purple Haze
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date posted posted: Monday, July 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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"Present and future" by Walter Bassi
"Present and future"
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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G L O W Thorny Seahorse by Lilian Koh
G L O W
Thorny Seahorse
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Greysby can be skittish creatures at best. But this one ... by Patricia Sinclair
Greysby can be skittish creatures at best. But this one held still for me to take a shot of him rather close up (I had a macro lens on, so close was my only option.)
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Pigmy Pipehorse,A cute guy who hardly move.Taken with Can... by Shah Aida
Pigmy Pipehorse,A cute guy who hardly move.Taken with Canon G16,Fantasea FG16 Housing,Inon 2 X Z240 Strobes and Nuaticam CMC Lens.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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'Strange Beauty' A Longsnout Seahorse from St Lucia by Henley Spiers
'Strange Beauty'
A Longsnout Seahorse from St Lucia
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Mooray by Marco Gargiulo
Mooray
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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I am not quite sure what kind of goby it is... If you cou... by Loïc Durand
I am not quite sure what kind of goby it is... If you could comment and tell me, I would greatly appreciate it! Taken at Gros-Islet (St-Barth's), 14th July 2015 with an Olympus C-60 Zoom with its Olympus PT-024 housing.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Sea Slug Janolus Cristatus F18, 1/160 Iso:100 Olympus ... by Mesut Eryilmaz
Sea Slug
Janolus Cristatus
F18, 1/160 Iso:100
Olympus OMD EM1 + 60mm Macro + Aquako IV Diopter Nauticam NA-EM1 Housing, 2x YS D1 Strobes
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Taken at Gros-Ilet, in St-Barth's, with an Olympus C-60 Z... by Loïc Durand
Taken at Gros-Ilet, in St-Barth's, with an Olympus C-60 Zoom with its Olympus PT-024 casing while snorkelling the 14th of July 2-15.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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"Stare Down" Portrait of an Octopus during the day. We ... by Chase Darnell
"Stare Down"
Portrait of an Octopus during the day. We found this guy feeding on a conch on a morning dive in Little Cayman.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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This guy enjoyed the spotlight, male Ribbon Eel (Rhinomur... by Luke Gordon
This guy enjoyed the spotlight, male Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita)
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Harlequin Shrimp taken Dumaguate Dauin.Actually i missed ... by Shah Aida
Harlequin Shrimp taken Dumaguate Dauin.Actually i missed him while taking a frog fish beside him but when i turned i saw him,and thought how lucky i am and just when on cliking him with my Canon G16,Fantasea G16 Housing,2 × Z240 inon strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Octopus in spotlight by Ponnie J
Octopus in spotlight
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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