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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
Visual superpower. by Bradley Kerslake
Visual superpower.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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The house is too small by Stepan Reshetnikov
The house is too small
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Snooted Anemone by Taner Atilgan
Snooted Anemone
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Juvenile Pinnatus Batfish waving like a flag in the breeze. by Alex Suh
Juvenile Pinnatus Batfish waving like a flag in the breeze.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Folding 3359x2239 by Marco Fierli
Folding
3359x2239
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Baby Hawksbill Perhentian Island, Malaysia. May 2015 by Irwin Ang
Baby Hawksbill
Perhentian Island, Malaysia. May 2015
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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T E N T A C L E Polyp Perhentian Island, Malaysia. Apri... by Irwin Ang
T E N T A C L E
Polyp
Perhentian Island, Malaysia. April 2015
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Love the Mantis Shrimp, amazing colors. by Jonny Haugstad
Love the Mantis Shrimp, amazing colors.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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"Vertebrae" The details that these little guys contain ... by Chase Darnell
"Vertebrae"
The details that these little guys contain is amazing. Achieved with a +10 Diopter.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Where lemon cello monkeys dwell. by James Deverich
Where lemon cello monkeys dwell.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Colourful sleeping parrotfish by Laura Dinraths
Colourful sleeping parrotfish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Banded Jawfish by Abimael Márquez
Banded Jawfish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Crayfish in the lake of Zoug. Orconectes limosus, Easter... by Olivier Notz
Crayfish in the lake of Zoug.
Orconectes limosus, Eastern Crayfish, or Delcore Crayfish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Feather stars on reef by Laura Dinraths
Feather stars on reef
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Acanthemblemaria spinosa Spinyhead Blenny at the "Front P... by John Roach
Acanthemblemaria spinosa Spinyhead Blenny at the "Front Porch" Bonaire NA Nikon D800 +10 subsee 105mm
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Starksia hassi Ringed Blenny at the "Front Porch" Bonaire... by John Roach
Starksia hassi Ringed Blenny at the "Front Porch" Bonaire NA
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Mating boxing crabs by Laura Dinraths
Mating boxing crabs
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile scorpionfish by Beate Seiler
Juvenile scorpionfish
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Awesome subject, great super macro! A face only a mother can love...
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Heavy bonnet helmet shell (mollusk, Casmaria ponderosa) by Laura Dinraths
Heavy bonnet helmet shell (mollusk, Casmaria ponderosa)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hairy shrimp by Richard (qingran) Meng
Hairy shrimp
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Chromodoris Annae by Steve Clay
Chromodoris Annae
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Mandarin Portarit by Wisnu Sulistio
Mandarin Portarit
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Giant red dendronotid on the move by J. Daniel Horovatin
Giant red dendronotid on the move
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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I need a dentist... 3 bugs in a moray eel's mouth - Reuni... by Takma Lherminier
I need a dentist... 3 bugs in a moray eel's mouth - Reunion Island
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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A Clown in Circus Lights by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
A Clown in Circus Lights
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mantis shrimp with eggs by Steve Clay
Mantis shrimp with eggs
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Juvenile Painted Frogfish, Lembeh by Doug Anderson
Juvenile Painted Frogfish, Lembeh
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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