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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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Elegancy Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strobe... by Margriet Tilstra
Elegancy
Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strobes (DS161 and DS125), Lense AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, ISO 100, Aperture f/14, Shutterspeed 1/80
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Party Lights Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite st... by Margriet Tilstra
Party Lights
Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strobes (DS161 and DS125), Lense AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, ISO 400, Aperture f/22, Shutterspeed 1/125
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Anemonefish by Volker Lonz
Anemonefish
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Feather duster moving with the current in an image conver... by Gabriel De Leon Jr
Feather duster moving with the current in an image converted to black and white.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Eyeballs by Steven Miller
Eyeballs
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Portrait of a Flatman" - The amazing Crocodilfish Nabuc... by Andre Philip
"Portrait of a Flatman" - The amazing Crocodilfish
Nabucco Nunukan, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Threadfin butterflyfish.depth 1-35m by Yakout Hegazy
Threadfin butterflyfish.depth 1-35m
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date posted posted: Friday, November 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Spiral colors. I remember when I thought you had to go to... by Steven Miller
Spiral colors. I remember when I thought you had to go to the Red Sea to shoot these..
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date posted posted: Friday, November 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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flying Gurnard by Les Baptiste
flying Gurnard
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date posted posted: Friday, November 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Spain
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Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse. by Kris O'keeffe
Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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shrimp by Cigdem Caglar
shrimp
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date posted posted: Friday, November 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Red Sea toxic fire urchin spreading gametes at night by Laura Dinraths
Red Sea toxic fire urchin spreading gametes at night
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date posted posted: Friday, November 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The Eyes by Paul Ng
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The Eyes
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This was taken at the end of the dive on One Thousand Ste... by Patricia Sinclair
This was taken at the end of the dive on One Thousand Steps. This tiny eel (head not bigger than my thumb) was almost directly under the boat.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Taken on the reef Something Special, and I thought this X... by Patricia Sinclair
Taken on the reef Something Special, and I thought this XMAS Tree worm was special, it almost glowed!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Red Clingfish on fire coral. Pink Beach...Thanks to my go... by John Roach
Red Clingfish on fire coral. Pink Beach...Thanks to my good friend and Dive Master and ruler of the boat "Linda",
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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One of the many Ringed Blennys , Starksia hassi, at Fron... by John Roach
One of the many Ringed Blennys , Starksia hassi, at Front Porch! Bonaire
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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The Vanishing by Jun V Lao
The Vanishing
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Pigtails by Jun V Lao
Pigtails
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Editor's Comment
Very nice. I think the DOF is slightly too small. Feels overdone.
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Dust Catcher / Porcelain crab filtering by James Deverich
Dust Catcher / Porcelain crab filtering
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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hyppo by night by Marco Gargiulo
hyppo by night
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Softly Softly. Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula. Chaloklum, Gul... by Stefan Follows
Softly Softly. Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula. Chaloklum, Gulf of Thailand, EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f3.2-iso200
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Rhinopia by Beate Seiler
Rhinopia
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Composition with green anemonia's tentacles by Fuster Luc
Composition with green anemonia's tentacles
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Hipposcorpaena filamentosa. Very rare. Close related to r... by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Hipposcorpaena filamentosa. Very rare. Close related to rhinopias.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"Colorful Curves" This is a close up of a very colorful ... by Chase Darnell
"Colorful Curves"
This is a close up of a very colorful Lettuce Sea Slug I found in Little Cayman. The colors and patterns this image has quickly mad eit one of a favorites from the trip.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Spidertriangle by Marc Van Den Broeck
Spidertriangle
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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