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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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Gobius niger male guarding eggs by Uwe Schmolke
Gobius niger male guarding eggs
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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BLENNY by Kadir Suat Akca
BLENNY
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Under cocoon protection by Abimael Márquez
Under cocoon protection
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 17, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands (British)
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Common Seahorse by Tristan Stafford
Common Seahorse
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 17, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Ornate Ghost Pipefish-Lembeh. by Richard Goluch
Ornate Ghost Pipefish-Lembeh.
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 17, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Glass Anemone Shrimp / Periclimenes brevicarpalis by Olivier Notz
Glass Anemone Shrimp / Periclimenes brevicarpalis
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Christmas tree worms on star coral by Mark Reasor
Christmas tree worms on star coral
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Virgin Islands U.S.
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Portrait of Anthias anthias by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Portrait of Anthias anthias
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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FrogFish by Yoav Lavi
FrogFish
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Playing Hide & Seek by Marteyne Van Well
Playing Hide & Seek
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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The Hitchhiker by Russell Satterthwaite
The Hitchhiker
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Pygmy Seahorse by Tristan Stafford
Pygmy Seahorse
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Parazoanthus axinellae (polyps closed) by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Parazoanthus axinellae (polyps closed)
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 14, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Banded sole(Soleichthys heterorhinos)undulating over seag... by Laura Dinraths
Banded sole(Soleichthys heterorhinos)undulating over seagrass at night
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Crown of Thorns and the result of her deadly work: kille... by Andre Philip
Crown of Thorns and the result of her deadly work: killed polyps and bleached coral
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Turtle interrupted while eating a sponge. by Patrick Reardon
Turtle interrupted while eating a sponge.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Banded sole undulating over seagrass at night by Laura Dinraths
Banded sole undulating over seagrass at night
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Working on macro and lighting the Christmas tree worms to... by Patricia Sinclair
Working on macro and lighting the Christmas tree worms to make them glow.
This was taken at Sunset House Reef around 4PM, shore dive.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Porcelain Crab, Lembeh Strait by Ali Binthalith
Porcelain Crab, Lembeh Strait
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Indonesia
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Birdbeak burrfish with a cleaner fish by Olivier Notz
Birdbeak burrfish with a cleaner fish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Amphiprion ocellaris. by Sergey Lisitsyn
Amphiprion ocellaris.
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Closeup of a massive green turtle in Bunaken. Permanent r... by Christian Gloor
Closeup of a massive green turtle in Bunaken. Permanent resident of the dive site, she's called Grandma smile
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date posted posted: Friday, August 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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"No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions... by Stefan Follows
"No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly." Oscar Wilde. Scorpionfish. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 12-50mm-1/250-f11-iso200-Inon D2000
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Walk the blue moon by Uwe Schmolke
Walk the blue moon
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Portrait by Claudia Weber-Gebert
Portrait
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Pigmy seahorse at tulamben by Wisnu Sulistio
Pigmy seahorse at tulamben
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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xmas tree worm in the Cousteau Marine Park, Guadeloupe by Alex Zeni
xmas tree worm in the Cousteau Marine Park, Guadeloupe
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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