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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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"Experience teaches only the teachable." Aldous Huxley. Longfin Batfish - Platax teira. Sail Rock, Thailand-EM5-Panasonic 60mm-iso100-f4.5-1/125
cerathosoma with emperor shrimp by Raffaele Livornese
cerathosoma with emperor shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Barramundi cod in his hiding place by Andre Philip
Barramundi cod in his hiding place
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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snoot...frog by Afflitti Gianluca
snoot...frog
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blue eyes... A colourful blenny by Marteyne Van Well
Blue eyes... A colourful blenny
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Sweet dad by Walter Bassi
Sweet dad
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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I made this picture with a compact LUMIX FX01 in Ras Moha... by Fuster Luc
I made this picture with a compact LUMIX FX01 in Ras Mohamed just around 100 meters from the Yolanda wreck. This Java murray eel was a very big fella...
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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camouflage master sea scorpion on the mulberry by Cat Briggs
camouflage master
sea scorpion on the mulberry
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Caught in the act... Mating Persian carpet flatworm (Pse... by Elly Jeurissen
Caught in the act...
Mating Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi)
Canon G12 in Canon WP-DC34 UW-housing, Inon UCL-165 macro lens, single strobe Sea&Sea YS-01.
F4; 1/125 sec.; ISO 80
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Bad Hair Day by Nadya Kulagina
Bad Hair Day
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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I like the rainbow of colors in mouth. Didn't know there ... by Robert Michaelson
I like the rainbow of colors in mouth. Didn't know there were that many different colors in a grouper's mouth

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Editor's Comment
Picture could be composed slightly better but still a great closeup of this grouper.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Sweet lips Line by Hans-Gert Broeder
Sweet lips
Line
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Snappy pose. by Steven Miller
Snappy pose.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Juvenile Chromodoris obsoleta shot with Nikon D7000 by Simon Gardener
Juvenile Chromodoris obsoleta
shot with Nikon D7000
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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"Studio session with Amilcar the topmodel" by Diogo Ferreira
"Studio session with Amilcar the topmodel"
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) @ Malapascua,... by Elly Jeurissen
Anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) @ Malapascua, Philippines 2014
Canon G12 in Canon WP-DC34 UW-housing, Inon UCL-165 macro lens, single strobe Sea&Sea YS-01.
F8; 1/250 sec.; ISO 80
Only slightly cropped in the upper right corner
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Frogfish (Antennarius)found at Gato Island, Malapascua, P... by Elly Jeurissen
Frogfish (Antennarius)found at Gato Island, Malapascua, Philippines 2014
Canon G12 in Canon WP-DC34 UW-housing, single strobe Sea&Sea YS-01.
F8; 1/250 sec.; ISO 80
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Oceanic Manta Raja Ampat by Hans-Gert Broeder
Oceanic Manta
Raja Ampat
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Resurrection Of Bufo Bufo by Ari Nieminen
Resurrection Of Bufo Bufo
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Finland
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Nemo´s home by Andre Philip
Nemo´s home
shortlistedShortlisted!
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date posted posted: Monday, May 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Blackside hawkfish NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw ... by Thomas Bannenberg
Blackside hawkfish
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, @35mm
Settings: f14 1/100, ISO 100
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pygmy Squid. Tulamben Bali. 2/2014. 5DM3, Nauticam. 2x Y... by Raj Prasad
Pygmy Squid. Tulamben Bali. 2/2014.
5DM3, Nauticam. 2x YSD1. 100mm +10 Diopter. f/9. 1/200s. ISO 100.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Frogfish by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Peacock Flounder by Robert Michaelson
Peacock Flounder
Runner Up Monthly HotShots

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Great angle from which this shot was taken, lighting could be improved.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Handsome. by Sergey Lisitsyn
Handsome.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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A common lionfish caught in a fishing line (and rescued) by Laura Dinraths
A common lionfish caught in a fishing line (and rescued)
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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rhinopias eschmeyeri by Uwe Schmolke
rhinopias eschmeyeri
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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