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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
Spiral wire coral by Laura Dinraths
Spiral wire coral
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date posted posted: Monday, April 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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If you've ever photographed this gobi you may know how fa... by Kerim Sabuncuoglu
If you've ever photographed this gobi you may know how fast it moves on the coral. This one took me a long time to shoot but it was worth it.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Forget the eye of the tiger, the eye of the Turtle is mor... by Haydn Salvas
Forget the eye of the tiger, the eye of the Turtle is more impressive.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Fiji
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Mister blenny by Salvatore Ianniello
Mister blenny
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish seen on a dusk dive in Komodo Natio... by Paul Colley
Flamboyant Cuttlefish seen on a dusk dive in Komodo National Park.
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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T H E - O C T O P U S The common octopus, Octopus vulgar... by Irwin Ang
T H E - O C T O P U S
The common octopus, Octopus vulgaris.
Anilao, Philippines. February 2014
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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[:b:]Seahorse portrait[:/b:] by Francesco Pacienza
Seahorse portrait
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Arrow Crab by J. Daniel Horovatin
Arrow Crab
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date posted posted: Friday, April 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Yungia aurantiaca by Antonio Franco
Yungia aurantiaca
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date posted posted: Friday, April 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Tiger moray eel by Steven Withofs
Tiger moray eel
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date posted posted: Friday, April 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Banded coral shrimp by J. Daniel Horovatin
Banded coral shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Yellowface Blenny by J. Daniel Horovatin
Yellowface Blenny
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Stargazer (Uranoscopidae) by Beth Watson
Stargazer (Uranoscopidae)
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Prawn - Aughrus pier, Connemara. by Mark Thomas
Prawn - Aughrus pier, Connemara.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Ireland
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Explosion - in the eye of a frogfish by Uwe Schmolke
Explosion -
in the eye of a frogfish
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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found in Lembeh by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Yellowhead Jawfish by J. Daniel Horovatin
Yellowhead Jawfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Catalufa by Eduardo Acevedo
Catalufa
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Lembeh strait:Up and down Nikon d800E, 105 macro Seac... by Marchione Giacomo
Lembeh strait:Up and down
Nikon d800E, 105 macro
Seacam housing , two strobo sea and sea 120 YS
ISO200,F29,1\125
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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yellow head jawfish

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yellowhead jawfish by J. Daniel Horovatin
yellowhead jawfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Home sweet home... by Nadya Kulagina
Home sweet home...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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found in Lembeh
It's like one of those bad dreams when you can't wake up.... by Stefan Follows
It's like one of those bad dreams when you can't wake up. Cushion Seastar - Culcita Novaguineae. Sail Rock, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/160-f3.5-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2o Tools+5x2
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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batfish by Eduardo Nadal
batfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Go away!!!! by Eduardo Nadal
Go away!!!!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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