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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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All that glitters is gold by Sharon English
All that glitters is gold
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Nudi by Sharon English
Nudi
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Starfish at lunch by Chris Krambeck
Starfish at lunch
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Baltic Sea Germany
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Hold the next generation! A beautiful Mantis shrimp clutc... by Marc Damant
Hold the next generation! A beautiful Mantis shrimp clutches her precious cargo!
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date posted posted: Monday, September 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Open your mouth by Salvatore Ianniello
Open your mouth
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Hippocampus guttulatus, orange species by Raffaele Livornese
Hippocampus guttulatus, orange species
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date posted posted: Monday, September 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"The Philly Mummers are coming". Neck Crab under the crui... by John Roach
"The Philly Mummers are coming". Neck Crab under the cruise ship dock on a night dive with Dive St Vincent in St Vincent.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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red line fabelina by Alan Johnson
red line fabelina
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date posted posted: Monday, September 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Jack close up, Plataforma Tiburon Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Jack close up, Plataforma Tiburon Mexico
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date posted posted: Monday, September 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Teeth by Abimael Márquez
Teeth
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Found a bank covered with urchins. When the tide turned ... by Valda Fraser
Found a bank covered with urchins. When the tide turned I decided to stay till the current became impossible. Lucky I did because they all started to spawn.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Adorable! This Blue Ring Octopus was just hanging out on ... by Marc Damant
Adorable! This Blue Ring Octopus was just hanging out on the reef till we happened by. It was amazing how many shapes,textures and colours that they can change. This picture was one of my favorites made it look cute but no less deadly!
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Baby scorpion fish on House Reef at Six Senses Laamu, Laa... by Marteyne Van Well
Baby scorpion fish on House Reef at Six Senses Laamu, Laamu Atoll, Maldives. F20, 1/160 ISO 160
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Clownfish hiding in an anemone Nikon P7000 with 2 Ys-01 by Franz Quartier
Clownfish hiding in an anemone
Nikon P7000 with 2 Ys-01
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Porcupine Fish Smile Wori, near Manado,Sulawesi,Indones... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Porcupine Fish
Smile
Wori, near Manado,Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 800 , Micro 105, 1/250,f 9, sea and sea ys-d 1
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Stick Pipefish, Pulau Weh by Doug Anderson
Stick Pipefish, Pulau Weh
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 31, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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Crust of barnacle generations on stone. Note the three... by Chris Krambeck
Crust of barnacle generations on stone.
Note the three amphipods.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 31, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Baltic Sea Germany
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Clown Nudi by Jeremy Axworthy
Clown Nudi
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Turtle in wreck, La Paz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Turtle in wreck, La Paz Mexico
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Goby by Abdulla Almehairi
Goby
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sea Turtle, from another point of view. by Abimael Márquez
Sea Turtle, from another point of view.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands (British)
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Ghost Pipefish in seraya dive site in Bali by Abdulla Almehairi
Ghost Pipefish in seraya dive site in Bali
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Busy cleaners. by Valda Fraser
Busy cleaners.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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moray eel and cleaner shrimp by Oscar Miralpeix
moray eel and cleaner shrimp
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Pulau Kapalai. To have dinner or not? by Sergey Lisitsyn
Pulau Kapalai. To have dinner or not?
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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The best place to relax:-) by Stan Flachs
The best place to relax:-)
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Very accurate focus and depth of field and a perfect position for the fish. Nice pic!
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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A scorpionfish. by Valda Fraser
A scorpionfish.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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