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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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Flounder close up by Beate Seiler
Flounder close up
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Network pipefish by Laura Dinraths
Network pipefish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Ride of the valkyries! by John Roach
Ride of the valkyries!
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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White cowrie by Leena Roy
White cowrie
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Curious parablennius by Walter Bassi
Curious parablennius
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Roll out the red carpet for the carpet worm by Peet J Van Eeden
Roll out the red carpet for the carpet worm
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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White seahorse around some coral by Laura Dinraths
White seahorse around some coral
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Too shy NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, ... by Thomas Bannenberg
Too shy
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f11, 1/60, ISO 100
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Reef Eater Crown of thorns making it's way through the r... by Troy Williams
Reef Eater
Crown of thorns making it's way through the reef @ Kadena North, Okinawa, Japan
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 25, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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sand crab f4.8 1/1600sec ISO80,Waiting pays off getting c... by Daryl Parker
sand crab f4.8 1/1600sec ISO80,Waiting pays off getting close bit by bit when he kept ducking into his hole everytime.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Jamaica
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Rombo by Salvatore Ianniello
Rombo
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Napoleonfish thank you youngster for your frontside Bun... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Napoleonfish
thank you youngster for your frontside
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indoneesia, Bunaken Island,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/125 ,f 18, iso 200 in Kinetics
sea&sea YS- d1
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Cozumel, Mexico.... by Beth Watson
Cozumel, Mexico....
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Porcupinefish first in - first out, fish logistic Bunak... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Porcupinefish
first in - first out, fish logistic
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indoneesia, Bunaken Island,
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Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/125 ,f 18, iso 200 in Kinetics
sea&sea YS- d1
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Green Moray. by Doug Anderson
Green Moray.
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A stunning portrait with loads of character from Grand Master Doug
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Thorny seahorse in the seagrass by Laura Dinraths
Thorny seahorse in the seagrass
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blenny inspiration, Veracruz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blenny inspiration, Veracruz Mexico
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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gosth pipe by Marc Van Den Broeck
gosth pipe
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda) NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "P... by Thomas Bannenberg
Mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda)
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f10, 1/80, ISO 100
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Dragon Shrimp on the Whip Coral. by Allen Lee
Dragon Shrimp on the Whip Coral.
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Taiwan
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Goby by Mariano Mañas
Goby
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Orange Sea Horse, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Orange Sea Horse, Acapulco Mexico
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Green Turtle "Rambo" is ready for a fight Bunaken,Sulaw... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Green Turtle
"Rambo" is ready for a fight
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indoneesia, Bunaken Island,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/125 ,f 18, iso 200 in Kinetics
sea&sea newest strobes
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Blenny con miedo, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blenny con miedo, Acapulco Mexico
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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juvenile Yellow Box fish.. by Yusran Abdul Rahman
juvenile Yellow Box fish..
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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Morey eel by Mariano Mañas
Morey eel
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Cape Verde
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Cangrejo en anemona, Cozumel Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Cangrejo en anemona, Cozumel Mexico
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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