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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
Decorator Spider Crab busy re-organising its borrowed clothes
Trypterigion Tripteronotus_2021
(Canon60mm,t1/200,f/25,iso200)
NEMO portrait
Rhinopias frondosa @ Anilao
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
A mediterranean moray opens its mouth wide to breathe and shows its pointed teeth_2021
(Canon 60mm,t1/160,f/6.3,iso200)
Hairy shrimp
Twobar clown fishes protect their anemone home fiercely.
Long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus)
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Cerianthus membranaceus_Scilla_2021
(Canon60mm,t1/200,f/16,iso200)
Cymatium parthenopeum
Giant Hairy Triton
The Brainy Coral
The pattern of the coral resembles the convolutions of a human brain
Bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata)
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Taken by Canon 80D/Canon EF-S 60mm f/2,8 Macro USM lens and Subsee 5+ Diopter (two YS-D1 strobes)
Dardanus Arrosor_Scilla_2021
(Canon 60mm,t/200,f/20,,iso200)
Long legged spider crab. It is one of two spider crabs endemic to South African waters
Photo of a shrimp goby
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2021

Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
Coral Macro smile
Decorator Crab
The chameleon of the Sea
Its real name is “Beautiful Cuttlefish” and it is appropriate due to its beautiful warty mantle and three-pronged cirri around its eyes. It has the ability to change color and blend in with its environment.
Wrasse and Butterflyfish
Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus) 
Nozin' Aroun'
Pale Chin Moray Eel - Gymnothorax herrei
Sail Rock, Thailand
Gunnels
Longarm octopus
Octopus playing cards, photo taken in the Philippines with a Canon
Hermit crab, Canon 60D, canon lens 100mm macro, two ikelite subtrobe DS125, seacam housing.
nikon D800E, nikon lens 105mm, two ikelite subtrobe DS 125,aquatica housing, cuba, Gardens of the queen.
Purple Weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa)
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