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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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Porcelain Crap is hunting. Canon 600 D + YS-D1 x2 flash ... by Ahmet Yay
Porcelain Crap is hunting.
Canon 600 D + YS-D1 x2 flash
f:8, 1/125, asa:100
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Decorator Crab by Aleksandr Marinicev
Decorator Crab
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Angry fish... Canon 600 D + 60 mm macro + 2 2xYS-D1 f:5... by Ahmet Yay
Angry fish...
Canon 600 D + 60 mm macro + 2 2xYS-D1
f:5,6 1/40 asa:100
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Anemonefish couple in anemone by Laura Dinraths
Anemonefish couple in anemone
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The face of a shaggy sponge crab by Peet Van Eeden
The face of a shaggy sponge crab
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date posted posted: Friday, November 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Profile by Walter Bassi
Profile
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date posted posted: Friday, November 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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BIG EYE..! Sepia officinalis by Ilhan Celikoglu
BIG EYE..!
Sepia officinalis
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date posted posted: Friday, November 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Bad Hair Day. A yellowfin Fringhead peers out of its tubu... by Douglas Klug
Bad Hair Day. A yellowfin Fringhead peers out of its tubular hole in the reef. Shot with a Canon Rebel T4i and 100mm f/2.8 macro in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Degirmendere - 2012 by Riza Taskin
Degirmendere - 2012
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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Calmar by Aleksandr Marinicev
Calmar
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Green Morays are a favorite! They look scarier than they ... by Lisa Hinderlider
Green Morays are a favorite! They look scarier than they really are!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Pelagia noctiluca by Roland Bach
Pelagia noctiluca
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Very shy sea horse posing for the lens but would not make... by Niall Deiraniya
Very shy sea horse posing for the lens but would not make eye contact.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Degirmendere 2012 by Riza Taskin
Degirmendere 2012
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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A different point of view. Cuttle fish when carrying its ... by Ahmet Yay
A different point of view. Cuttle fish when carrying its egg.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Couple of clownfishes by Oscar Miralpeix
Couple of clownfishes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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black-sided hawkfish [Paracirrhites forsteri], Helengeli ... by Reinhard Arndt
black-sided hawkfish [Paracirrhites forsteri], Helengeli (Maldives)
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Tentacoli by Salvatore Ianniello
Tentacoli
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Home Sweet Home..! by Ilhan Celikoglu
Home Sweet Home..!
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Frog fish by Aleksandr Marinicev
Frog fish
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Cuttlefish by Aleksandr Marinicev
Cuttlefish
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Blastomussa spp. by Sergey Lisitsyn
Blastomussa spp.
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Looks simple but it is really not easy to prevent outburning of these extreme colours. Nice structures, nice colours and pleasing DOF.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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ghostpipefish by Andre Philip
ghostpipefish
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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frogface by Doris Vierkötter
frogface
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Karides CANON G1X 1/160 f/9 ISO : 100 by Riza Taskin
Karides
CANON G1X
1/160
f/9
ISO : 100
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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Morena by Abimael Márquez
Morena
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Lightning by Ahmet Yay
Lightning
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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