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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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So common here I pass them by all the time but ..... Let... by John Roach
So common here I pass them by all the time but .....
Lettuce Sea Slug Bonaire Dutch Caribbean 60mm +10 Diopter
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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the smart one by Ilan Lubitz
the smart one
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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throat..... by Afflitti Gianluca
throat.....
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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GOBIUS by Carmen Casanova
GOBIUS
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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There are lots of invasive lion fish in the area where I'... by Joseph Lambert
There are lots of invasive lion fish in the area where I'm diving right now. Since they don't move much they make good subjects to practice underwater skills for a beginner.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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blushes........ (monaco shrimp - Lysmata seticaudata- on ... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
blushes........ (monaco shrimp - Lysmata seticaudata- on the moray eel - Murena helena).
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Eye of the hawk by Erik Van Doesburg
Eye of the hawk
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Maldives
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juvenile painted frogfish by Chinchin Law
juvenile painted frogfish
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Fully exposed. Seaweed Blenny Blue Heron Bridge FLA Lou ... by John Roach
Fully exposed. Seaweed Blenny Blue Heron Bridge FLA Lou Reed
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Close up of a Yellowspotted burrfish inside an amphora @ ... by Laura Dinraths
Close up of a Yellowspotted burrfish inside an amphora @ H2O Divers Dahab
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Flounder , taken with Canon G12 and UCL165 by Beate Seiler
Flounder , taken with Canon G12 and UCL165
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Seahorse by Iyad Suleyman
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Monday, August 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This photo was taken with a Canon G12 in an Ikelite housi... by Joseph Lambert
This photo was taken with a Canon G12 in an Ikelite housing. Only the on-camera strobe was used. I took dozens of photos of anemones over several dives before I started getting anything decent. This is one of my first passable shots.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Apogon with eggs Olympus E-PL2 - Panasonic 45mm macro - ... by Maurizio Pasi
Apogon with eggs
Olympus E-PL2 - Panasonic 45mm macro - 2 Sea&Sea YS-D1
ISO 200 - f11 - 1/180th
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Apogon with eggs by Walter Bassi
Apogon with eggs
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Fluorescent hard coral- excited by ultraviolet light by Peet Van Eeden
Fluorescent hard coral- excited by ultraviolet light
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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close up shot of a stone fish taken with Canon G12. by Matt Hutchinson
close up shot of a stone fish taken with Canon G12.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Steamed: Harlequin Shrimp with slow shutter pan. F18, 4 s... by Tony Cherbas
Steamed: Harlequin Shrimp with slow shutter pan. F18, 4 sec, ISO 250 with FO snoot.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Nikon D7000 105mm Chabahar Iran by Siamak Derakhshan
Nikon D7000 105mm
Chabahar
Iran
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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moray, shrimp and conger in the cove by Raffaele Livornese
moray, shrimp and conger in the cove
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Sapito by Abimael Márquez
Sapito
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date posted posted: Friday, August 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Baby sea horse on sea grass by Michael James Sealey
Baby sea horse on sea grass
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date posted posted: Friday, August 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp Bonaire Dutch Caribbean by John Roach
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp Bonaire Dutch Caribbean
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date posted posted: Friday, August 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Juvenile Harlequin Shrimp on a Blue Sea Star by Tony Cherbas
Juvenile Harlequin Shrimp on a Blue Sea Star
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date posted posted: Friday, August 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Nudi Family by Ilan Lubitz
Nudi Family
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date posted posted: Friday, August 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Close-up of a frogfish by Jorge Sorial
Close-up of a frogfish
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date posted posted: Friday, August 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Hippocampus is love. The photo did not come, but I wante... by Pasquale Carvelli
Hippocampus is love.
The photo did not come, but I wanted to take this beautiful moment of love between two lovers.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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