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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
Wire Coral shot at Sabang Point in Puerta Galera Philippines
An old Moray Eel under the wreck of a barge in Egypt.
A picture of the coral experimenting with Nikon 85mm lens on a Fuji S2.
white mantis Shrimp eye
A shot in dark
Crinoid crab. Shot in Puerta Galera, Philippines
Flamingo tongue
Inquisitive Trunkfish:
Numerous hours spent trying to get a 'head-on' shot...Finally!
Canon 50d / Ikellite Housing / Dual DS-160 Strobes /100mm Macro
Close up of a Hermit Crab. 60mm macro with +3 diopter
Pipefish. Photo taken in Lembeh Straith.
Nikon D90. Ikelite housing + 1 DS160 Strobe, and nikon AF-S 60mm f/2.8G ED
Big Brain
Helmet Crab
Blue mussel, (Mytilus edulis)
Super closeup of a Blue Mussel. Photo taken in Denmark 14th of december 2010.
Olympus E-420 With Ikelite Housing + 1 DS160 & 1 DS161 Strobe, and Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG with +4dioptre
Coral in Bonaire
Frog Fish
Red hermit crab close-up
Portrait of a yellow seahorse.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging
Crocodilefish swallowing scorpionfish
shortlistedShortlisted!
Crash Boat, Aguadilla. This sea Anemone was located on the pillar of a series of concrete bridges left behind by the Navy.
Shot with a 35mm Nikonus 5 with macro system.
While diving in Gulf of Mexico this little critter was watching me.
Playing with macro. Beqa lagoon, Fiji
Close up of the 2cm large Sepiola atlantica
Along Portugal coast
O..k by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
O..k
whip gobies - taken off No.1 - the reef on No.1 is called Nevs Ledge...
Taken off Siquijor with 60mm macro lens
Plenty of very peaceful green turtles
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