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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
Eye of Crocodile Fish ... looking from eye to eye..... ni... by André Elbing
Eye of Crocodile Fish ... looking from eye to eye..... nice structures of pupills and skin
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Seahorse by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Puerto Rico
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Periclimenes imperator by Dennis Chen
Periclimenes imperator
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mandarinfish, Alcoy, Philippines by Daniel Strub
Mandarinfish, Alcoy, Philippines
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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H. bargibanti, Cabilao, Philippines by Daniel Strub
H. bargibanti, Cabilao, Philippines
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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W A Y A N G Blenny by Lilian Koh
W A Y A N G
Blenny
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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"Face Paint" This Scorpion Fish was in the perfect spot ... by Dusty Norman
"Face Paint"
This Scorpion Fish was in the perfect spot for a straight on Portrait. These subjects are very cooperative and generally sit still, but finding them is the trick.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Blennie by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Blennie
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date posted posted: Friday, August 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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"Red on green" by Joachim Neumann
"Red on green"
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date posted posted: Friday, August 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A beautiful brittle star moving gently along the edge of ... by Sean Howard
A beautiful brittle star moving gently along the edge of a translucent sponge at night
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Sneaky ... ! Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus. C... by Stefan Follows
Sneaky ... ! Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus. Chaloklum, Gulf of Thailand, EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f4-iso200
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Reef cuttlefish at night by Laura Dinraths
Reef cuttlefish at night
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Green on Pink" - Anemone by Joachim Neumann
"Green on Pink" - Anemone
shortlistedShortlisted!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Blushing Frogfish - This white frogfish appears to blush ... by Henley Spiers
Blushing Frogfish - This white frogfish appears to blush as his camouflaged position within the white sponges is revealed.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Star of the Show" by Allen Walker
"Star of the Show"
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Love the bouquet of social feather duster worms...the col... by Patricia Sinclair
Love the bouquet of social feather duster worms...the colour is so delicate
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Arrow shrimp, Veracruz Mexico by Oscar Castro
Arrow shrimp, Veracruz Mexico
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Seahorse by Joachim Neumann
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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The small goby had a sweet spot on a coral branch and was... by Martin Gombrii
The small goby had a sweet spot on a coral branch and was kind enough to come back a couple of times so I could get the shot.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenille Green Moray Eeel. by Kris O'keeffe
Juvenille Green Moray Eeel.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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black and white by Marc Van Den Broeck
black and white
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Clown fish in anemone by Paul Ories
Clown fish in anemone
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Strange Orange Seastar by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Strange Orange Seastar
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A school of catfish younglings under a rock off Puerto Ga... by Paul Ories
A school of catfish younglings under a rock off Puerto Galera
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date posted posted: Friday, August 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Ornate ghost pipefish and soft coral by Laura Dinraths
Ornate ghost pipefish and soft coral
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Abudjubbe wrasse feeding on scraps from a goatfish's exca... by Laura Dinraths
Abudjubbe wrasse feeding on scraps from a goatfish's excavations in the sand
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile Pike portrait. UK by Spencer Burrows
Juvenile Pike portrait. UK
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United Kingdom
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