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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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The King. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
The King.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 14, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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The eggs of the Phalium granulatum by Cumhur Gedikoglu
The eggs of the Phalium granulatum
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Pink Tip Anemone in shallow water during a trip to the Be... by Steve Dolan
Pink Tip Anemone in shallow water during a trip to the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. Used my Olympus TG-4
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Bahamas
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My favourite sponge crab - I call him "Tank". He's huge ... by Elaine Wallace
My favourite sponge crab - I call him "Tank". He's huge - about the size of a football. If he falls off the reef, he literally bounces on his sponge until he reaches terra firma.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Orange. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Orange.
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Groene zeewierslak, Elysia viridis by Eduard Bello
Groene zeewierslak, Elysia viridis
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Usually common crab by Eduard Bello
Usually common crab
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date posted posted: Monday, July 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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'Good enough to eat' some nudis look like sugary treats !... by Morgan Riggs
'Good enough to eat' some nudis look like sugary treats ! One of my early macro shots that I still love
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Ocean Art in Anilao by Norm Vexler
Ocean Art in Anilao
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Zwarte grondel, gobius negre with nest by Eduard Bello
Zwarte grondel, gobius negre with nest
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Japanese dragonet by Jinggong Zhang
Japanese dragonet
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Teeth exam. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Teeth exam.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Always around, oyster by Eduard Bello
Always around, oyster
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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The Orange-Fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) is o... by Devon Fox
The Orange-Fin Anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus) is one of the many colorful reef fish of the South Pacific. This small specimen was found at a depth of approximately 20m, off the island of Mo'orea.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Pleurobranchus testudinarius Illuminate by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Pleurobranchus testudinarius
Illuminate
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date posted posted: Friday, July 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Gown up Enophrys Bubalis by Eduard Bello
Gown up Enophrys Bubalis
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date posted posted: Friday, July 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Clownfish Mauritius in Monochrome Jean-Yves Bignoux Can... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Clownfish Mauritius in Monochrome
Jean-Yves Bignoux
Canon EOS 7D MARK1 Ikelite underwater housing .60mm macro Tamron prime lens
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Scorpionfish at night by Tobias Reitmayr
Scorpionfish at night
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Blenny Green, La Paz México by Alejandro Topete
Blenny Green, La Paz México
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44 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 4, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Red-lipped batfish by Tina Robinson
Red-lipped batfish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) United States
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Ctenophere photographed on a Blackwater dive in Anilao. by Norm Vexler
Ctenophere photographed on a Blackwater dive in Anilao.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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CROCODILE by Claude Lespagne
CROCODILE
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Giant frogfish by Tobias Reitmayr
Giant frogfish
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Diagonal red... by Yustus Mananggung
Diagonal red...
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The Feast Arthropods gathering at the outlet of blue c... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Feast
Arthropods gathering at the outlet of blue choirboys to feast on its waste products
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Reaching Out Starfish reaching out to amphipods by Peet J Van Eeden
Reaching Out
Starfish reaching out to amphipods
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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He's behind you! by Henley Spiers
He's behind you!
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Amazing capture! It takes a moment until you realize what's in the background :)
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date posted posted: Friday, June 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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