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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
Dromia personata A Sponge crab by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Dromia personata
A Sponge crab
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Black Mirror shoot@Yakushima Japan by Jinggong Zhang
Black Mirror
shoot@Yakushima Japan
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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the reflection is incredible, nicely positioned and the lightning is perfect
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Japan
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Cuttlefish Salute by Henley Spiers
Cuttlefish Salute
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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The squirt It has a colorful but tough tunic- hence t... by Peet J Van Eeden
The squirt
It has a colorful but tough tunic- hence the name Tunicates
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Spiny Sea Horse - Anilao by Jim Garber
Spiny Sea Horse - Anilao
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Date Taken: Dec 2017 Title: PINK Location: Ambon Indone... by Ming Wen
Date Taken: Dec 2017
Title: PINK
Location: Ambon Indonesia
Camera: Canon 5D Mark III
Housing: Sea & Sea
Lens: Canon 100mm Marco F/2.8L
Strobe: 2* Sea & Sea Ysd1
Diopter: Naticam SMC
Setting: F/14 1/160 ISO 200
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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CALL ME NEMO ONE MORE TIME !! by Wijnand Plekker
CALL ME NEMO ONE MORE TIME !!
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Protula tubularia by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Protula tubularia
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Defying Gravity by Carrie Dutchak
Defying Gravity
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Cayman islands
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The rare walking sea-anemone is unique to both sides of ... by Peet J Van Eeden
The rare walking sea-anemone is unique to both sides of the Cape Peninsula. Only one other member of the family occurs in the Antartic and Chile. Their favoured food is the multicolored sea fan
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Leopard moray eel, (Enchelycore pardalis), La Paz, Mexico by Filip Staes
Leopard moray eel, (Enchelycore pardalis), La Paz, Mexico
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Bejewelled A hotlips spider crab adorned with jewel like... by Kate Jonker
Bejewelled
A hotlips spider crab adorned with jewel like camouflage
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Pliopontonia furtiva by Julian Hsu
Pliopontonia furtiva
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Fireworks by Tianhong Wang
Fireworks
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beautiful colors and composition
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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whip coral shrimp in purple by Violet Ting
whip coral shrimp in purple
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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The Nursery Room by Peet J Van Eeden
The Nursery Room
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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"Electric Yellow" - Detail of a queen angelfish's scales ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Electric Yellow" - Detail of a queen angelfish's scales and pectoral fin.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Lightning in the eye of the scorpionfish. Did you know s... by Robert Smits
Lightning in the eye of the scorpionfish. Did you know scorpionfish are venomous and that they are 'suction-feeders'? This one was photographed in the Lembeh Strait.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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A bouquet of Tubular Hydroids by Peet J Van Eeden
A bouquet of Tubular Hydroids
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date posted posted: Friday, January 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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The Silvertip Nudibranch occurs on both sides of the Cape... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Silvertip Nudibranch occurs on both sides of the Cape Peninsula
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 4, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Up close with frogfish by Marteyne Van Well
Up close with frogfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) - Picture take... by Gary Carpenter
Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) - Picture taken in Kenmare Bay, Ireland.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Ireland
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The Jewel by Peet J Van Eeden
The Jewel
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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to all OW photographers "happy new year" and "Merry Chris... by Marc Van Den Broeck
to all OW photographers "happy new year" and "Merry Christmas"
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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The Hawk The longnose hawkfish derives it name from its ... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Hawk
The longnose hawkfish derives it name from its ability to perch motionless at an outlook waiting for its prey
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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The feather duster worm with its 2 spirals by Peet J Van Eeden
The feather duster worm with its 2 spirals
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date posted posted: Monday, January 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Bryaninops yongei by Wayne Jones
Bryaninops yongei
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 31, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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