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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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scrimpnemo by Marc Van Den Broeck
scrimpnemo
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date posted posted: Friday, December 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Immortal jelly fish by Liang Fu
Immortal jelly fish
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Black Star by Doris Vierkötter
Black Star
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hippocampus guttulatus Speckled Seahorse by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Hippocampus guttulatus
Speckled Seahorse
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Curious by Tianhong Wang
Curious
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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ORNATE Lembeh by Manbd Uidive
ORNATE
Lembeh
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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shy by Marc Van Den Broeck
shy
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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P A R K I N G Lemon goby (Lubricogobius exiguus) by Lilian Koh
P A R K I N G
Lemon goby
(Lubricogobius exiguus)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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1/250 f/22.0 ISO 200 by Songda Cai
1/250 f/22.0 ISO 200
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Golden squid in night dive by Raffaele Livornese
Golden squid in night dive
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Frogfish portrait with snooted light by Raffaele Livornese
Frogfish portrait with snooted light
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The integrate fine network of the feeding arms of a sea c... by Peet J Van Eeden
The integrate fine network of the feeding arms of a sea cucumber
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Dasycaris zanzibarica by Mathieu Foulquié
Dasycaris zanzibarica
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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camouflage by Marc Van Den Broeck
camouflage
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Battle of the Tompots by Henley Spiers
Battle of the Tompots
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2017
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2017 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
They almost seem too cute to actually battle. Amazing behavioral shot.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Amphipod from blackwater diving in Romblon by Liang Fu
Amphipod from blackwater diving in Romblon
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Parablennius marmoreus PORTRAIT by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius marmoreus
PORTRAIT
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 4, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Hiding by Chun Zhou
Hiding
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 3, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Cleaning time, Seraya, Bali. by Filip Staes
Cleaning time, Seraya, Bali.
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44 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 3, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Parablennius gattorugine by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius gattorugine
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 3, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Harlequin shrimp using its needle like claws to ingest di... by Peet J Van Eeden
Harlequin shrimp using its needle like claws to ingest digestive enzymes in its sea star prey
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Nemo sought lights by Plamena Mileva
Nemo sought lights
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date posted posted: Friday, December 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Honeycomb moray, Saraya, Bali by Tobias Reitmayr
Honeycomb moray, Saraya, Bali
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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hairy time by Deniz Muzaffer Gökmen
hairy time
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Marbled Shrimp-Anilao by Richard Goluch
Marbled Shrimp-Anilao
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6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Flying in the Dark/Squid/Anilao,Philippine/Canon 5D MarkI... by Yuping Chen
Flying in the Dark/Squid/Anilao,Philippine/Canon 5D MarkIV, 100mm macro Lens
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hello by Twila Grower
Hello
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Papua New Guinea
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