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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
Killer of coral, Crown of thorns taken in the Komodo Isla... by Kris Davies
Killer of coral, Crown of thorns taken in the Komodo Islands.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Yawn gobi by Ajiex Dharma
Yawn gobi
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Loving the colorful background - yawning goby in the disco
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Mullus surmuletus Mullus team was warming up on the pipe... by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Mullus surmuletus
Mullus team was warming up on the pipe line at Korumar Bay.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Purity by Peet J Van Eeden
Purity
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Whorls and Ridges Im drawn to this species of boxfish la... by Shane Hermans
Whorls and Ridges
Im drawn to this species of boxfish largely because the patterns covering its body remind me of the whorls and ridges of a fingerprint, I wonder if their patterns are just as unique?
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Two colors Location :Lembeh Indonesias Canon 5dsr Cano... by Yung Sen Wu
Two colors
Location :Lembeh Indonesias
Canon 5dsr
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM Lens: F20, 1/200, ISO 400
SEACAM silver CANON EOS5D MKIII
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Taiwan
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A thorny issue to handle by Peet J Van Eeden
A thorny issue to handle
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Rhinopia backlighted. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Rhinopia backlighted.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A common octopus peers inquisitively from his hiding plac... by Kate Jonker
A common octopus peers inquisitively from his hiding place on the reef.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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flower power by Lars Oliver Michaelis
flower power
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Male Lancer Dragonet Blue Heron Bridge USA by John Roach
Male Lancer Dragonet
Blue Heron Bridge USA
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Female Lancer Dragonet Blue Heron Bridge USA by John Roach
Female Lancer Dragonet
Blue Heron Bridge USA
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Small Dragon Shoot is done with an Nikon D200 in an Sea&S... by Carsten Schroeder
Small Dragon Shoot is done with an Nikon D200 in an Sea&Sea housing Nikkor 60mm . Garnele was found Beat an anemo
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Small Scaled Scorpionfish by Aleksandr Marinicev
Small Scaled Scorpionfish
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date posted posted: Friday, January 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Limaria hians by Walter Bassi
Limaria hians
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Red by Carsten Schroeder
Red
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date posted posted: Friday, January 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A cuttlefish fish enjoys a BIG lunch that was actually lo... by Alicia Shaw
A cuttlefish fish enjoys a BIG lunch that was actually longer than he was. Take with an Olympus EM5 with 60 mm lens.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 27, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Rooster Location :Lembeh Indonesias Canon 5dsr Canon E... by Yung Sen Wu
Rooster
Location :Lembeh Indonesias
Canon 5dsr
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM Lens: F18, 1/100, ISO 400
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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tiger shrimp by Massimo Giorgetta
tiger shrimp
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Hunting by Tony Yang
Hunting
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sun Coral at night by Andre Philip
Sun Coral at night
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 26, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Concentrated Location :Lembeh Indonesias Canon 5dsr Ca... by Yung Sen Wu
Concentrated
Location :Lembeh Indonesias
Canon 5dsr
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM Lens: F18, 1/250, ISO 400
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Taiwan
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~ Exhale ~ by Geo Cloete
~ Exhale ~
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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~ Borrowing In ~ by Geo Cloete
~ Borrowing In ~
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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Bubble Coral..... by Chris Miskavitch
Bubble Coral.....
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Sea Urchin by Khaled Zaki
Sea Urchin
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Fairly new to photography - diving the Komodo Islands fou... by Adam Browne
Fairly new to photography - diving the Komodo Islands found this little porcelain Crab sheltering in some soft coral. Canon G12 power shot
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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