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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
Leaf scorpion fish - Taenianotus triacanthus by Kyle Castelyn
Leaf scorpion fish - Taenianotus triacanthus
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date posted posted: Friday, August 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Best manicure ever! Cleaner shrimp doing what he does best. by Alex Mitchell
Best manicure ever! Cleaner shrimp doing what he does best.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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pretty goby by Aksems Kuzucu
pretty goby
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Angle from the heaven by Lam Faith
Angle from the heaven
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Night of the Squid by Gabriel De Leon Jr
Night of the Squid
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Snooted wonderpus by Pietro Cremone
Snooted wonderpus
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Take Me To Your Leader" A graysby fish stares menacin... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Take Me To Your Leader"
A graysby fish stares menacingly at the camera. No Photoshop, I set up my strobe lighting for a creepy effect, to go with the look I was getting.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Phylognathia ceratophthalma Lembe strait . Nikon D800E. ... by Marchione Giacomo
Phylognathia ceratophthalma
Lembe strait . Nikon D800E. Two strobo
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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PINK WORLD Apr.2016 Anilao by Tianhong Wang
PINK WORLD
Apr.2016 Anilao
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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WELCOME by Tianhong Wang
WELCOME
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 15, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Morena picopato / Fangtooth moray by Plamena Mileva
Morena picopato / Fangtooth moray
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 14, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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The odd one out! Dancing shrimps in Bali. by Alex Mitchell
The odd one out! Dancing shrimps in Bali.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 12, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Location :Lembeh Indonesias Canon 5dsr Canon EF 100mm f/2... by Yung Sen Wu
Location :Lembeh Indonesias Canon 5dsr Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM Lens: F16, 1/250, ISO 400 SEA &SEA MDX-5D Mark III ver.2 SEA &SEA YS-D1 RETRA LSD Rgblue system 02 premium Nauticam SMC-1
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 12, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Indonesia
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THE GUARD seabug only 1mm Anilao by Tianhong Wang
THE GUARD
seabug only 1mm
Anilao
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 12, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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small blenney head on in a beer bottle by Niall Deiraniya
small blenney head on in a beer bottle
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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MEDITATION by Tianhong Wang
MEDITATION
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Pseudobiceros bedfordi - Bedford's flatworm by Kyle Castelyn
Pseudobiceros bedfordi - Bedford's flatworm
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Perspectives by Louisa Lam
Perspectives
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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.. by Niky Šímová
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Croatia
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Oceanic Black Tip encounter with a macro lens by Pepe Suarez
Oceanic Black Tip encounter with a macro lens
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Whip coral goby with parasite by Violet Ting
Whip coral goby with parasite
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Orange cup coral Tubastrea coccinea by Arun Madisetti
Orange cup coral Tubastrea coccinea
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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MY TURF by Tianhong Wang
MY TURF
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
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Editor's Comment
The colors are incredible and the look on his face is priceless. Great capture!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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HAVING DINNER Candy crab enjoy the dinner . by Tianhong Wang
HAVING DINNER
Candy crab enjoy the dinner .
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Flamingo Tongues in love by Patricia Sinclair
Flamingo Tongues in love
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Lettuce Leaf Sea Slug - the blue/green coloring is so ver... by Patricia Sinclair
Lettuce Leaf Sea Slug - the blue/green coloring is so very beautiful
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Rhinopias frondosa "Profile" Retra LSD snoot by Wayne Jones
Rhinopias frondosa
"Profile"
Retra LSD snoot
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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