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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
Pouty Honeycomb Cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonius) by Jade Hoksbergen
Pouty Honeycomb Cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonius)
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Candy Crab Bali Indonesia by Debra Cahill
Candy Crab Bali Indonesia
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Staring Eye-to-Eye: with a Common Octopus (Octopus Vulgar... by Jade Hoksbergen
Staring Eye-to-Eye: with a Common Octopus (Octopus Vulgaris). -
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Tough Guy Scorpion by Henley Spiers
Tough Guy Scorpion
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Pinecone algae shot with a single strobe positioned directly overhead to simulate the effect of a tree being light by the midday sun and create its shadow on the 'ground' below.

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Seahorse by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Tiny by Khaled Zaki
Tiny
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Black Frogfish eye and cheek. Walking on a Starry Sky. ... by Jan Morton
Black Frogfish eye and cheek.
Walking on a Starry Sky. Amphipod to the lower right.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Seahorse by Helen Hansen
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 31, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Close Encounter with a Balloonfish by Henley Spiers
Close Encounter with a Balloonfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Clownfish by Julio Sanjuan
Clownfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Black & White Zebra Moray (Gymnomuranea zebra), Puerto... by Manuel Cabanillas
Black & White
Zebra Moray (Gymnomuranea zebra), Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.
Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 12-50mm Lens in Macro mode, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/22, ISO200
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Striate Anglerfish, Antennarius striatus by Kris O'keeffe
Striate Anglerfish, Antennarius striatus
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Crab making itself a home at nemos by Helen Hansen
Crab making itself a home at nemos
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Thailand
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Blue Ringed Angelfish by Khaled Zaki
Blue Ringed Angelfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Thailand
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Annenomen & Nemo by Khaled Zaki
Annenomen & Nemo
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Thailand
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Oriental Flying Gurnard Lembeh Strait Indonesia by Debra Cahill
Oriental Flying Gurnard Lembeh Strait Indonesia
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Nemo house by Helen Hansen
Nemo house
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Life in a bottle by Caner Candemir
Life in a bottle
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Goby Fish, the Dental Hygienist of the Seas ! These two l... by Behnaz Afsahi
Goby Fish, the Dental Hygienist of the Seas ! These two little tiny gobies were taking a break on the coral head after cleaning a large grouper!
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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Tough Guy Lobster by Henley Spiers
Tough Guy Lobster
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Lobster by Helen Hansen
Lobster
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Turtle by Helen Hansen
Turtle
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Hyppolite prideauxiana female with eggs on Antedon medite... by Marco Gargiulo
Hyppolite prideauxiana female with eggs on Antedon mediterranea
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Flag Tail Shrimp-Goby Tulamben Bali by Debra Cahill
Flag Tail Shrimp-Goby Tulamben Bali
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date posted posted: Friday, January 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Shrimp

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Shrimp by Helen Hansen
Shrimp
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date posted posted: Friday, January 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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