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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
Pigtails by Jun V Lao
Pigtails
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Very nice. I think the DOF is slightly too small. Feels overdone.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Dust Catcher / Porcelain crab filtering by James Deverich
Dust Catcher / Porcelain crab filtering
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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hyppo by night by Marco Gargiulo
hyppo by night
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Softly Softly. Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula. Chaloklum, Gul... by Stefan Follows
Softly Softly. Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula. Chaloklum, Gulf of Thailand, EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f3.2-iso200
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Rhinopia by Beate Seiler
Rhinopia
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Composition with green anemonia's tentacles by Fuster Luc
Composition with green anemonia's tentacles
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Hipposcorpaena filamentosa. Very rare. Close related to r... by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Hipposcorpaena filamentosa. Very rare. Close related to rhinopias.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"Colorful Curves" This is a close up of a very colorful ... by Chase Darnell
"Colorful Curves"
This is a close up of a very colorful Lettuce Sea Slug I found in Little Cayman. The colors and patterns this image has quickly mad eit one of a favorites from the trip.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Spidertriangle by Marc Van Den Broeck
Spidertriangle
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish. Shot at around 6m. by Joe Klakus
Flamboyant Cuttlefish. Shot at around 6m.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A close up image of a blooming anemone taken at night off... by Ron Micjan
A close up image of a blooming anemone taken at night off of the dive site behind the Cracked Conch. Canon 5DMII 50mm.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Wakatobi by Ronaldo Cavichiolli
Wakatobi
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date posted posted: Friday, November 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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I have my eye on you by Marc Van Den Broeck
I have my eye on you
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date posted posted: Friday, November 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Blenny from the Philippines by Iyad Suleyman
Blenny from the Philippines
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date posted posted: Friday, November 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) - I was not awa... by Laura Dinraths
Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) - I was not aware it was present in the Red Sea, and haven’t found documentation on its possible incursion there. I found a couple of them in the sand.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Carring a yellow sponge by Marco Gargiulo
Carring a yellow sponge
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Octopus, Portrait by Marco Fierli
Octopus, Portrait
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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eel by Cigdem Caglar
eel
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Mantis by Sean Chinn
Mantis
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Night dive Spanish Dancer by Les Baptiste
Night dive Spanish Dancer
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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I spent a little bit of time with this blenny trying to g... by Patricia Sinclair
I spent a little bit of time with this blenny trying to get him to be confident in my presence. After about 10 minutes I got this shot.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Netherlands Antilles
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Dark side of crabs by Vincenzo Spinelli
Dark side of crabs
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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I spotted this trumpetfish hanging out over a reddish col... by Patricia Sinclair
I spotted this trumpetfish hanging out over a reddish coloured sponge. I got as close as I could and waited hoping he would come out enough for a full head shot. After 5 minutes, I decided he wasn't so I did this eye-shot instead.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Ghostpipefish by Volker Lonz
Ghostpipefish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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M I M I C K I N G Candy crab (Hoplophrys) Anilao, Phili... by Irwin Ang
M I M I C K I N G
Candy crab (Hoplophrys)
Anilao, Philippines. September 2014
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014
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date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Hidden colors in the rocks of the Saronikos Golf, minutes... by Carolin Negrin
Hidden colors in the rocks of the Saronikos Golf, minutes away from Athens. Shot with Nikon D300 and Ikelite housing and strobes.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Greece
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A stargazer (I think), buried in the sand at 6m. Taken wi... by Joe Klakus
A stargazer (I think), buried in the sand at 6m. Taken with handheld torch before he disappeared.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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