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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
Porcelain Crab, Lembeh Strait by Ali Binthalith
Porcelain Crab, Lembeh Strait
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Indonesia
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Birdbeak burrfish with a cleaner fish by Olivier Notz
Birdbeak burrfish with a cleaner fish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Amphiprion ocellaris. by Sergey Lisitsyn
Amphiprion ocellaris.
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Closeup of a massive green turtle in Bunaken. Permanent r... by Christian Gloor
Closeup of a massive green turtle in Bunaken. Permanent resident of the dive site, she's called Grandma smile
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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"No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions... by Stefan Follows
"No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly." Oscar Wilde. Scorpionfish. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 12-50mm-1/250-f11-iso200-Inon D2000
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Walk the blue moon by Uwe Schmolke
Walk the blue moon
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Portrait by Claudia Weber-Gebert
Portrait
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Pigmy seahorse at tulamben by Wisnu Sulistio
Pigmy seahorse at tulamben
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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xmas tree worm in the Cousteau Marine Park, Guadeloupe by Alex Zeni
xmas tree worm in the Cousteau Marine Park, Guadeloupe
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Unexpected Yawn by Nadya Kulagina
Unexpected Yawn
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Saw these little guys had one shot and then they hid by Simon Dyer
Saw these little guys had one shot and then they hid
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date posted posted: Monday, August 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Rhinopea by Doris Vierkötter
Rhinopea
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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night dive with a sleepy turtle by Simon Dyer
night dive with a sleepy turtle
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Natural light softness ... Sea Hare - Anaspidea sp. Chalo... by Stefan Follows
Natural light softness ... Sea Hare - Anaspidea sp. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/500-f2.8-iso200
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Hermit crabs on a striped sun star Puget Sound, WA, U.S.A. by Tom Radio
Hermit crabs on a striped sun star
Puget Sound, WA, U.S.A.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Trumpet fish portrait, Fakarava by Cangemi Paul
Trumpet fish portrait, Fakarava
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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a yellow seahorse by Kf Leong
a yellow seahorse
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Whitemargin stargazer buried under sand at night by Laura Dinraths
Whitemargin stargazer buried under sand at night
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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John Dory, night dive #2 by Marco Gargiulo
John Dory, night dive #2
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64 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Peacock flounder close-up - Amazing Camouflage by Jeff Ma
by: Jeff Ma
Peacock flounder close-up - Amazing Camouflage
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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I'm An Upstart ... Sawblade Shrimp - Tozeuma armatum. Sai... by Stefan Follows
I'm An Upstart ... Sawblade Shrimp - Tozeuma armatum. Sail Rock, Thailand-EM5-Oly 12-50mm-1/250-f22-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL165
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Cuttlefish at jetty dive spot by Wisnu Sulistio
Cuttlefish at jetty dive spot
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Taken at padang bai, bali indonesia by Wisnu Sulistio
Taken at padang bai, bali indonesia
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Eel by Leena Roy
Eel
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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John dory, night dive by Marco Gargiulo
John dory, night dive
51 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Shrimp on home by Alejandro Topete
Shrimp on home
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Sand Diver by Abimael Márquez
Sand Diver
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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