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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

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A room with a view by Jim Catlin
A room with a view
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Squid close up by Alejandro Topete
Squid close up
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Octopus Portrait Macabuca, Grand Cayman by Chase Darnell
Octopus Portrait
Macabuca, Grand Cayman
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A couple of spotted shrimpfish over seagrass at night by Laura Dinraths
A couple of spotted shrimpfish over seagrass at night
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 26, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Electric file clam in a cave shows her "electric" flashin... by Andre Philip
Electric file clam in a cave shows her "electric" flashing light
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Frogfish by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Juvenile giant frogfish (antennarius commersoni). by Arno Enzo
Juvenile giant frogfish (antennarius commersoni).
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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The boxer shrimp feels comfortable as a rider on the grou... by Dmitry Starostenkov
The boxer shrimp feels comfortable as a rider on the grouper's back
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Mouthfull by Els Van Den Borre
Mouthfull
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2014

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Will make an excellent postcard , well done.
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Savigny's feather star inside a reef crevice by Laura Dinraths
Savigny's feather star inside a reef crevice
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Skeleton Shrimp Puget Sound, WA, U.S.A. by Tom Radio
Skeleton Shrimp
Puget Sound, WA, U.S.A.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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a small cuttlefish of Malapascua by Kf Leong
a small cuttlefish of Malapascua
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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scorpionfish (lat.: Scorpaenidae) NIKON D7000 in a Sea... by Thomas Bannenberg
scorpionfish (lat.: Scorpaenidae)
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, @105mm
Settings: f11 1/60, ISO 100
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Homarus gammarus Tuscany Lobster by Claudio Sgarbi
Homarus gammarus Tuscany Lobster
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Goby on yellow wire coral by Laura Dinraths
Goby on yellow wire coral
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Frogfish by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Little one on the soft coral by Tolga Baloglu
Little one on the soft coral
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Philippines
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Mantis in a bottle - Islamorada by Jim Garber
Mantis in a bottle - Islamorada
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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super daddy by Raffaele Livornese
super daddy
shortlistedShortlisted!
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Goniobranchus annulatus by Simon Gardener
Goniobranchus annulatus
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Taken with Canon PowerShot S120 in canon housing wp-c51 s... by Ajiex Dharma
Taken with Canon PowerShot S120 in canon housing wp-c51 setting: iso: 80 1/250s f8.0 single inon Z240 subsee+10&go-so+20 (stacked )
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A tiny scorpionfish with dinner in its mouth, macro lens by Laura Dinraths
A tiny scorpionfish with dinner in its mouth, macro lens
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Porcupine Fish Eye Grand Cayman by Chase Darnell
Porcupine Fish Eye
Grand Cayman
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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The moray in narrow DOF. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
The moray in narrow DOF.
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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A Red Sea rockskipper blenny at the surface of a rock at ... by Laura Dinraths
A Red Sea rockskipper blenny at the surface of a rock at low tide
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Yes, I do have chamaelion eyes and I can see everything ... by Diogo Ferreira
"Yes, I do have chamaelion eyes and I can see everything arround me..."
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Coleman Shrimps. The carapace of the bigger shrimp deform... by Kf Leong
Coleman Shrimps. The carapace of the bigger shrimp deformed because of parasite infestation.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 14, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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