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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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Cleaning Station by Abimael Márquez
Cleaning Station
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date posted posted: Monday, May 26, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Mureana helena with cleaner shrimp were kindly modelling ... by Ivan Vychodil
Mureana helena with cleaner shrimp were kindly modelling for me in depth of 17m at the south coast of Elba,Canon 5Diii,EF 100mm 2,8 macro is usm, 1/125 at f32, 1 flash above lens
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Juvenile Chromodoris obsoleta shot with Nikon D7000, 50mm by Simon Gardener
Juvenile Chromodoris obsoleta
shot with Nikon D7000, 50mm
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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The smaller. Raja Ampat Nikon D800E, 105 macro Nikon Se... by Marchione Giacomo
The smaller. Raja Ampat
Nikon D800E, 105 macro Nikon
Seacam Houising, two strobo sea and sea 120YS
ISO100;F16;1/160
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Sepia cuttlefish by Hans-Gert Broeder
Sepia cuttlefish
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Octopoda...Saipan Grotto by Martin Dalsaso
Octopoda...Saipan Grotto
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date posted posted: Friday, May 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Banded Coral Cleaner Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus). Also known as Boxer Shrimp.
The humble hermit crab carries a great load on its back. ... by James Deverich
The humble hermit crab carries a great load on its back. Here was an exceptionally pretty one.
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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"Experience teaches only the teachable." Aldous Huxley. L... by Stefan Follows
"Experience teaches only the teachable." Aldous Huxley. Longfin Batfish - Platax teira. Sail Rock, Thailand-EM5-Panasonic 60mm-iso100-f4.5-1/125
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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"Experience teaches only the teachable." Aldous Huxley. Longfin Batfish - Platax teira. Sail Rock, Thailand-EM5-Panasonic 60mm-iso100-f4.5-1/125
cerathosoma with emperor shrimp by Raffaele Livornese
cerathosoma with emperor shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Barramundi cod in his hiding place by Andre Philip
Barramundi cod in his hiding place
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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snoot...frog by Afflitti Gianluca
snoot...frog
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blue eyes... A colourful blenny by Marteyne Van Well
Blue eyes... A colourful blenny
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Sweet dad by Walter Bassi
Sweet dad
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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I made this picture with a compact LUMIX FX01 in Ras Moha... by Fuster Luc
I made this picture with a compact LUMIX FX01 in Ras Mohamed just around 100 meters from the Yolanda wreck. This Java murray eel was a very big fella...
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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camouflage master sea scorpion on the mulberry by Cat Briggs
camouflage master
sea scorpion on the mulberry
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Caught in the act... Mating Persian carpet flatworm (Pse... by Elly Jeurissen
Caught in the act...
Mating Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi)
Canon G12 in Canon WP-DC34 UW-housing, Inon UCL-165 macro lens, single strobe Sea&Sea YS-01.
F4; 1/125 sec.; ISO 80
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Bad Hair Day by Nadya Kulagina
Bad Hair Day
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date posted posted: Monday, May 19, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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I like the rainbow of colors in mouth. Didn't know there ... by Robert Michaelson
I like the rainbow of colors in mouth. Didn't know there were that many different colors in a grouper's mouth

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Editor's Comment
Picture could be composed slightly better but still a great closeup of this grouper.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Sweet lips Line by Hans-Gert Broeder
Sweet lips
Line
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Snappy pose. by Steven Miller
Snappy pose.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Juvenile Chromodoris obsoleta shot with Nikon D7000 by Simon Gardener
Juvenile Chromodoris obsoleta
shot with Nikon D7000
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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"Studio session with Amilcar the topmodel" by Diogo Ferreira
"Studio session with Amilcar the topmodel"
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) @ Malapascua,... by Elly Jeurissen
Anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) @ Malapascua, Philippines 2014
Canon G12 in Canon WP-DC34 UW-housing, Inon UCL-165 macro lens, single strobe Sea&Sea YS-01.
F8; 1/250 sec.; ISO 80
Only slightly cropped in the upper right corner
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Frogfish (Antennarius)found at Gato Island, Malapascua, P... by Elly Jeurissen
Frogfish (Antennarius)found at Gato Island, Malapascua, Philippines 2014
Canon G12 in Canon WP-DC34 UW-housing, single strobe Sea&Sea YS-01.
F8; 1/250 sec.; ISO 80
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 15, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Oceanic Manta Raja Ampat by Hans-Gert Broeder
Oceanic Manta
Raja Ampat
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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