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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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Left cheek. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Left cheek.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Rhinopia... .Bali, Indonesia by Beate Seiler
Rhinopia... .Bali, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Friday, March 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Geomtric patterns by Erna Lucas
Geomtric patterns
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date posted posted: Friday, March 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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"Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winki... by Stefan Follows
"Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.". Jack Kerouac. Bluespotted Ray - Dasyatis kuhlii. Chaloklum Bay, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f5.6-iso100-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2O Tools+5x2
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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gills by Bülent Kılınc
gills
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Black Beauty Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commerson) by Elly Jeurissen
Black Beauty
Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commerson)
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile Proliferating Anemones attached to adults stalk.... by Tom Radio
Juvenile Proliferating Anemones attached to adults stalk.
Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Rhinopia...Komodo, Indonesia by Beth Watson
Rhinopia...Komodo, Indonesia
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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striking head by Uwe Schmolke
striking head
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Mantis shrimp by Steven Miller
Mantis shrimp
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Moray eel by Beate Seiler
Moray eel
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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another clingfish with a companion. by Oscar Miralpeix
another clingfish with a companion.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do th... by Stefan Follows
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King, Jr. Feather Star - Crinoid. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f5.6-iso100-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2O Tools+5x2
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 4, 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, March 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Cute little guy under Rye Pier, does it look like he's po... by Haydn Salvas
Cute little guy under Rye Pier, does it look like he's poking his tongue out to you?
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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"My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sens... by Stefan Follows
"My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it." Paul Walker. Shrimp, Rhynchocinetes sp. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f5.6-iso100-Inon D2000
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Hard to capture, beautiful by Lawrence Davis
Hard to capture, beautiful
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Cardinal Fish with Eggs by Lawrence Davis
Cardinal Fish with Eggs
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date posted posted: Monday, March 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Squid, during night Dive by Lawrence Davis
Squid, during night Dive
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date posted posted: Monday, March 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Squid, during night Dive by Lawrence Davis
Squid, during night Dive
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date posted posted: Monday, March 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Flatworm mimicking Flounder. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Flatworm mimicking Flounder.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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An Hawksbill Turtle in Sipadan. Nikon D300S and Nikkor ... by Mehmet Salih Bilal
An Hawksbill Turtle in Sipadan. Nikon D300S and Nikkor 60mm.No crop.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Cow fish on a night dive out of Portsea, Melbourne. by Haydn Salvas
Cow fish on a night dive out of Portsea, Melbourne.
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, won... by Stefan Follows
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." Poe. Feather Star - Crinoid sp. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f2.8-iso100-Inon D2000-Inon D2000
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Anemonic twists by Erna Lucas
Anemonic twists
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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hardcoral tubeworms by Oscar Miralpeix
hardcoral tubeworms
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date posted posted: Friday, February 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Hidden patterns in orange coral by Erna Lucas
Hidden patterns in orange coral
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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