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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
Reef at Home part II; Yellow prawn Goby of las Maldives f... by Carlos Pérez
Reef at Home part II; Yellow prawn Goby of las Maldives figthing for food
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Warty Corallimorph close up. SeaLife DC1400 and 8x diop... by Arun Madisetti
Warty Corallimorph close up.
SeaLife DC1400 and 8x diopter.
SeaDragon light
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Couple Bavose africana Muck Dive To Piano di Sorrento by Rosario Scariati
Couple Bavose africana
Muck Dive To Piano di Sorrento
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Moray Eel by Boaz Meiri
Moray Eel
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Eyelashes Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strob... by Margriet Tilstra
Eyelashes
Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strobes (DS161 and DS125), Lense AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, ISO 100, Aperture f/14, Shutterspeed 1/125
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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"Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every wor... by Stefan Follows
"Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything." Ernest Gaines. Polycladida Sp. Mae Haad, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f8-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2O Tools+5x2
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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The "best" flower of the bunch... pretty unusual to see a... by Gaetano Gargiulo
The "best" flower of the bunch... pretty unusual to see a scorpionfish hiding in the octocoral
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Something pass for my mind this morning and i go for it. ... by Carlos Pérez
Something pass for my mind this morning and i go for it. Why if a have my own reef in my room lets get some crazy underwater shots and here's one of two i will share. My big strong Yellow Tang or Yellow Surgeon Tang from the hawaiian islands.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Typically shy burr fish taken at Something Special in Bon... by Robert Michaelson
Typically shy burr fish taken at Something Special in Bonaire. Don't know what is going on with the eye. The unusual colors were visible in the sunlight. Nikon D90 with 105 macro. Dual DS 125 strobes.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Funny sunny fish Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelit... by Margriet Tilstra
Funny sunny fish
Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strobes (DS161 and DS125), Lense AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, ISO 100, Aperture f/16, Shutterspeed 1/125
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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squid at nightdive by Henrik Rasmussen
squid at nightdive
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date posted posted: Monday, February 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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Apogon fish with eggs. by Eduardo Acevedo
Apogon fish with eggs.
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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. by Francisco F Kyle
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Pederson Cleaner Shrimp...snoot by Beth Watson
Pederson Cleaner Shrimp...snoot
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Juvenile Squid by Goos Van Der Heide
Juvenile Squid
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Clownfish by Wijnand Plekker
Clownfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Bavosa Africana by Rosario Scariati
Bavosa Africana
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Close Up Paramuricea Clavata by Rosario Scariati
Close Up Paramuricea Clavata
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Margherita di Mare " Parazoantus axinellae " by Rosario Scariati
Margherita di Mare " Parazoantus axinellae "
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Turdilla " Thurdillanhopei 1,5 cm " by Rosario Scariati
Turdilla " Thurdillanhopei 1,5 cm "
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Mandarin fish coupling by Cristian Umili
Mandarin fish coupling
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it an... by Stefan Follows
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.". Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sawblade Shrimp - Tozeuma armatum. Sail Rock, Thailand-EM5-Oly 12-50mm @ 43mm-1/250-f22-iso200-Inon D2000
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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portrait of parrot ,nikon d800e,60mm micro by Puddu Massimo
portrait of parrot ,nikon d800e,60mm micro
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date posted posted: Friday, January 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am... by Stefan Follows
"My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right." Ashleigh Brilliant. Ang Thong Marine Park, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f5.6-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-H2O Tools+5x2
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date posted posted: Friday, January 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Blue cod Parapercis colias by Daniel Poloha
Blue cod Parapercis colias
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date posted posted: Friday, January 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Lionfish abstract. SeaLife DC1400, Dragon video light... by Arun Madisetti
Lionfish abstract.
SeaLife DC1400,
Dragon video light and
8x diopter.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Warty Corallimorph close up. SeaLife DC1400, Dragon video... by Arun Madisetti
Warty Corallimorph close up. SeaLife DC1400, Dragon video light and 8x diopter.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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