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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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Turtle in wreck, La Paz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Turtle in wreck, La Paz Mexico
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Goby by Abdulla Almehairi
Goby
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sea Turtle, from another point of view. by Abimael Márquez
Sea Turtle, from another point of view.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands (British)
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Ghost Pipefish in seraya dive site in Bali by Abdulla Almehairi
Ghost Pipefish in seraya dive site in Bali
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Busy cleaners. by Valda Fraser
Busy cleaners.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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moray eel and cleaner shrimp by Oscar Miralpeix
moray eel and cleaner shrimp
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Pulau Kapalai. To have dinner or not? by Sergey Lisitsyn
Pulau Kapalai. To have dinner or not?
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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The best place to relax:-) by Stan Flachs
The best place to relax:-)
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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Editor's Comment
Very accurate focus and depth of field and a perfect position for the fish. Nice pic!
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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A scorpionfish. by Valda Fraser
A scorpionfish.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Eggs of cuttlefish Nikon D800E, two strobo,105mm macro N... by Marchione Giacomo
Eggs of cuttlefish
Nikon D800E, two strobo,105mm macro Nikon
GGangga island
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Amazing subject to shoot - focus could be more accurate.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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I saw you in the eye....... by Philippe Brunner
I saw you in the eye.......
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A blenny close-up at "Something Special" in Bonaire by Marteyne Van Well
A blenny close-up at "Something Special" in Bonaire
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date posted posted: Monday, August 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Peacock Mantis Shrimp by Marco Fierli
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
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date posted posted: Monday, August 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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longfin gunnel hanging out for a photo op! by J. Daniel Horovatin
longfin gunnel hanging out for a photo op!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Seahorse eyes portrait by Raffaele Livornese
Seahorse eyes portrait
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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lined cheek wrasse by Marco Fierli
lined cheek wrasse
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Lionfish close-up by Marteyne Van Well
Lionfish close-up
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Shortnose Batfish 2 by Abimael Márquez
Shortnose Batfish 2
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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One of my photos from the Monterey Shoot-Out. I had to ph... by Kip Nead
One of my photos from the Monterey Shoot-Out. I had to photoshop a bit of the snail antenna that was up across the left corner of his mouth, so it was in the unlimited catagory.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Shortnose Batfish by Abimael Márquez
Shortnose Batfish
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Sepia night........ by Afflitti Gianluca
Sepia night........
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Don't touch my babies! by Iyad Suleyman
Don't touch my babies!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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The elusive Kyonemichthys rumengani by Marco Fierli
The elusive Kyonemichthys rumengani
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Pontonia pinnophylax by Alessandro Pagano
Pontonia pinnophylax
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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goby NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm... by Thomas Bannenberg
goby
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f9, 1/125, ISO 100
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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juvenile anemone fish @ cape maeda, okinawa by Troy Williams
juvenile anemone fish @ cape maeda, okinawa
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date posted posted: Monday, August 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Japan
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goby by Eduardo Nadal
goby
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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