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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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Batfish in flight by Abimael Márquez
Batfish in flight
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Egg of mayfly in shallow water. Midsommarfjärden (Midsu... by Wiljo Jonsson
Egg of mayfly in shallow water.
Midsommarfjärden (Midsummer Bay)
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Baltic Sea Sweden
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nubribranch found in Edmonds Marine Park. taken with a se... by Len Nuttall
nubribranch found in Edmonds Marine Park. taken with a sea n sea DX-G1 with single strobe YS-110a.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Tube worms Seraya Bali by Mickle Huang
Tube worms
Seraya Bali
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date posted posted: Monday, February 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Octopus vulgaris by Antonio Colacino
Octopus vulgaris
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date posted posted: Monday, February 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Two species of scorpion fish-Scorpaena porcus and Scorpa... by Antonio Colacino
Two species of scorpion fish-Scorpaena porcus and Scorpaena scrofa
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date posted posted: Monday, February 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Compact Camera with handheld torchlight...no photoshop or... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Compact Camera with handheld torchlight...no photoshop or lightroom editing done to the photo...
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Where are my eggs.....say ahhhhhhhhhhh by John Roach
Where are my eggs.....say ahhhhhhhhhhh
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Full view of a Spotted Scorpionfish well camouflaged with... by Carlos Rodriguez
Full view of a Spotted Scorpionfish well camouflaged with the surroundings.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Juvenile Pufferfish Tetraodontidae by Carlos Pérez
Juvenile Pufferfish Tetraodontidae
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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picture of a cabezon in the Edmonds Marine Park. by Len Nuttall
picture of a cabezon in the Edmonds Marine Park.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Scorpion Fish waiting for his next meal. by Carlos Rodriguez
Scorpion Fish waiting for his next meal.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Lobster hidding and waiting for sunset. by Carlos Rodriguez
Lobster hidding and waiting for sunset.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Crab soft coral Nikon D200 , 60 micro, twin strobo Sila... by Marchione Giacomo
Crab soft coral
Nikon D200 , 60 micro, twin strobo
Siladen 2012
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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You say Tomato, I say Tomawwto: Tomato Anemone Fish Profile by Tony Cherbas
You say Tomato, I say Tomawwto: Tomato Anemone Fish Profile
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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s95+handheld torch+stacked close-up leanses... uncropp... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
s95+handheld torch+stacked close-up leanses...
uncropped, unphotoshopped, unlightroomed smile
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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GAMBERETTO by Mario Rapini
GAMBERETTO
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date posted posted: Friday, February 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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False Plum Anemone, Mossel Bay, SA by Philip Goets
False Plum Anemone, Mossel Bay, SA
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Peek a blue... Blue ringed octopus peering out of a hole. by Mark Pacey
Peek a blue...
Blue ringed octopus peering out of a hole.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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I need protection.... by Marco Faimali
I need protection....
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Tanzania
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sing for moi by Yagit Diver
sing for moi
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Clown Fish at home by Spencer Burrows
Clown Fish at home
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Bluefin Gurnard, Mossel Bay, South Africa by Philip Goets
Bluefin Gurnard, Mossel Bay, South Africa
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Rino portrait by Marcello Di Francesco
Rino portrait
shortlistedShortlisted!
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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under the rainbow by Mona Dienhart
under the rainbow
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The Batfish by Abimael Márquez
The Batfish
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Cabrilla at the WIT Shoal II. by Juan Torres
Cabrilla at the WIT Shoal II.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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