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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
Orangutan Crab - Oncinopus sp1 (former name Achaeus japon... by Hansruedi Wuersten
Orangutan Crab - Oncinopus sp1 (former name Achaeus japonicus)
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 7, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Spotted porcelain crab/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm ma... by Laurie Slawson
Spotted porcelain crab/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Alor, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Friday, December 6, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Savu Sea Indonesia
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish by Tim Steenssens
Flamboyant Cuttlefish
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date posted posted: Friday, December 6, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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ambon scorpionfish by Vladimir Chubenko
ambon scorpionfish
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date posted posted: Friday, December 6, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Porcelain Crabs on seapen - Lissoporcellana cf nakasonei by Hansruedi Wuersten
Porcelain Crabs on seapen - Lissoporcellana cf nakasonei
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date posted posted: Friday, December 6, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Eye contact with this old yellow boxfish by Joaquin Fregoni
Eye contact with this old yellow boxfish
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 5, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: French Polynesia
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tube worm near Loutraki - Greece by Mani Craciunescu
tube worm near Loutraki - Greece
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 5, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Greece
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Blue Ring!!! by George Touliatos
Blue Ring!!!
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 5, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Map Puffer - Arothron mappa by Hansruedi Wuersten
Map Puffer - Arothron mappa
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 5, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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eel by Masa Biru
eel
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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This pair of Ornate Ghost Pipefish were hanging out near ... by Janet Hale
This pair of Ornate Ghost Pipefish were hanging out near a mooring line on a dive in Lembeh Strait. The female is pregnant (notice her protruding belly).
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Peacock-Tail Anemone Shrimp/Photographed with a Canon 60 ... by Laurie Slawson
Peacock-Tail Anemone Shrimp/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Alor, Indonesia.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Savu Sea Indonesia
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Spiny waspfish by Hansruedi Wuersten
Spiny waspfish

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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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neon goby by Mani Craciunescu
neon goby
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Scorpaena maderensis by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Scorpaena maderensis
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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my window by Marc Van Den Broeck
my window
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Tomato Anemonefish - Amphiprion frenatus by Hansruedi Wuersten
Tomato Anemonefish - Amphiprion frenatus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Tassled Scorpionfish/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macr... by Laurie Slawson
Tassled Scorpionfish/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Alor, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Monday, December 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Savu Sea Indonesia
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While I had heard of photographers finding Blue-Ringed Oc... by Janet Hale
While I had heard of photographers finding Blue-Ringed Octopuses, I had never had the pleasure of finding one until diving in Lembeh Strait!
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date posted posted: Monday, December 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Dardanus Arrosor in Mediterranean Sea, photographed with ... by Antonio Venturelli
Dardanus Arrosor in Mediterranean Sea, photographed with Canon macro lens 60 mm, t/200, f/22, ISO 200.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Seahorse - backlit by Tim Steenssens
Seahorse - backlit
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Day Octopus - Octopus cyanea by Hansruedi Wuersten
Day Octopus - Octopus cyanea
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date posted posted: Monday, December 2, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Guardian by Julian Hsu
Guardian
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 1, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Giant frogfish - Antennarius commerson by Hansruedi Wuersten
Giant frogfish - Antennarius commerson
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 1, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Hermit Crab by Vladimir Chubenko
Hermit Crab
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 30, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Hinge-beak shrimp/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro l... by Laurie Slawson
Hinge-beak shrimp/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Alor, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 30, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Savu Sea Indonesia
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Bulb-tentacle Sea Anemone - Entacmaea quadricolor at night by Hansruedi Wuersten
Bulb-tentacle Sea Anemone - Entacmaea quadricolor at night
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 30, 2019
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