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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
Honeycomb moray (l: Gymnothorax favagineus) Hayuts Run... by Mike Dickson
Honeycomb moray (l: Gymnothorax favagineus)
Hayuts Run, Damaniyat Islands
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date posted posted: Monday, July 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Pinecone Alga-Cozumel by Joel Sarver
Pinecone Alga-Cozumel
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Pictures taken in Wakatobi with 60mm lense. Crait, very p... by Rob De Vries
Pictures taken in Wakatobi with 60mm lense. Crait, very poisonous, very close. Chekc out the tongue.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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ARROW HEAD CRAB/ Cartoon character/look alike by Andres Larraz
ARROW HEAD CRAB/
Cartoon character/look alike
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish taken on night dive in Lembeh Strai... by Neil Skilling
Flamboyant Cuttlefish taken on night dive in Lembeh Straits.
Olympus SP350 & Z240 Strobe
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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dragonface pipefish canon g9 by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
dragonface pipefish
canon g9
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Living on the edge. A Porcelain Crab negotiates the skir... by Mick Tait
Living on the edge. A Porcelain Crab negotiates the skirt of an anemone.
Neopetrolisthes maculatus (Porcelain Crab). Canon 20D with 100mm Macro taken off Tulamben Bali.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Puffer by Martin Dalsaso
Puffer
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Crab on the move. D300-60mm by Larry Polster
Crab on the move. D300-60mm
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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I took many photos of this playfull seal, we were heading... by Chloe Taylor
I took many photos of this playfull seal, we were heading for the surface when he started following and biting the camera lense smile Abrolhos Islands
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Life Support. New growth of the kelp that supports all li... by Douglas Klug
Life Support. New growth of the kelp that supports all life on the reefs at Anacapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 mm lens in natural light.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Honeycomb moray (l:Gymnothorax favagineus) Aquarium, D... by Mike Dickson
Honeycomb moray (l:Gymnothorax favagineus)
Aquarium, Damaniyat Islands
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Jelly fish close up by Constantin Ene
Jelly fish close up
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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This pink frogfish is among the most active ones I've eve... by Steve De Neef
This pink frogfish is among the most active ones I've ever seen, it's always moving around and covers quite a bit of distance.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Mediterranean yellow jewels! (Leptosammia pruvoti) by Marco Faimali
Mediterranean yellow jewels! (Leptosammia pruvoti)
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Golden Moray getting cleaned by a shrimp by Lee Arbo
Golden Moray getting cleaned by a shrimp
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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CONCH EYE by Andres Larraz
CONCH EYE
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Undulated Moray (l: Gymnothorax undulatus) Aquarium, D... by Mike Dickson
Undulated Moray (l: Gymnothorax undulatus)
Aquarium, Damaniyat Islands
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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Egg of Scyliorhinus canicula on Red Gorgonia (Paramuricea... by Francesco Pacienza
Egg of Scyliorhinus canicula on Red Gorgonia (Paramuricea clavata).
Taken with Nikon D60 with Nikkor 18-55VR in Easydive Housing with two strobes: Nikon SB-105 and Sea&Sea YS-300 in manual mode.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Frogfish, Secret Bay by Doug Anderson
Frogfish, Secret Bay
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Spotted Porcellanid Crab at Similan Island by Ken Thongpila
Spotted Porcellanid Crab at Similan Island
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52 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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French Angelfish Got very close and panned. Lucked out... by James Smith
French Angelfish
Got very close and panned. Lucked out to some extent and got a pretty good shot(I think).
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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spinecheek fish hiding from me :) by Cipriano (ripli) Gonzalez
spinecheek fish hiding from me smile
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Canon g9 with inon strobe d2000 z240 by Ernesto Rodriguez
Canon g9 with inon strobe d2000 z240
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Cuttlefish, Punta Asfodeli Jetty, Sardinia by Adolfo Maciocco
Cuttlefish, Punta Asfodeli Jetty,
Sardinia
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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SEA URCHIN W/ROE by Andres Larraz
SEA URCHIN W/ROE
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Shrimp hiding in the spines of a sea urchin. Note: tak... by Mike Dickson
Shrimp hiding in the spines of a sea urchin.
Note: taken in macro mode with my DX1G - no additional lenses.
Photo taken at Fahal Island today at 12:15 local time.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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