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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
Feather star depth: 34m location: Eilat by Loay Rayyan
Feather star
depth: 34m
location: Eilat
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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Mantis Shrimp, undoubtfully one of my favourite sea creat... by Hamid Rad
Mantis Shrimp, undoubtfully one of my favourite sea creatures / Canon G7 & Canon housing
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Seychelles
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shot with my old point and shoot some years ago by Simon Gardener
shot with my old point and shoot some years ago
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Smasher Mantis (Odontodactylus scyllarus) - Tulamben, Bal... by Marco Waagmeester
Smasher Mantis (Odontodactylus scyllarus) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Starry / yellow mouthed moray (l: gymnothorax nudivomer) by Mike Dickson
Starry / yellow mouthed moray (l: gymnothorax nudivomer)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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I'm not sure it was eating or contributing... anyway, it ... by Derrick Lim
I'm not sure it was eating or contributing... anyway, it was a really tiny creature. Photo Capture by Canon G9 with INON single strobe and macro lens. Full frame, no cropping.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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parasite on a whip-coral goby by Adriano Trapani
parasite on a whip-coral goby
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Indonesia
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harlequin shrimp by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
harlequin shrimp
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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CONCH EYES. Take 52... by Andres Larraz
CONCH EYES. Take 52...
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Tube worm by Abdullah Samman
Tube worm
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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This spiny devilfish was well camouflaged until it moved.... by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
This spiny devilfish was well camouflaged until it moved. Upon closer inspection there were two of them, the other one was smaller and it had a different color. The smaller one was following the bigger one every time it moved.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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"Snake Eel & companion" from a different perspective :o) by Debi Henshaw
"Snake Eel & companion" from a different perspective :o)
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Mimic Octopus portrait. Canon G10, 2xInon closeup lenses... by Stephen Holinski
Mimic Octopus portrait. Canon G10, 2xInon closeup lenses, Sea and Sea Strobes. Taken in Anilao
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Green Moray (Gymnothorax funebris) Roatan, Honduras 09 ... by Shawn Rener
Green Moray (Gymnothorax funebris)
Roatan, Honduras 09
Sea & Sea DX 1G
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Skittles. A tiny blue-banded goby takes refuge under an ... by Douglas Klug
Skittles. A tiny blue-banded goby takes refuge under an urchin. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with dual Ikelite DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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He doesn't look very happy.... I really like his expressi... by Michel Lonfat
He doesn't look very happy.... I really like his expression.... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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There were many starfish to photograph but i think this o... by Anthony Gatrell
There were many starfish to photograph but i think this one worked...
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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picasso trigerfish ( rhinecanthus assasi) shot in khor fa... by Simon Gardener
picasso trigerfish ( rhinecanthus assasi) shot in khor fakkan UAE nikon D70s with a 70mm macro lense
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Clown Anemonefishes (Amphiprion ocellaris) - Moyo island,... by Marco Waagmeester
Clown Anemonefishes (Amphiprion ocellaris) - Moyo island, Indonesia (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Blak&Yellow Feather Star (Comanthina schlegeli) on orange... by Alberto Romeo
Blak&Yellow Feather Star (Comanthina schlegeli) on orange sponge.
Nikon 801s+60 macro- Ikelite Housing&strobe
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Cockatoo Waspfish. Secret Bay, Bali. by Doug Anderson
Cockatoo Waspfish. Secret Bay, Bali.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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No strobe, No filters or lenses. Just the camera and hou... by Anthony Gatrell
No strobe, No filters or lenses. Just the camera and housing with natural light. This was taken near Stavern in Norway
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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2009 Kenting,TAIWAN...Casio EX-Z1000 by Harry Yang
2009 Kenting,TAIWAN...Casio EX-Z1000
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Taiwan
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Colpophyllia natans in Utila, Honduras. My favourite cora... by Hamid Rad
Colpophyllia natans in Utila, Honduras. My favourite coral to photograph. with beautiful color contrasts / Canon G9 with Ikelite housing & DS160 strobe
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surface of a green moon?
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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This big red scorpion fish was taken in a vertical swim t... by Marcus Grant
This big red scorpion fish was taken in a vertical swim through at Cirkewwa, Malta
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Portrait study of Flambouyant Cuttlefish. Taken with D200... by David Henshaw
Portrait study of Flambouyant Cuttlefish. Taken with D200 and 105mm lens.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) Roatan, Hondu... by Shawn Rener
Spotted Scorpionfish
(Scorpaena plumieri)
Roatan, Honduras 2009
Sea & Sea DX1G
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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