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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
Banded jawfish with eggs; spent a long time just watching... by Ron Hyatt
Banded jawfish with eggs; spent a long time just watching how careful the jawfish was.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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2009 in Kenting ,TAIWAN...Casio EX-Z1000 by Harry Yang
2009 in Kenting ,TAIWAN...Casio EX-Z1000
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Taiwan
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Hermit Crab with Conch shell in Grand Bahamas. Photo tak... by Bonnie Conley
Hermit Crab with Conch shell in Grand Bahamas. Photo taken with a Canon SD 550 May 2009.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Arothron diatematosus Apnea skin diving in Sharm el Shei... by Alberto Romeo
Arothron diatematosus
Apnea skin diving in Sharm el Sheickh Sheraton Hotel reef. Sealife DC-800- internal strobe.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Flagfin Wrasse - according to Neville Coleman "a rarely s... by Debi Henshaw
Flagfin Wrasse - according to Neville Coleman "a rarely seen or photographed species" our dive guide Ben had never seen it before in the Strait.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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i have no idear what is that algaes is but i like the way... by Philippe Duval
i have no idear what is that algaes is but i like the way it looks.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Olympus C 8080 by Veronika Matějková
Olympus C 8080
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Surprising colors... Que du Bonheur... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
Surprising colors... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Octopus Eye Grand Rotana house reef Sharm el sheikh by Adolfo Maciocco
Octopus Eye
Grand Rotana house reef
Sharm el sheikh
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Casio ex-z1000 by Harry Yang
Casio ex-z1000
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Taiwan
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Portrait study of Harlequin Shrimp. Taken with D200 and 6... by David Henshaw
Portrait study of Harlequin Shrimp. Taken with D200 and 60mm lens + 2T diopter.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Gari says hi. A garibaldi at Anapcapa Island. Shot with ... by Douglas Klug
Gari says hi. A garibaldi at Anapcapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with natural light.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Seahorse between the sea gras in France. by John De Jong
Seahorse between the sea gras in France.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) France
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Napoleon face. Macro 50mm, no cropping. by Erich Reboucas
Napoleon face.
Macro 50mm, no cropping.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Seahorse, Saba Island. by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse, Saba Island.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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spadefish, ( platax orbicularis) shot at Ras Hamara musan... by Simon Gardener
spadefish, ( platax orbicularis) shot at Ras Hamara musandam,with nikon D70s and 70mm macro,
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Oman
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Juvenile Queen Conch checking out her surroundings. June... by Greg Falconer
Juvenile Queen Conch checking out her surroundings. June 19, 2009. Shot with Canon 5D Mark II with EF 17-40 F/4L in an Ikelite housing with dual DS-125 eTTL strobes. 1/80 @ f/6.3 ISO 400
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Sometimes a common fish looks spectacularly uncommon. Sco... by William Goodwin
Sometimes a common fish looks spectacularly uncommon. Scorpionfish in the Grenadines.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Arothron diadematus. Canon G10 & Inon D2000. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Arothron diadematus. Canon G10 & Inon D2000.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Who's been eating the sand? Nikon D300, 60mm Nikkor, Sub... by Nigel Wade
Who's been eating the sand?
Nikon D300, 60mm Nikkor, Subal housing, Inon Z240's
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Portrait study of a Blue Stonefish. Taken with D200 and 6... by David Henshaw
Portrait study of a Blue Stonefish. Taken with D200 and 60mm lens.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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grumpy look of a bearded scorpion fish by Adriano Trapani
grumpy look of a bearded scorpion fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Fire Coral by Lucy Chamberlain
Fire Coral
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Scorpion Fish, close-up, no crop and he was pretty accomo... by Allen Walker
Scorpion Fish, close-up, no crop and he was pretty accomodating.....considering the strobes...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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solanders toby ( canthigaster solandri ) shot with nikon ... by Simon Gardener
solanders toby ( canthigaster solandri ) shot with nikon D70s with 70mm macro ,musandam, Oman,last week
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Oman
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Feather duster worm, up close and personal. by Juan Torres
Feather duster worm, up close and personal.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A tired fish needing a yawn! Taken today in Manado. Canon... by Andrew Macleod
A tired fish needing a yawn! Taken today in Manado. Canon G10, Inon s2000.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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