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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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Juvenile Frogfish. 70's style red fringe : ) Jackson Re... by Erich Reboucas
Juvenile Frogfish.
70's style red fringe : )
Jackson Reef, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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ornate ghost pipefish with diver in background by Per Nilsson
ornate ghost pipefish with diver in background
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date posted posted: Friday, May 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Tiny Gobie on his guard. Safaga, Egypt. by Andy Hamnett
Tiny Gobie on his guard. Safaga, Egypt.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Peppermint Shrimp in a dark sponge, Bonaire by William Goodwin
Peppermint Shrimp in a dark sponge, Bonaire
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Undulated Moray coming for a look! Sony Cyber shot by John Hill
Undulated Moray coming for a look! Sony Cyber shot
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Up Close... by Bernard Maglana
Up Close...
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Fan worm in Sesimbra, Portugal. by José Carvalho
Fan worm in Sesimbra, Portugal.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Hairy. A crevice spider crab hides on the reef at Anacap... by Douglas Klug
Hairy. A crevice spider crab hides on the reef at Anacapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes. Shot at f/14 and 1/250 seconds.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish from Dauin by David Bierman
Flamboyant Cuttlefish from Dauin
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Twin Spot Goby taken in Lembeh with 100mm and 1,5 Tele by Serge Abourjeily
Twin Spot Goby taken in Lembeh with 100mm and 1,5 Tele
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Star Coral shot with Nikon D-300, Sigma 10-20mm lens. by David Hoffman
Star Coral shot with Nikon D-300, Sigma 10-20mm lens.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"SPIKE" portrait study of a trumpetfish. Sides have been ... by Debi Henshaw
"SPIKE" portrait study of a trumpetfish. Sides have been cropped in to frame the subject :o)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Nikon D70 60MM Macro by John Snyder
Nikon D70 60MM Macro
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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miniscule shrimp... by Andres Larraz
miniscule shrimp...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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frog fish by Kenneth Hicks
frog fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Yellow spotted burry by Cigdem Cooper
Yellow spotted burry
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Decorator crab with a funny hair do! Canon G 10 by Andrew Macleod
Decorator crab with a funny hair do! Canon G 10
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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up close and personal with giant murray by Michel De Ruyck
up close and personal with giant murray
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Malaysia
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two seahorses being cute at ducomi pier by Steve De Neef
two seahorses being cute at ducomi pier
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Scorpionfish. Canon G10 & Inon D2000 strobe. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Scorpionfish. Canon G10 & Inon D2000 strobe.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Nemesis. The infamous blue-banded goby... they never hol... by Douglas Klug
Nemesis. The infamous blue-banded goby... they never hold still for long. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with Dual DS51 strobes. Image taken at f/16 and 1/250 second.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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2009/4/19...in Kenting...casio z-1000 by Harry Yang
2009/4/19...in Kenting...casio z-1000
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Taiwan
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PORKFISH by Andres Larraz
PORKFISH
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Clown? The colors reminded me of a clown's make up. I tri... by Larry Medenilla
Clown? The colors reminded me of a clown's make up. I tried a different angle on this quite common nudi. I love their colors. Anilao, Mabini, Batangas, Canon G9
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Koura, freshwater cray. Agro bugger attacked me. by Tony Breen
Koura, freshwater cray. Agro bugger attacked me.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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"The Mating Game" I followed these amorous cuttlefish hop... by Debi Henshaw
"The Mating Game" I followed these amorous cuttlefish hoping they would mate - shame I had my 60mm and +2 diopter on at the time! No Cropping :o)
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Snowflake Eel from (what remains of) the Ducomi Pier by David Bierman
Snowflake Eel from (what remains of) the Ducomi Pier
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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