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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
Seahorse at Ducomi pier. by Steve De Neef
Seahorse at Ducomi pier.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Bluebelly Blenny, taken with Canon G10 and Epoque strobe.... by Sean Cooper
Bluebelly Blenny, taken with Canon G10 and Epoque strobe. Shooting these guys is like Underwater Whack-a-mole!
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Seahorse in whipcoral, not the best camouflage. Shot wit... by Adam Skrzypczyk
Seahorse in whipcoral, not the best camouflage. Shot with an Oly 5060
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I expect he was hidden without a light on him!
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea United Arab Emirates
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A spanish shawl nudibranch at Anacapa Island. Shot with ... by Douglas Klug
A spanish shawl nudibranch at Anacapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with Dual DS51 strobes. Image captured at f/18 and 1/250 second.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Tomato anemonefish near Siladen Island in Bunaken, Taken ... by Morgan Ashton
Tomato anemonefish near Siladen Island in Bunaken, Taken with a sea and sea DX-1G.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Octopus in a new home. Canon G10 by Andrew Macleod
Octopus in a new home. Canon G10
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Blu ring new species. Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo ... by Marchione Giacomo
Blu ring new species. Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo
Manado, Popo site
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Peek. A Grass Rockfish peeks up from behind a rock on th... by Douglas Klug
Peek. A Grass Rockfish peeks up from behind a rock on the reef at Anacapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 6mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with two DS51 strobes. Taken at f/20 and 1/250 seconds.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish caught at a rare moment in mid water by Michel De Ruyck
Flamboyant Cuttlefish caught at a rare moment in mid water
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Anemone in the mist by Richard Ten Brinke
Anemone in the mist
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Light bulb sea squirts. North Wales. D200, 60mm. by Derek Haslam
Light bulb sea squirts. North Wales. D200, 60mm.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Canon G10, s2000 strobe, double stack macro lens by Andrew Macleod
Canon G10, s2000 strobe, double stack macro lens
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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golden butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus) by Sven Tramaux
golden butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus)
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A very rare mediterranean "White Spotted Octopus" (Octop... by Alberto Romeo
A very rare mediterranean "White Spotted Octopus" (Octopus macropus) photographated in a nightdive. Nikonos 28 mm + closeup lens.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Hello... A shot from Thailand... This small file fish w... by Lütfi Tanrıöver
Hello...
A shot from Thailand...
This small file fish was traveling safe and free in a jellyfish....
Hope you like it...
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Minute life on a rope and styrofoam thingy by Kristi Krumlauf
Minute life on a rope and styrofoam thingy
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Yellow Spotted Moray looking out of a beautiful head of c... by Steven Daniel
Yellow Spotted Moray looking out of a beautiful head of coral
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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juvenile highhat at crash boat dive site in aguadilla, PU... by Victor J. Lasanta
juvenile highhat at crash boat dive site in aguadilla, PUERTO RICO
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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SEA URCHIN /undersside by Andres Larraz
SEA URCHIN /undersside
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Clown Fish by Kenneth Hicks
Clown Fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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My what a big mouth you have. Clam taken in the Mussamda... by Brendon Baines
My what a big mouth you have.
Clam taken in the Mussamdam Area, using Canon G10 with standard casing and flash
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea United Arab Emirates
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Malezya-sipadan island. by Ahmet Yay
Malezya-sipadan island.

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the colors really pop on this one Ahmet
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Malaysia
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Porcelin Crab, Taken On The Weekend Of The 25 April 2009 ... by Kenneth Hicks
Porcelin Crab, Taken On The Weekend Of The 25 April 2009 at aliwal shoal umkamaas, south africa.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Pipefish in Safaga by Andy Hamnett
Pipefish in Safaga
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Clown Fish taken on the way to the Alora shipwreck at Hid... by Robert Steven
Clown Fish taken on the way to the Alora shipwreck at Hideaway Island Vanuatu. I used a Olympus 725 SW in a PT-033 housing.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Unicorn in black and white by Larissa Roorda
Unicorn in black and white
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Solomon islands
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