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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
Yellowhead Moray Eel by Michael Henke
Yellowhead Moray Eel
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Lemon doll by Giuseppe Piccioli
Lemon doll
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Tasseled scorpionfish by Alan Lyall
Tasseled scorpionfish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Scorpion Fish taken during night dive in Cozumel 02/15/09 by Ron Monaco
Scorpion Fish taken during night dive in Cozumel 02/15/09
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Blended. A pacific sanddab blends in with the gravel at... by Douglas Klug
Blended.
A pacific sanddab blends in with the gravel at Santa Cruz Island. Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite housing with natural light. Image shot at f/4.5 and 1/160 second.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Baby octopus who was on the hunt for crabs running back a... by Theresa Tracy
Baby octopus who was on the hunt for crabs running back and forth for an hour oblivious to me.. he was about 3 inches big.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"Face to Face" This moray was very interested in my camer... by Henry Jager
"Face to Face" This moray was very interested in my camera :-) shot with macro 50mm and teleconverter 1,4x.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Follow me Follow you, Anilao, Phillipines. Canon G9, Inon... by Fatt Chuen Foo
Follow me Follow you, Anilao, Phillipines. Canon G9, Inon lenes and strobes
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Canon G9, Ikelite Housing, Inon z240 (1)Strobe. I stumble... by Rhi Dobbie
Canon G9, Ikelite Housing, Inon z240 (1)Strobe. I stumbled across this pair on our house reef. The smallest cuttle fish I've ever seen 2-3 inches!!!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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A close up view of Lion fish's eye. Canon G7 with canon h... by Budy Lukman
A close up view of Lion fish's eye. Canon G7 with canon housing and inon close up lens and single sea&sea YS 110 strobe
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Eye to Eye with Blue Ring Octopus. When Blue Ring Octopus... by Ng Steven
Eye to Eye with Blue Ring Octopus. When Blue Ring Octopus not in Aggressive mood, the ring not that visible.
Taken by Canon G10, Twin INON Macro. Inon Strobe
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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These Cyclopterus lumpus protects his eggs in the backgro... by John De Jong
These Cyclopterus lumpus protects his eggs in the background. He will stay here till the juvenile fishes come out.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Mating crays, Geneva's lake is hot! by Sven Tramaux
Mating crays, Geneva's lake is hot!
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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I was sitting on bottom of ocean fixing some equipment wh... by Shelby Luce
I was sitting on bottom of ocean fixing some equipment when I noticed this small sea snail gliding along the ocean floor.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Turbot on the rocks. A Turbot conceals itself against th... by Douglas Klug
Turbot on the rocks.
A Turbot conceals itself against the rocks. Image captured with Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with natural light. Shot at f/4 and 1/125 seconds.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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CLUB TIPPED ANEMONE by Andres Larraz
CLUB TIPPED ANEMONE
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Shorthead Fangblenny (Petroscirtes breviceps) sticking it... by Brian Mayes
Shorthead Fangblenny (Petroscirtes breviceps) sticking it's head out of an encrusted bottle. ...¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165's
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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... to stand open-mouthed!....(Magnificent anemone, Radia... by Marco Faimali
... to stand open-mouthed!....(Magnificent anemone, Radianthus magnifica)
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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D300 by Larry Polster
D300
68 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Oooooh! by Debi Henshaw
Oooooh!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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comensal shrimp at duconi pier in dauin, philippines by Steve De Neef
comensal shrimp at duconi pier in dauin, philippines
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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1/160 at f29. 105mm at 00 ISO. Baby Bangai Cardinal Fish... by Julian Cohen
1/160 at f29. 105mm at 00 ISO.
Baby Bangai Cardinal Fish protected by a fire urchin
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Latticed Sandperch looking at the action below him by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
Latticed Sandperch looking at the action below him
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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A small Gobie in the "Etang de Thau"... Que du Bonheur...... by Michel Lonfat
A small Gobie in the "Etang de Thau"... Que du Bonheur...:O)...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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close-up staghorn coral{acropora cervicornis} in v.j.leve... by Victor J. Lasanta
close-up staghorn coral{acropora cervicornis} in v.j.levels dive site at parguera area. PUERTO RICO
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Lyretail grouper by Cigdem Cooper
Lyretail grouper
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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boxer crab by Victor Zucker
boxer crab
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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