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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
Gewone zeedonderpad, Myoxocephalus scorpius by Eduard Bello
Gewone zeedonderpad, Myoxocephalus scorpius
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Lucky Shot!!! by George Touliatos
Lucky Shot!!!
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sea urchine with snotwurms, zeeappel, psamechius miliaris by Eduard Bello
Sea urchine with snotwurms, zeeappel, psamechius miliaris
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Muraena helena & Lysmata seticaudata Cleaning station by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Muraena helena & Lysmata seticaudata
Cleaning station
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 18, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Rare shell by Eduard Bello
Rare shell
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Pike by Abimael Márquez
Pike
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Panamic Green Moray at Isla de Coiba. by Daniel Lamborn
Panamic Green Moray at Isla de Coiba.
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Panama
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The Harlequin Shrimp is my favourite crustacean so far <3... by Ms Photography
The Harlequin Shrimp is my favourite crustacean so far <3
They are just amazing animals and if you spend some time with them they seem to warm up and let you be part of their world - just amazing.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Back light Leaf Fish by George Touliatos
Back light Leaf Fish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mouth full of eggs!!! by George Touliatos
Mouth full of eggs!!!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 15, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Striped anemone shooting out white sticky defensive threads by Peet J Van Eeden
Striped anemone shooting out white sticky defensive threads
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date posted posted: Friday, September 14, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Striped anemone shooting out white sticky defensive threads
Common starfish, zeester, asterias rubens by Eduard Bello
Common starfish, zeester, asterias rubens
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date posted posted: Friday, September 14, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Map Puffer Close-Up by Henley Spiers
Map Puffer Close-Up
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 14, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Hippocampus denise. Just at Alam Batu Housereef by Yustus Mananggung
Hippocampus denise. Just at Alam Batu Housereef
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 14, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Batfish taken at Blue Heron Bridge by Beate Seiler
Batfish taken at Blue Heron Bridge
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 13, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hotlips Hotlips is one of the two spider crabs unique ... by Peet J Van Eeden
Hotlips
Hotlips is one of the two spider crabs unique to South African waters. It derived its name from red markings arounnd its mouth
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Musdea by Antonio Venturelli
Musdea
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Always beautiful by Eduard Bello
Always beautiful
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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"Sunset Squid" - A squid checks out the camera as sunset ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Sunset Squid" - A squid checks out the camera as sunset light ripples on the surface just above.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Muraena helena & Lysmata seticaudata Symbiosis by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Muraena helena & Lysmata seticaudata
Symbiosis
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Close up Headshot of a very shy Sea horse with head bowin... by Niall Deiraniya
Close up Headshot of a very shy Sea horse with head bowing down
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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kreeftje by Marc Van Den Broeck
kreeftje
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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funny Fish, La Paz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
funny Fish, La Paz Mexico
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Happy Moray by Abimael Márquez
Happy Moray
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A reef lobster portrait in the waters of the Roatan Marin... by David Gilchrist
A reef lobster portrait in the waters of the Roatan Marine Park.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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Blenny in Black, La Paz México by Alejandro Topete
Blenny in Black, La Paz México
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46 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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