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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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Blenny Green, La Paz México by Alejandro Topete
Blenny Green, La Paz México
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44 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 4, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Red-lipped batfish by Tina Robinson
Red-lipped batfish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) United States
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Ctenophere photographed on a Blackwater dive in Anilao. by Norm Vexler
Ctenophere photographed on a Blackwater dive in Anilao.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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CROCODILE by Claude Lespagne
CROCODILE
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Giant frogfish by Tobias Reitmayr
Giant frogfish
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Diagonal red... by Yustus Mananggung
Diagonal red...
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The Feast Arthropods gathering at the outlet of blue c... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Feast
Arthropods gathering at the outlet of blue choirboys to feast on its waste products
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Reaching Out Starfish reaching out to amphipods by Peet J Van Eeden
Reaching Out
Starfish reaching out to amphipods
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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He's behind you! by Henley Spiers
He's behind you!
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Amazing capture! It takes a moment until you realize what's in the background :)
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date posted posted: Friday, June 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Long nose hawkfish by Claude Lespagne
Long nose hawkfish
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Don'tworry kid you are safe with me... Hymenocera pict... by Yustus Mananggung
Don'tworry kid you are safe with me...
Hymenocera picta.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Squid by Henley Spiers
Squid
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Reflection of the diver in the eye of an octopus by Peet J Van Eeden
Reflection of the diver in the eye of an octopus
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Backlit seahorse photographed in Anilao, Philippines by Norm Vexler
Backlit seahorse photographed in Anilao, Philippines
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pipefish... by Yustus Mananggung
Pipefish...
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"Softly" Soft Coral Crab on his coral Since he was so p... by Patricia Sinclair
"Softly"
Soft Coral Crab on his coral
Since he was so pastel, as was his soft coral, I decided to shoot this with f/2.8
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The beauty of an anemone seen by me by Mario Robillard
The beauty of an anemone seen by me
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Reef Squid on night dive, Kalimaya Reef, Sumbawa by Tobias Reitmayr
Reef Squid on night dive, Kalimaya Reef, Sumbawa
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Hunchback Amphipods by Peet J Van Eeden
Hunchback Amphipods
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Sea horse in Little cayman by John Loving
Sea horse in Little cayman
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Pygmy seahorse by Sergej Christof
Pygmy seahorse
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Double exposure by Ferdinando Meli
Double exposure
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"Eyebrows" from Pink Eye Goby. Alam Batu Housereef, Bali by Yustus Mananggung
"Eyebrows" from Pink Eye Goby. Alam Batu Housereef, Bali
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Fresh in the morning by Yustus Mananggung
Fresh in the morning
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A touch of Blue The Blue Spotted Klipfish by Peet J Van Eeden
A touch of Blue
The Blue Spotted Klipfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic South Africa
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Dark-side Close-up by Claude Lespagne
Dark-side Close-up
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The siphon of a giant sea clam by Peet J Van Eeden
The siphon of a giant sea clam
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 18, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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