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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
A neon Goby cleans a Balloonfish as it lies unmoving on t... by David Gilchrist
A neon Goby cleans a Balloonfish as it lies unmoving on the bottom in the waters of the Roatan Marine Park.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Canada
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Someone is watching - camouflage by Patrick Verbustel
Someone is watching - camouflage
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Cuthona kanga FAMILIE:TERGIPEDIDAE by Patrick Verbustel
Cuthona kanga FAMILIE:TERGIPEDIDAE
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Eye to Eye with a Porcelain Crab by Peet J Van Eeden
Eye to Eye with a Porcelain Crab
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Always around in thevvold waters. Awesome colours. They g... by Eduard Bello
Always around in thevvold waters. Awesome colours. They glue at the oysters..
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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My favourite 'small fish' the Longnosed hawkfish by Sam Taylor
My favourite 'small fish' the Longnosed hawkfish
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arafura Sea Papua New Guinea
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If Dracula was a fish by John Roach
If Dracula was a fish
shortlistedShortlisted!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Lion fish mating dance...found in Mahahual Q.Roo at 80ft ... by Ramon Magana
Lion fish mating dance...found in Mahahual Q.Roo at 80ft of water
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Galathea squafimera, just a short moment before it left. by Eduard Bello
Galathea squafimera, just a short moment before it left.
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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The Coral Garden. Sodwana Bay, KZN, South Africa by Peet J Van Eeden
The Coral Garden. Sodwana Bay, KZN, South Africa
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Violet spotted anemone in False bay, Cape Peninsula, Sout... by Peet J Van Eeden
Violet spotted anemone in False bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Shrimp Toothbrush by Henley Spiers
Shrimp Toothbrush
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Cape Urchin in False Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa by Peet J Van Eeden
Cape Urchin in False Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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E L D E R L Y by Andrey Savin
E L D E R L Y
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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The Caveman Cape Rock Crab in a sponge hide-out by Peet J Van Eeden
The Caveman
Cape Rock Crab in a sponge hide-out
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date posted posted: Monday, March 26, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Snooted Goldentail Moray, Pink Beach, Bonaire by Tobias Reitmayr
Snooted Goldentail Moray, Pink Beach, Bonaire
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Violet Spotted Sea Anemone in False Bay, Cape Peninsula, ... by Peet J Van Eeden
Violet Spotted Sea Anemone in False Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Hippocampus guttulatus Speckled seahorse by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Hippocampus guttulatus
Speckled seahorse
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Periclimenes imperator. Nikon D800E , 105 macro 1 strobo... by Marchione Giacomo
Periclimenes imperator.
Nikon D800E , 105 macro 1 strobo . Snoote Retra
Lembeh strait
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Image of a seastar by Peet J Van Eeden
Image of a seastar
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Tanzania
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Parablennius zvonimiri by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius zvonimiri
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Tiger Shrimp in Ambon by Norm Vexler
Tiger Shrimp in Ambon
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date posted posted: Friday, March 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Lizard fish- Anilao / Philippines by Mehmet Öztabak
Lizard fish- Anilao / Philippines
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date posted posted: Friday, March 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Symbiotic relationship by Hakan Basar
Symbiotic relationship
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The Face of an Angel, Roatan, Honduras. This specimen was... by David Gilchrist
The Face of an Angel, Roatan, Honduras. This specimen was under a ledge but Imwas able to capture this image as it moved around.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Fluorescent image The Giant Turban by Peet J Van Eeden
Fluorescent image The Giant Turban
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date posted posted: Friday, March 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Tiny little fish face by Mario Robillard
Tiny little fish face
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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