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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
yellow seahorse by Thomas Bannenberg
yellow seahorse
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Golden Pearl by Eduard Bello
Golden Pearl
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Black and Red ! by Claude Lespagne
Black and Red !
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Roar by Jinggong Zhang
Roar
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Fluorescent strawberry anemones in False Bay by Peet J Van Eeden
Fluorescent strawberry anemones in False Bay
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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The Cape Rock Lobster in False Bay has only a touch o... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Cape Rock Lobster in False Bay has only a touch of fluorescence
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Just behind a pilar by Eduard Bello
Just behind a pilar
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 18, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Goldentail moray, Pink Beach, Bonaire by Tobias Reitmayr
Goldentail moray, Pink Beach, Bonaire
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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The balcony. Lembeh strait. Porcellain crab , double exp... by Marchione Giacomo
The balcony.
Lembeh strait. Porcellain crab , double exposition
Nikon D800E , 105 macro . Snoote Retra with Z240
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Catch me if you can by Mario Robillard
Catch me if you can
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 15, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Parablennius zvonimiri by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius zvonimiri
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Honeycomb cowfish, Something Special, Bonaire by Tobias Reitmayr
Honeycomb cowfish, Something Special, Bonaire
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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colors by Claude Lespagne
colors
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Spectre Snooted super klipfish in False Bay by Kate Jonker
Spectre
Snooted super klipfish in False Bay
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Amazing use of creative lighting on this one!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Nocturnal encounter by Athanassios Lazarides
Nocturnal encounter
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Moray open Mauth, turneffe atolon Belize by Alejandro Topete
Moray open Mauth, turneffe atolon Belize
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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A Juvenile Filefish in Raja Ampat by Norm Vexler
A Juvenile Filefish in Raja Ampat
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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The Ornate Ghost Pipefish photographed in Ambon Harbor, I... by Norm Vexler
The Ornate Ghost Pipefish photographed in Ambon Harbor, Indonesia
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Helloooo by Claude Lespagne
Helloooo
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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European lobster or common lobster (Homarus gammarus), Ze... by Filip Staes
European lobster or common lobster (Homarus gammarus), Zeeland, The Netherlands.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Symphodus roissali Five-spotted wrasse by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Symphodus roissali
Five-spotted wrasse
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Feather Duster Worm by Peet J Van Eeden
Feather Duster Worm
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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whitepins by Marc Van Den Broeck
whitepins
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Hymenocera picta. Lembeh strait. Nikon D800E, 105 macro,... by Marchione Giacomo
Hymenocera picta. Lembeh strait.
Nikon D800E, 105 macro, two strobo
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Somehow I can't stop thinkig of the 70"s when I see this photo. The shrimp is certainly rocking his wig!

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Lion fish portrait by Steve Taylor
Lion fish portrait
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Red Sea by Claude Lespagne
Red Sea
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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