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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
Hermissenda emurai by Min Seok Jeon
Hermissenda emurai
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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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Pregnant Sea pony - Hippocampus fuscus by Stefanos Michael
Pregnant Sea pony - Hippocampus fuscus
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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Sea pony - Hippocampus fuscus by Stefanos Michael
Sea pony - Hippocampus fuscus
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date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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A beautiful Mantis shrimp photographed at " Madonna Rock"... by Susanna Randazzo
A beautiful Mantis shrimp photographed at " Madonna Rock" dive site near Nha Trang_March 2024
(Canon60, 1/200,f16,iso100)
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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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tongue parasite by Marc Van Den Broeck
tongue parasite
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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Resting bisque face. A spiny lobster resting in a reef in... by Alexandra Reinhardt
Resting bisque face. A spiny lobster resting in a reef in San Salvador, Bahamas. Taken with OM systems TG7.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Orange Crater Sponge - Αgelas oroides by Stefanos Michael
Orange Crater Sponge - Αgelas oroides
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Freckled Hawkfish by Glenn De Wilde
Freckled Hawkfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 24, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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RHINOPIAS FRONDOSA Mauritius 2022 by Didier Pasquini
RHINOPIAS FRONDOSA
Mauritius 2022
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Soft coral close up_Jan 2024 (Canon100, 1/200,f16,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Soft coral close up_Jan 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f16,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, February 19, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Emperor shrimp by Penn De Los Santos
Emperor shrimp
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Detail of a beautiful transparent glass ghost shrimp stop... by Antonio Venturelli
Detail of a beautiful transparent glass ghost shrimp stopped on a branch of a soft green coral, photographed during a great diving in the South China Sea with our friend Duc,in Vietnam, Nha Trang_Feb 2024.(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso100)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Variable Blenny or Parablennius pilicornis - Medes Isles ... by Eric Sels
Variable Blenny or Parablennius pilicornis - Medes Isles - Costa Brava - Spain
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 8, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Atlantic Lizardfish - Synodus saurus by Stefanos Michael
Atlantic Lizardfish - Synodus saurus
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date posted posted: Monday, February 5, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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POISSON CLOWN DE MAURICE - Amphiprion chrysogaster REUN... by Didier Pasquini
POISSON CLOWN DE MAURICE - Amphiprion chrysogaster
REUNION 2023
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date posted posted: Friday, February 2, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Phycodurus eques by Sofia Tenggrono
Phycodurus eques
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 1, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Transparent glass shrimp close up_Jan 2024 (Canon100,1/2... by Antonio Venturelli
Transparent glass shrimp close up_Jan 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f13,iso100)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Reticulated Filefish - Stephanolepis diaspros by Stefanos Michael
Reticulated Filefish - Stephanolepis diaspros
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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The tiny crabs are colorful, with many details and two be... by Antonio Venturelli
The tiny crabs are colorful, with many details and two beautiful curious eyes that emerge from the shell to scrutinize the external environment like this one photographed in Goa_India_December_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, January 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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ended up with one not two the other was too shy to come o... by Ravinthran Dhamodaram
ended up with one not two the other was too shy to come out!!
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date posted posted: Monday, January 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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ended up with one not two the other was too shy to come o... by Ravinthran Dhamodaram
ended up with one not two the other was too shy to come out!!
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date posted posted: Monday, January 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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MURENE PONCTUEE - GYMNOTHORAX MELEAGRIS RODRIGUES 2023 by Didier Pasquini
MURENE PONCTUEE - GYMNOTHORAX MELEAGRIS
RODRIGUES 2023
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 27, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Goby with eggs by Julian Hsu
Goby with eggs
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 25, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Wrasse - Pteragogus trispilus by Stefanos Michael
Wrasse - Pteragogus trispilus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Like the similar Vir colemani, this small shrimp live amo... by Antonio Venturelli
Like the similar Vir colemani, this small shrimp live among the bulbous tentacles of the coral Pleurogyra sinuosa. V. philippinensis has purple lines on its appendages while V. colemani has purple circles.Nha Trang _Jan2024
(Canon100,1/200,f9,i.100)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Leafy seadragon by Sofia Tenggrono
Leafy seadragon
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date posted posted: Monday, January 22, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Detail of a green coral at shallow depth. I was intrigued... by Antonio Venturelli
Detail of a green coral at shallow depth. I was intrigued by the small octopuses that cover it. Done scuba diving in India_Goa, Dec_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, January 22, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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