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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
Shades of pink in a noble cold water coral by Peet J Van Eeden
Shades of pink in a noble cold water coral
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Ocellated Box Crab (Calappa ocellata), St Lucia Olympus... by Henley Spiers
Ocellated Box Crab (Calappa ocellata), St Lucia
Olympus OMD-EM5, Olympus 12-50mm
single YS-D1 strobe
f8 1/250 ISO 200
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Lightening strike! A lion fish poses for a close up at Se... by Alex Mitchell
Lightening strike! A lion fish poses for a close up at Seraya Secrets, Bali
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Porcelain Crab with eggs by Iyad Suleyman
Porcelain Crab with eggs
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Scorpionfish rests on the edge of a reef ledge as it's pr... by Brian Heagney
Scorpionfish rests on the edge of a reef ledge as it's prey swim above unaware.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Cape Verde
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Small crab carrying eggs by Raffaele Livornese
Small crab carrying eggs
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Caribbean Reef Squid by Abimael Márquez
Caribbean Reef Squid
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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"Blue Ribbon" by Gabriel De Leon Jr
"Blue Ribbon"
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Portrait of young Batfish Raja Ampat, Indonesia by Andre Philip
Portrait of young Batfish
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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curious Moray by Walter Bassi
curious Moray
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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"Face of Wisdom, Trust and Peace" - Things that we need m... by Andre Philip
"Face of Wisdom, Trust and Peace" - Things that we need more than ever
Nabucco Nunukan, Indonesia
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 26, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Sole Eyes by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Sole Eyes
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 26, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Blenny by Abimael Márquez
Blenny
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Scorpaena by Marco Gargiulo
Scorpaena
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Beautiful creatures: Magnificent Feather Duster - shot w... by Sebastian Kuntz
Beautiful creatures:
Magnificent Feather Duster - shot with a GH4 and Oly 12-50mm (MacroMode) in a Nauticam Housing.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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small gobbi in a coral by Yoav Lavi
small gobbi in a coral
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Anemone details 100mmm, 1/160sec at f9.0 by Andrea Pirondini
Anemone details
100mmm, 1/160sec at f9.0
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Spider crab. Merry Christmas by Todd Moseley
Spider crab. Merry Christmas
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile Pinnate Batfish by Marteyne Van Well
Juvenile Pinnate Batfish
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Moray eel by Yoav Lavi
Moray eel
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Thalassoma pavo #2 by Marco Gargiulo
Thalassoma pavo #2
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Daisy by Marco Gargiulo
Daisy
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Thalassoma pavo by Marco Gargiulo
Thalassoma pavo
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Boxer crab with pon pons and eggs by Raffaele Livornese
Boxer crab with pon pons and eggs
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Shrimp portrait I took this shot using my old Olympus SP... by Ivan Manzanares
Shrimp portrait
I took this shot using my old Olympus SP510uz internal flash only no strobe
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Wonderpus in action by Andrea Pirondini
Wonderpus in action
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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This little guy was definitely not camera shy, I think it... by John Pappas
This little guy was definitely not camera shy, I think it liked looking at itself in my lens. Taken at about 60 ft. Nikon D90 lens, Tamaron 90 MM Macro, Ikelite HSG.. 2 DS161 strobes.. ISO 200, Shutter Speed1/250/ F13. Taken in Curacao
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date posted posted: Monday, December 22, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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