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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
goby NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm... by Thomas Bannenberg
goby
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f9, 1/125, ISO 100
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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juvenile anemone fish @ cape maeda, okinawa by Troy Williams
juvenile anemone fish @ cape maeda, okinawa
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Japan
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goby by Eduardo Nadal
goby
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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This Cuttlefish was so cute that we had to take a picture! by Marc Damant
This Cuttlefish was so cute that we had to take a picture!
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Clown Anemonefish Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indonesia, Bunaken Is... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Clown Anemonefish
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indonesia, Bunaken Islands
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile of Pinnate Batfish by Jagwang Koo
Juvenile of Pinnate Batfish
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Smile of Parrot, Mahahual Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Smile of Parrot, Mahahual Mexico
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Squid by Iyad Suleyman
Squid
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Puget Sound King Crab by Jeremy Axworthy
Puget Sound King Crab
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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A couple of pipefishes by Vittorio Durante
A couple of pipefishes
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Kiss me - two Mandarinfishes in underwater love by Christian Schlamann
Kiss me - two Mandarinfishes in underwater love
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Close up of a starry moray. by Valda Fraser
Close up of a starry moray.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Intertidal beauty- sea star in the intertidal zone by Peet J Van Eeden
Intertidal beauty- sea star in the intertidal zone
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Tanzania
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Arcos da Caloura - S. Miguel island - Azores by Fernando Abreu
Arcos da Caloura - S. Miguel island - Azores
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Ribbon in ambient light I spotted this eel at the end ... by Iyad Suleyman
Ribbon in ambient light
I spotted this eel at the end of the dive, when my strobes were already dead :-), so I adjusted my camera to the max. opening of aperture (F/2.8) and made this Bokeh shot without strobes.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ribbon in the Dark by Tony Cherbas
Ribbon in the Dark
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Turn by Gleb Tolstov
Turn
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Green turtle Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indonesia, Bunaken Islands by Hans-Gert Broeder
Green turtle
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indonesia, Bunaken Islands
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Hey you, this is my Livingroom. Amphirion clarkii by Gerhard Siemons
Hey you, this is my Livingroom.
Amphirion clarkii
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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batfish by Eduardo Nadal
batfish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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goby by Eduardo Nadal
goby
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Spiny Perfection. This seahorse was trying to hide behind... by Marc Damant
Spiny Perfection. This seahorse was trying to hide behind the grass but didn't blend in well with the green colour!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sand goby by Paal Mathiesen
Sand goby
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Crab on a rope :-D by Leon Van Zijl
Crab on a rope big grin
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Similan Islands, Shrimps while Walking by Gerhard Siemons
Similan Islands, Shrimps while Walking
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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shrimp NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105... by Thomas Bannenberg
shrimp
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f8, 1/60, ISO 100
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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hairy frogfish by Eduardo Nadal
hairy frogfish
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 11, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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