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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
Hello by Louis Daniels
Hello
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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It took a while before this shy moray eel peered out of i... by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
It took a while before this shy moray eel peered out of its hole and posed for the camera (Kirby's Rock, Tingloy, Batangas)
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Angelfish by Vittorio Durante
Angelfish
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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moray Eel by Hamid Sayyaran
moray Eel
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caspian Sea Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Lined seahorse at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Fl... by Theresa Tracy
Lined seahorse at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach, Florida.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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man o'war by Andres Larraz
man o'war
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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These colourful Mandarin fish never cease to amaze me and... by Debi Henshaw
These colourful Mandarin fish never cease to amaze me and on this sunset dive I got quite lucky.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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stealth king hehe by Khidlir Muhammad
stealth king hehe
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Seaweed Blenny. Olympus e-520 w/Olympus housing twin Inon... by Steve Jarocki, Jr.
Seaweed Blenny. Olympus e-520 w/Olympus housing twin Inon strobes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hawkfish on a fire coral by Vittorio Durante
Hawkfish on a fire coral
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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these titans have always liked me, this one especially le... by Stew Smith
these titans have always liked me, this one especially letting me get to within 6 inches of his eye. 60mm macro
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Cuttlefish (Sepia Officinalis) by Vittorio Durante
Cuttlefish (Sepia Officinalis)
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Close up of a Peacock Mantis Shrimp by Debi Henshaw
Close up of a Peacock Mantis Shrimp
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Fearsome Lizard Fish! by Karl Marchant
Fearsome Lizard Fish!
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Those eyes....Porcupinefish Manado, North Sulawesi by Fatt Chuen Foo
Those eyes....Porcupinefish Manado, North Sulawesi
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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CHRISTMAS TREES by Andres Larraz
CHRISTMAS TREES
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Tropical sole taken in Sodwana, normally rather skittish ... by Allen Walker
Tropical sole taken in Sodwana, normally rather skittish but this guy humoured us. Lightened picture to bring out the Blue. Shot at 5.6/125/Sony Internal Flash
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Frogfish during a night dive off Leyte in the Philippines... by Andrew Macleod
Frogfish during a night dive off Leyte in the Philippines, this guy clung to the pier at the entry point... Casio exilim zx1200. Maybe one day I will save the $$ to get a housing for my d300! Till then, Casio all the way!
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Goatfish..... It was taken in a night dive in Jana I... by Mohammed Al Hamood
Goatfish.....
It was taken in a night dive in Jana Island \ Saudi Arabia with Olympus C8080 wz without strobes,, using my night dive light and flash
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Saudi Arabia
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taken @ 3 mile reef north of Perth Western Australia by Dave Baxter
taken @ 3 mile reef north of Perth Western Australia
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Shy guy... by Khidlir Muhammad
Shy guy...
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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long nose sea horse teaken with Canon eos 5d, macro 100 m... by Miro Polensek
long nose sea horse teaken with Canon eos 5d, macro 100 mm and wet close up len whithout strobes
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), a type of Caribbean a... by Jim Chambers
Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor), a type of Caribbean angelfish.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Scorpion Fish taken with Sony PC-105 by Kelly Mcgonigal
Scorpion Fish taken with Sony PC-105
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Painted Frogfish Profile (Ducomi Pier, Dauin, Dumaguete) by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
Painted Frogfish Profile (Ducomi Pier, Dauin, Dumaguete)
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Triplefin Blenny, in Isabela Island, Galapagos by Frankie Rivera
Triplefin Blenny, in Isabela Island, Galapagos
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Extreme cut by Giuseppe Piccioli
Extreme cut
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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