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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
Orange Ball Corallimorph under UV by Arun Madisetti
Orange Ball Corallimorph under UV
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date posted posted: Monday, August 14, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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sexy art by Marc Van Den Broeck
sexy art
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 14, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Close up on the bright eyes for this little Hermit crab. ... by Antonio Venturelli
Close up on the bright eyes for this little Hermit crab. Photo taken during a dive in Scilla in 2021
(Canon60,1/200,f20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 12, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Nimble Spray/Urchin Crab - Percnon gibbesi by Stefanos Michael
Nimble Spray/Urchin Crab - Percnon gibbesi
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date posted posted: Friday, August 11, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Mantis shrimp juvenile by Julian Hsu
Mantis shrimp juvenile
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Gymnothorax monochrous (drab moray) (f/13, 1/15, ISO-100,... by E&e Lp
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Gymnothorax monochrous (drab moray) (f/13, 1/15, ISO-100, 25mm). - Erik
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Mediterranean Sponge - Dysidea pallescens by Stefanos Michael
Mediterranean Sponge - Dysidea pallescens
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Octopus displaying its beauty in his den by Jessica Dekker
Octopus displaying its beauty in his den
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Sea Squirt - Herdmania momus by Stefanos Michael
Sea Squirt - Herdmania momus
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date posted posted: Monday, August 7, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Crab at Nemo’s Science Garden in Noli, Italy by Jessica Dekker
Crab at Nemo’s Science Garden in Noli, Italy
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date posted posted: Monday, August 7, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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smile by Marc Van Den Broeck
smile
shortlistedShortlisted!
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Prostheceraeus Giesbrechtii_July 2023 (Canon100,1/200,f1... by Antonio Venturelli
Prostheceraeus Giesbrechtii_July 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso200)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 31, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Plotosus lineatus (striped eel catfish) kissing the lens.... by E&e Lp
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Plotosus lineatus (striped eel catfish) kissing the lens. (f/8, 1/80, ISO-200, 39mm). - Els
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 30, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Parablennius gattorugine (tompot blenny). (f/14, 1/160, I... by E&e Lp
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Parablennius gattorugine (tompot blenny). (f/14, 1/160, ISO-100, 50mm). - Erik
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 28, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Spicara smaris by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Spicara smaris
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 27, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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eye by Marc Van Den Broeck
eye
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 27, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Pipefish and bugs by Min Seok Jeon
Pipefish and bugs
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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Bothus pantherinus (leopard flounder). (f/8, 1/60, ISO-10... by E&e Lp
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Bothus pantherinus (leopard flounder). (f/8, 1/60, ISO-100, 50mm). - Erik
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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MURENE RUBAN - Rhinomuraena quaesita REUNION 2023 by Didier Pasquini
MURENE RUBAN - Rhinomuraena quaesita
REUNION 2023
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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A macro shot of a spinyhead blenny, about 1 inch in lengt... by Alan Butterworth
A macro shot of a spinyhead blenny, about 1 inch in length, peeking out from its tubular home in the coral. Its got so much character - highly entertaining fish!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 22, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A quite difficult find for a low visibility in northern r... by Arda Yavuzdogan
A quite difficult find for a low visibility in northern raja Ampat
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 22, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Juvenile Painted Frogfish trying to scare me off in Kubu,... by Charly Clérisse
Juvenile Painted Frogfish trying to scare me off in Kubu, Bali.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sea Pony - Hippocampus fuscus by Stefanos Michael
Sea Pony - Hippocampus fuscus
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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CARBE PORCELENE - Neopetrolisthes maculatus REUNION 2023 by Didier Pasquini
CARBE PORCELENE - Neopetrolisthes maculatus
REUNION 2023
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Common shrimp around Bozburun area by Aksems Kuzucu
Common shrimp around Bozburun area
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Small fish in the Oosterschelde in the Netherlands. by Brenda De Vries
Small fish in the Oosterschelde in the Netherlands.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Virgin beauty by Alexander Konson
Virgin beauty
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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