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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

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Red anemone and anemonefish up close and personal-II... by Dray Van Beeck
Red anemone and anemonefish up close and personal-II...
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date posted posted: Friday, June 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Moray @ Layang Layang, April 2010 by Davide Vimercati
Moray @ Layang Layang, April 2010

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dramatic
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date posted posted: Friday, June 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Say O for me please !!!!!.................Fuji S5 pro/105VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Say O for me please !!!!!.................Fuji S5 pro/105VR
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Um olhar by Pedro Perneco
Um olhar
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Frog Fish by Joe Daniels
Frog Fish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Fluted Giant Clam. Tridacna squamosa by Marko Perisic
Fluted Giant Clam. Tridacna squamosa
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trigger fish by Victor Tabernero
Trigger fish
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010

Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging

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Lippy
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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CANNON 5D MARK2 and Sea&SEA Housing with YS-250 x 2 by Jagwang Koo
CANNON 5D MARK2 and Sea&SEA Housing with YS-250 x 2
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Orange-Lined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) by Brian Mayes
Orange-Lined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Pink vase sponge taken with a Sealife DC800 camera with ... by Mark Reasor
Pink vase sponge taken with a Sealife DC800 camera with a digital pro flash.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Masters of camouflage by Nadya Kulagina
Masters of camouflage
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Up close and personal with a beautiful mapped pufferfish,... by Michael Gallagher
Up close and personal with a beautiful mapped pufferfish, Milne Bay, PNG
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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...ignosis attempt, Scorpionfish, Aguadilla, PR. by Abimael Márquez
...ignosis attempt, Scorpionfish, Aguadilla, PR.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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a different smile, Aguadilla, PR. by Abimael Márquez
a different smile, Aguadilla, PR.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine). Canon Ixus 980. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine). Canon Ixus 980.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Like an abstraction (Canon G9, Inon UCL 165 macro lens) by Raoul Caprez
Like an abstraction
(Canon G9, Inon UCL 165 macro lens)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Reef Scorpionfish, a close encounter. by Abimael Márquez
Reef Scorpionfish, a close encounter.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Face to face with an angel, Crash Boat, Aguadilla, PR. by Abimael Márquez
Face to face with an angel, Crash Boat, Aguadilla, PR.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Soft abstract.. by Sven Tramaux
Soft abstract..
shortlistedShortlisted!
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A Lionfish hunting over a Red Sea reef. 60mm AF Macro le... by Paul Colley
A Lionfish hunting over a Red Sea reef. 60mm AF Macro lens & twin strobes.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Froggy hanging on the superstructure of the wreck by Brian Mayes
Froggy hanging on the superstructure of the wreck
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A close up of a scorpion fish. Canon 450D 90mm macro by Bradley Mihelich
A close up of a scorpion fish.
Canon 450D
90mm macro
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Japan
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Although I have seen many "smoking" sponges during spawni... by Lisa Hinderlider
Although I have seen many "smoking" sponges during spawning season, I had not seen any release eggs until this one.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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This snake eel, after I took this picture, sprung out of ... by John Paul Avila
This snake eel, after I took this picture, sprung out of its hole, and almost bit me.... I think it was because of the flash...
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sibuyan Sea Philippines
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Picture of a blåstål (laptrus mixtus) by Harald Fauske
Picture of a blåstål (laptrus mixtus)
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Norway
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Taken with Olympus C8080 by Charly Kotnik
Taken with Olympus C8080
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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A shot of a male Anthias taken at night on the wreck of t... by Paul Colley
A shot of a male Anthias taken at night on the wreck of the Thistlegorm. 60mm AF lens with twin strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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