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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
disco seahorse by Marc Van Den Broeck
disco seahorse
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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white in colors by Marc Van Den Broeck
white in colors
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Bavosa c._2023 (Canon100,1/200,f8,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Bavosa c._2023
(Canon100,1/200,f8,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Scotch Βonnet - Semicassis undulata by Stefanos Michael
Scotch Βonnet - Semicassis undulata
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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A couple by Chan Kwon
A couple
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date posted posted: Monday, June 24, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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A real man in pink by Chan Kwon
A real man in pink
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date posted posted: Monday, June 24, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Andaman gobi_April 2024 (Canon60, 1/200,f10,iso100) by Susanna Randazzo
Andaman gobi_April 2024
(Canon60, 1/200,f10,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, June 24, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Blenny Fish by Julian Hsu
Blenny Fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 20, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Hairy Frogfish 'dancing' in the current by Rinaldi Gotama
Hairy Frogfish 'dancing' in the current
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Yaeyama blenny _April 2024 ( Canon100, 1/200, f10, iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Yaeyama blenny _April 2024
( Canon100, 1/200, f10, iso100)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Peacock mantis shrimp by Rinaldi Gotama
Peacock mantis shrimp
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 15, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Micro life on the Andaman sea_Blenny fish_April 2024 (Ca... by Antonio Venturelli
Micro life on the Andaman sea_Blenny fish_April 2024
(Canon100,1/250,f8,iso100)
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date posted posted: Friday, June 14, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Hermit crab - Calcinus tubularis holding a gastropod by Stefanos Michael
Hermit crab - Calcinus tubularis holding a gastropod
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Vir philippinensis shrimp_Jan 2024 (Canon100, 1/200,f9,i... by Antonio Venturelli
Vir philippinensis shrimp_Jan 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f9,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, June 10, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Yellow Umbrella Slug - Tylodina perversa by Stefanos Michael
Yellow Umbrella Slug - Tylodina perversa
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date posted posted: Friday, May 31, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus by Stefanos Michael
Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus
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date posted posted: Monday, May 27, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus by Stefanos Michael
Marbled Shrimp - Saron marmoratus
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 25, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Balanophyllia sp_Orange cup coral . Close up taken in the... by Susanna Randazzo
Balanophyllia sp_Orange cup coral . Close up taken in the Andaman Sea . The mouth opening is closed_April 2024
(Canon60, 1/200,f9,iso100)
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 23, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Head of the Dragon, I managed to get this close up snoot ... by Jeff Bradley
Head of the Dragon, I managed to get this close up snoot shot of a Leafy Sea Dragon on a Night Dive. Port Norlunga South Australia
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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An Ornate Ghost Pipefish carrying its eggs. This shot wa... by Grethel Dejaresco
An Ornate Ghost Pipefish carrying its eggs. This shot was taken in Gato Island, Malapascua Cebu, Philippines, with an Olympus TG-6 Camera and a Backscatter MF-2.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 19, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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A little crab with its great orange hat photographed in t... by Antonio Venturelli
A little crab with its great orange hat photographed in the sea of Goa_ November 2023
(Canon100,1/250,f9,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 12, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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The Sea Squirt Shrimp (Dactylonia Ascidicola) lives in th... by Oksana Maksymova
The Sea Squirt Shrimp (Dactylonia Ascidicola) lives in the Blue Yellow-ringed Sea Squirt (Rhopalaea Crassa) and the small goby guards its eggs outside of it.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 3, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Shining eyes for this beautiful coral gobi photographed d... by Antonio Venturelli
Shining eyes for this beautiful coral gobi photographed during a dive in Andamans_April 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f8,iso100)
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date posted posted: Monday, April 29, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Coral fish_Andamans_April2024 (Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100) by Antonio Venturelli
Coral fish_Andamans_April2024
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 28, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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What splendid eyes these little gobies have! They hide in... by Antonio Venturelli
What splendid eyes these little gobies have! They hide in small crevices in rocks. They are shy but curious and it is easy to photograph them when they lean out to scrutinize the external environment. Havelock Is._April2024
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 25, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Red anemone with sparkling dust above. by Diogo Benchimol
Red anemone with sparkling dust above.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Brazil
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Red anemone with sparkling dust above. by Diogo Benchimol
Red anemone with sparkling dust above.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Brazil
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