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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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picasso trigerfish ( rhinecanthus assasi) shot in khor fa... by Simon Gardener
picasso trigerfish ( rhinecanthus assasi) shot in khor fakkan UAE nikon D70s with a 70mm macro lense
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Clown Anemonefishes (Amphiprion ocellaris) - Moyo island,... by Marco Waagmeester
Clown Anemonefishes (Amphiprion ocellaris) - Moyo island, Indonesia (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Blak&Yellow Feather Star (Comanthina schlegeli) on orange... by Alberto Romeo
Blak&Yellow Feather Star (Comanthina schlegeli) on orange sponge.
Nikon 801s+60 macro- Ikelite Housing&strobe
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Cockatoo Waspfish. Secret Bay, Bali. by Doug Anderson
Cockatoo Waspfish. Secret Bay, Bali.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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No strobe, No filters or lenses. Just the camera and hou... by Anthony Gatrell
No strobe, No filters or lenses. Just the camera and housing with natural light. This was taken near Stavern in Norway
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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2009 Kenting,TAIWAN...Casio EX-Z1000 by Harry Yang
2009 Kenting,TAIWAN...Casio EX-Z1000
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Taiwan
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Colpophyllia natans in Utila, Honduras. My favourite cora... by Hamid Rad
Colpophyllia natans in Utila, Honduras. My favourite coral to photograph. with beautiful color contrasts / Canon G9 with Ikelite housing & DS160 strobe
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surface of a green moon?
53 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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This big red scorpion fish was taken in a vertical swim t... by Marcus Grant
This big red scorpion fish was taken in a vertical swim through at Cirkewwa, Malta
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Portrait study of Flambouyant Cuttlefish. Taken with D200... by David Henshaw
Portrait study of Flambouyant Cuttlefish. Taken with D200 and 105mm lens.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) Roatan, Hondu... by Shawn Rener
Spotted Scorpionfish
(Scorpaena plumieri)
Roatan, Honduras 2009
Sea & Sea DX1G
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Banded jawfish with eggs; spent a long time just watching... by Ron Hyatt
Banded jawfish with eggs; spent a long time just watching how careful the jawfish was.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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2009 in Kenting ,TAIWAN...Casio EX-Z1000 by Harry Yang
2009 in Kenting ,TAIWAN...Casio EX-Z1000
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Taiwan
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Hermit Crab with Conch shell in Grand Bahamas. Photo tak... by Bonnie Conley
Hermit Crab with Conch shell in Grand Bahamas. Photo taken with a Canon SD 550 May 2009.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Arothron diatematosus Apnea skin diving in Sharm el Shei... by Alberto Romeo
Arothron diatematosus
Apnea skin diving in Sharm el Sheickh Sheraton Hotel reef. Sealife DC-800- internal strobe.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Flagfin Wrasse - according to Neville Coleman "a rarely s... by Debi Henshaw
Flagfin Wrasse - according to Neville Coleman "a rarely seen or photographed species" our dive guide Ben had never seen it before in the Strait.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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i have no idear what is that algaes is but i like the way... by Philippe Duval
i have no idear what is that algaes is but i like the way it looks.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Olympus C 8080 by Veronika Matějková
Olympus C 8080
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Surprising colors... Que du Bonheur... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
Surprising colors... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Octopus Eye Grand Rotana house reef Sharm el sheikh by Adolfo Maciocco
Octopus Eye
Grand Rotana house reef
Sharm el sheikh
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Casio ex-z1000 by Harry Yang
Casio ex-z1000
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Taiwan
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Portrait study of Harlequin Shrimp. Taken with D200 and 6... by David Henshaw
Portrait study of Harlequin Shrimp. Taken with D200 and 60mm lens + 2T diopter.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Gari says hi. A garibaldi at Anapcapa Island. Shot with ... by Douglas Klug
Gari says hi. A garibaldi at Anapcapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with natural light.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Seahorse between the sea gras in France. by John De Jong
Seahorse between the sea gras in France.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) France
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Napoleon face. Macro 50mm, no cropping. by Erich Reboucas
Napoleon face.
Macro 50mm, no cropping.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Seahorse, Saba Island. by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse, Saba Island.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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spadefish, ( platax orbicularis) shot at Ras Hamara musan... by Simon Gardener
spadefish, ( platax orbicularis) shot at Ras Hamara musandam,with nikon D70s and 70mm macro,
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Oman
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Juvenile Queen Conch checking out her surroundings. June... by Greg Falconer
Juvenile Queen Conch checking out her surroundings. June 19, 2009. Shot with Canon 5D Mark II with EF 17-40 F/4L in an Ikelite housing with dual DS-125 eTTL strobes. 1/80 @ f/6.3 ISO 400
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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