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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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Tiger striped garden eel (Heteroconger polyzona) - Tulamb... by Marco Waagmeester
Tiger striped garden eel (Heteroconger polyzona) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Juvy freckled frogfish, size of thumbnail, D300-60mm by Larry Polster
Juvy freckled frogfish, size of thumbnail, D300-60mm
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Butterfly fish (Heniochus intermedius) on the trot. Niko... by Alberto Romeo
Butterfly fish (Heniochus intermedius) on the trot.
Nikon 801s + 60 macro-Ikelite housing&strobe
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Striking Eyes" No Cropping straight out of the camera :o) by Debi Henshaw
"Striking Eyes" No Cropping straight out of the camera :o)
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date posted posted: Friday, June 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Striated Frogfish, in Crash Boats. by Juan Torres
Striated Frogfish, in Crash Boats.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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clinid Nikon F-100 with 60mm macro lens by Geoff Spiby
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Nikon F-100 with 60mm macro lens
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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shot at dibba rock last weekend 50mm macro,cropped by Simon Gardener
shot at dibba rock last weekend 50mm macro,cropped
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Face to face with the queen, Saba Island. by Abimael Márquez
Face to face with the queen, Saba Island.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Pale Sea Cucumber (feeding)/ Photo taken using an Olympus... by J. Daniel Horovatin
Pale Sea Cucumber (feeding)/ Photo taken using an Olympus C-7070, set to UW macro scene, in a PT-027 housing and with a Nikonos SB-105 strobe. After watching the critter for some time I caught it as it inserted one of its ten tentacles in its mouth.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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three for the price of one?? Canon G10 by Andrew Macleod
three for the price of one?? Canon G10
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Goat fish, taken on the wreck of tug boat 10 in the south... by Marcus Grant
Goat fish, taken on the wreck of tug boat 10 in the south of malta.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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HORSING AROUND by Andres Larraz
HORSING AROUND
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This was teken in just 3m of water. I have no idea what ... by Joe Graham
This was teken in just 3m of water.
I have no idea what it is , so if someone does know i would really like t know.
Looked to me to be a type of anemone????
Taken in Dahab, Egypt, Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Western Clown Fish guarding its eggs at the bottom of the... by Adriano Trapani
Western Clown Fish guarding its eggs at the bottom of the anemone (Beacon Reef, Island 8 - Similan National Park)
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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taken with canon 450d + 60mm lens by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
taken with canon 450d + 60mm lens
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Portrait study of a Bristle-tail Filefish using D200, 60m... by David Henshaw
Portrait study of a Bristle-tail Filefish using D200, 60mm with 2T diopter
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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love this shot! by Christine B Suroski
love this shot!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Trinidad and Tobago
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mr froggie, he was about 4cm big. Taken at ginama-an, dauin. by Steve De Neef
mr froggie, he was about 4cm big. Taken at ginama-an, dauin.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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A Golden Weedfish (Cristiceps aurantiacus). Taken at S... by Melissa Fiene
A Golden Weedfish (Cristiceps aurantiacus).
Taken at Shelly Beach in Sydney, Australia.
Using a Nikon D300 sea & sea housing and dual ys250s. f/8 1/250s
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Shot in Lembeh Straits by Patrick Burke
Shot in Lembeh Straits
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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CONCH,Retraction! by Andres Larraz
CONCH,Retraction!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Devil Fire fish,eye to eye.... by Allen Walker
Devil Fire fish,eye to eye....
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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sea anemoni in Newport Beach california.January 09, water... by Dale Kobetich
sea anemoni in Newport Beach california.January 09, water 50.5 degrees,Cosco short siut, free diving3 meter depth...thinking of a cup of hot chocolate..this image is a double wide image..a panorama/ macro
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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decorated sponge crab on a night dive in Richelieu Rock by Adriano Trapani
decorated sponge crab on a night dive in Richelieu Rock
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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shot in good old Newport Beach california under the pier.... by Dale Kobetich
shot in good old Newport Beach california under the pier....water 51 degrees..Cosco short suit..free diving ...fun fun fun....this image is a triple frame wide image....a panorama macro
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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I was really taken by this little shrimp trying to hang o... by Benita Vincent
I was really taken by this little shrimp trying to hang on in this anemone!
Image taken off Hideaway Island with Olympus C5060 and Inon strobe
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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A baby scorpion fish, taken at the entrace to the cave at... by Marcus Grant
A baby scorpion fish, taken at the entrace to the cave at Anchor bay, Malta
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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