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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
"Have you pinched my lipstick?" :o) by Debi Henshaw
"Have you pinched my lipstick?" :o)
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Parrotfish by Martin Dalsaso
Parrotfish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Fire in the Night by Loay Rayyan
Fire in the Night
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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another shot with my old point and shoot, somewhere in t... by Simon Gardener
another shot with my old point and shoot, somewhere in the UAE
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Eel getting up close and personal by Jonathan Regan
Eel getting up close and personal
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Micronesia
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face to face. Canon G10 Anilao. by Andrew Macleod
face to face. Canon G10 Anilao.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Batfish cleaning by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
Batfish cleaning
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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These two guys wanted their picture taken. Just off the P... by Ron Hyatt
These two guys wanted their picture taken. Just off the Prince Albert wreck at CoCoView; used the old Olympus c5050 with Sea & Sea strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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The frogfish that followed me ... off Mabouya Island, Car... by William Goodwin
The frogfish that followed me ... off Mabouya Island, Carriacou in the Grenadines
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Feather star depth: 34m location: Eilat by Loay Rayyan
Feather star
depth: 34m
location: Eilat
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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Mantis Shrimp, undoubtfully one of my favourite sea creat... by Hamid Rad
Mantis Shrimp, undoubtfully one of my favourite sea creatures / Canon G7 & Canon housing
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Seychelles
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shot with my old point and shoot some years ago by Simon Gardener
shot with my old point and shoot some years ago
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Smasher Mantis (Odontodactylus scyllarus) - Tulamben, Bal... by Marco Waagmeester
Smasher Mantis (Odontodactylus scyllarus) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Starry / yellow mouthed moray (l: gymnothorax nudivomer) by Mike Dickson
Starry / yellow mouthed moray (l: gymnothorax nudivomer)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Oman
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I'm not sure it was eating or contributing... anyway, it ... by Derrick Lim
I'm not sure it was eating or contributing... anyway, it was a really tiny creature. Photo Capture by Canon G9 with INON single strobe and macro lens. Full frame, no cropping.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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parasite on a whip-coral goby by Adriano Trapani
parasite on a whip-coral goby
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Indonesia
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harlequin shrimp by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
harlequin shrimp
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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CONCH EYES. Take 52... by Andres Larraz
CONCH EYES. Take 52...
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Tube worm by Abdullah Samman
Tube worm
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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This spiny devilfish was well camouflaged until it moved.... by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
This spiny devilfish was well camouflaged until it moved. Upon closer inspection there were two of them, the other one was smaller and it had a different color. The smaller one was following the bigger one every time it moved.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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"Snake Eel & companion" from a different perspective :o) by Debi Henshaw
"Snake Eel & companion" from a different perspective :o)
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date posted posted: Monday, June 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Mimic Octopus portrait. Canon G10, 2xInon closeup lenses... by Stephen Holinski
Mimic Octopus portrait. Canon G10, 2xInon closeup lenses, Sea and Sea Strobes. Taken in Anilao
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Green Moray (Gymnothorax funebris) Roatan, Honduras 09 ... by Shawn Rener
Green Moray (Gymnothorax funebris)
Roatan, Honduras 09
Sea & Sea DX 1G
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Skittles. A tiny blue-banded goby takes refuge under an ... by Douglas Klug
Skittles. A tiny blue-banded goby takes refuge under an urchin. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with dual Ikelite DS51 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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He doesn't look very happy.... I really like his expressi... by Michel Lonfat
He doesn't look very happy.... I really like his expression.... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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There were many starfish to photograph but i think this o... by Anthony Gatrell
There were many starfish to photograph but i think this one worked...
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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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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