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Blackwater Dive. Whalefish
By Lindsey Curtis
posted (6 days ago)
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Whalefish. Blackwater Dive
By Lindsey Curtis
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Hypselodoris infucata_March 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f18,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
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Whalefish
By Lindsey Curtis
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Whalefish. Blackwater Dive.
By Lindsey Curtis
posted (4 days ago)
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couple of Cratena nudibranchs-July 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
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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
YUCATAN SHRIMP... by Durand Gerald
YUCATAN SHRIMP...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Trinidad and Tobago
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Kas 2009 by Timucin Ucar
Kas 2009
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Olympus 7070 Patima Housing with YS-110 2ea by Jagwang Koo
Olympus 7070
Patima Housing with YS-110 2ea
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Moray eel. Canon G10 & Inon D2000. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Moray eel. Canon G10 & Inon D2000.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Home sweet home Fuji S5 pro/ 105 VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Home sweet home Fuji S5 pro/ 105 VR
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Curious fish on deep wreck in the Gulf of Mexico by Anna Peteranecz
Curious fish on deep wreck in the Gulf of Mexico
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Coleman shrimp family Nikon D200 , 60 micro, twin strobo... by Marchione Giacomo
Coleman shrimp family
Nikon D200 , 60 micro, twin strobo
Bima bay 2009
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sagartia troglodytes is so common in our waters, that mos... by John De Jong
Sagartia troglodytes is so common in our waters, that most divers don’t even look at it. That’s a pity, because if you see them in close up you will discover the beauty of this animal.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Sleeping time ! Picture of an Arothron taken during a ni... by Raoul Caprez
Sleeping time !
Picture of an Arothron taken during a night dive in Sharm El Sheikh.
shortlistedShortlisted!
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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sea worm by Abdullah Samman
sea worm
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Parrotfish portrait, taken at night in the Maldives by Michael Gallagher
Parrotfish portrait, taken at night in the Maldives
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009

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This is a common subject but very few have this color contrast
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Scorpion fish Night time, Swan River. by Glenn Storey
Scorpion fish Night time, Swan River.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Father Clown with NEMO and the Star by Petr Teuchner
Father Clown with NEMO and the Star
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Eel, Nikonos RS, 50 mm macro and 2x converter, Ikelite su... by Alan G. Miller
Eel, Nikonos RS, 50 mm macro and 2x converter, Ikelite substrobe 400 on Kodachrome 64
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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"Red Sea Walkman" Taken at El Quadim Bay, El Quseir. by Henry Jager
"Red Sea Walkman"
Taken at El Quadim Bay, El Quseir.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Striated Frogfish by Julian Cohen
Striated Frogfish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Cuttlefish by Girts Kravalis
Cuttlefish
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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This image of a Deepwater Gorgonian was taken while divin... by Steven Anderson
This image of a Deepwater Gorgonian was taken while diving off Nassau in 2008.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Common Prawn, Night Dive at Menai Straits Nikon D80 60mm by Alan Fryer
Common Prawn, Night Dive at Menai Straits
Nikon D80 60mm
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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The guardian of the Blue Hole of Dahab. Picture taken wi... by Raoul Caprez
The guardian of the Blue Hole of Dahab.
Picture taken with a Canon G9.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Squat shrimp (Thor amboinensis) by Jorge Sorial
Squat shrimp (Thor amboinensis)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Blenny. Calanques de Cassis. Canon G10 & Inon D2000. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Blenny. Calanques de Cassis. Canon G10 & Inon D2000.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Muraena helena- apnea skindiving- Pantelleria island by Alberto Romeo
Muraena helena- apnea skindiving- Pantelleria island
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Blénie nain sur un corail fil de fer by André Bruchez
Blénie nain sur un corail fil de fer
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2009

Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
another different background for a familiar shot
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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sharp by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
sharp
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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white by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
white
26 Votes
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Hawksbill close-up. What lens do you choose in Komodo ? ... by Christian Nielsen
Hawksbill close-up.
What lens do you choose in Komodo ? Difficult choice. However even with a macro set-up you could do something interesting on a typical wide angle subject. Hope you like it.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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