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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
Grasping hands of a Basket Star catching food particles r... by Peet J Van Eeden
Grasping hands of a Basket Star catching food particles raining from above
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Guess who is the female? They start life as males and may... by Peet J Van Eeden
Guess who is the female? They start life as males and may change to a female if needed
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Lobster at Similand islands. Canon rebel 400d with 15-55 ... by Pontus Svanberg
Lobster at Similand islands. Canon rebel 400d with 15-55 standard lens and fotolight.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Thailand
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nice colors of oval cup coral by Aksems Kuzucu
nice colors of oval cup coral
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Doubles by Leena Roy
Doubles
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Spiny starfish Stone hard but mobile and a voracious pred... by Peet J Van Eeden
Spiny starfish Stone hard but mobile and a voracious predator
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South Africa
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leafy by Mathieu Foulquié
leafy
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Portrait Cocco Octopussy Nikon D800E, 105 macro . Retra ... by Marchione Giacomo
Portrait Cocco Octopussy
Nikon D800E, 105 macro . Retra LSD
Lembeh strait
shortlistedShortlisted!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Moray portrait by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Moray portrait
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Blur ring octopus by Leena Roy
Blur ring octopus
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Broad head cuttlefish by Leena Roy
Broad head cuttlefish
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Blenny divesite:Bianca, Diving, duskdive, Indonesia, Lem... by Twila M
by: Twila M
Blenny
divesite:Bianca, Diving, duskdive, Indonesia, Lembeh, Sulawesi
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Frogfish, 2016, Critters, divesite:Jahir1, Diving, In... by Twila M
by: Twila M
Frogfish,
2016, Critters, divesite:Jahir1, Diving, Indonesia, Lembeh, LembehResort, September, Sulawesi
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Magnifica by David Owens
Magnifica
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Napoleon snake eel (Lembeh) by Mathieu Foulquié
Napoleon snake eel (Lembeh)
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Psycho Clown by Henley Spiers
Psycho Clown
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Mummy's kiss by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Mummy's kiss
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Team Cleaning by Tony Cherbas
Team Cleaning
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
This moray gets quite a lot of attention. Excellent behavior shot, great colors and well lit.
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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G H O S T L Y Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) by Lilian Koh
G H O S T L Y
Thorny Seahorse
(Hippocampus histrix)
shortlistedShortlisted!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Crocodile fish by John Loving
Crocodile fish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile of Heniochus varius (Cuvier,1829) by Arif Fajar Setyawan
Juvenile of Heniochus varius (Cuvier,1829)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Shy seahorse by Pieter Firlefyn
Shy seahorse
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Red-knuckled mantis shrimp by Kyle Castelyn
Red-knuckled mantis shrimp
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Watchful Eye! Common Octopus by Kate Jonker
Watchful Eye!
Common Octopus
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Close up of Scorpion Fish taken off Rotnest island. Fish ... by Ally Smith
Close up of Scorpion Fish taken off Rotnest island. Fish sheltering from heavy swell and surge
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Anybody in there (Goby) by Aksems Kuzucu
Anybody in there
(Goby)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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The Horror Frogfish - Antennarius maculatus Chalokl... by Stefan Follows
The Horror
Frogfish - Antennarius maculatus
Chaloklum, Thailand
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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