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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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Jawfish with eggs at Front Porch, Bonaire by J. Daniel Horovatin
Jawfish with eggs at Front Porch, Bonaire
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Red coral beauty. Difficult to see big ones because used ... by Oscar Miralpeix
Red coral beauty. Difficult to see big ones because used in jewelry, especially during 20 century.
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Pipefish on soft coral by Olivier Notz
Pipefish on soft coral
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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fire urchin shrimp by Peter Allinson
fire urchin shrimp
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Savu Sea Indonesia
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Nikon D7100 in Nauticam Housing, 60mm lens, two strobes s... by Gabriella Luongo
Nikon D7100 in Nauticam Housing, 60mm lens, two strobes sea&sea ys-110a
f/25 1/250 sec. ISO-125
Puerto Galera, Philippine
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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urchin by Oscar Miralpeix
urchin
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date posted posted: Friday, April 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Ringed Blenny by J. Daniel Horovatin
Ringed Blenny
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Flatfish face. Criccieth beach, N. Wales by Mark Thomas
Flatfish face.
Criccieth beach, N. Wales
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Stargazer under the Blue Heron Bridge by Beate Seiler
Stargazer under the Blue Heron Bridge
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Scorpionfish eye by Beate Seiler
Scorpionfish eye
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Cuttlefish face by Steven Miller
Cuttlefish face
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Nikon D7100 in Nauticam Housing with 60mm lens and a saga... by Gabriella Luongo
Nikon D7100 in Nauticam Housing with 60mm lens and a saga +5, two strobes sea&sea ys-110a
f/22 1/250 sec. ISO 125
Puerto Galera, Phillipine
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Zebra Lionfish-Lembeh by Richard Goluch
Zebra Lionfish-Lembeh
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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tubeworm colours by Oscar Miralpeix
tubeworm colours
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2014

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Lovely Colors
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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[:b:]Goby mirrored[:/b:] by Francesco Pacienza
Goby mirrored
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date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Philippines
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish in Anilao by Ken Thongpila
Flamboyant Cuttlefish in Anilao
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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" ON THE RUNWAY" by Isabella Maffei
" ON THE RUNWAY"
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Camotes Sea Indonesia
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First quarter moon by Raoul Caprez
First quarter moon
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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S M A S H I N G - W E A P O N Giant mantis shrimp (Lysi... by Irwin Ang
S M A S H I N G - W E A P O N
Giant mantis shrimp (Lysiosquillina lisa)
Anilao, Philippines. February 2014
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 29, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Close-up of reef shark Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two ... by Margriet Tilstra
Close-up of reef shark
Nikon D80, Ikelite housing + two Ikelite strobes (DS161 and DS125), Lense AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, ISO 200, Aperture f/16, Shutterspeed 1/125
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date posted posted: Friday, March 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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Crinoid by Marco Gargiulo
Crinoid
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Canon 7d/Ikelite Housing Octopus Melbourne Australia - P... by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Canon 7d/Ikelite Housing Octopus Melbourne Australia - Port Phillip Bay
Australian
Southern Australia
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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yawning yellow frogfish by Andre Philip
yawning yellow frogfish
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Frog Fish Struggle frog fish fighting the current in the... by Marco Fierli
Frog Fish Struggle
frog fish fighting the current in the sand of Lembeh
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Macro by Abdulla Almehairi
Macro
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date posted posted: Monday, March 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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found in Lembeh.. by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh..
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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To me an uncommon color. Before, I only saw them in reddi... by Olivier Notz
To me an uncommon color. Before, I only saw them in reddish/brownish color, but never in this blue-green
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 23, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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