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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
Gobi by Philippe Brunner
Gobi
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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shiny blenny......simply sparkling by Johnny Schepens
shiny blenny......simply sparkling
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 13, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Backstage Particular Red Starfish (Echinaster sepositus) by Rosario Scariati
Backstage Particular Red Starfish (Echinaster sepositus)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 13, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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seductive lips of a sea anemone by Peet J Van Eeden
seductive lips of a sea anemone
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Say Ah ! by Wijnand Plekker
Say Ah !
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars." Ivan Turg... by Stefan Follows
"We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars." Ivan Turgenev.
Branching Sea Cucumber - Pentacta sp. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-1/250-f8-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL165
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Egyptian thorny seahorse in seagrass by Laura Dinraths
Egyptian thorny seahorse in seagrass
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The wee dragon.this lil'dude was about the size of my fin... by Hamid Rad
The wee dragon.this lil'dude was about the size of my fingernail.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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"I can fly" - Male Boxfish in pose. by Beat J Korner
"I can fly" - Male Boxfish in pose.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Lion in profile by Tony Cherbas
Lion in profile
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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crab by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
crab
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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And the detail of 'Alicia mirabilis "Beautiful Night" Bay... by Rosario Scariati
And the detail of 'Alicia mirabilis "Beautiful Night" Bay Puolo NA
Night Diving
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 11, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus. Chaloklum, Tha... by Stefan Follows
Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-1/250-f7.1-iso200-Inon D2000
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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A juvenile starry pufferfish looking at the camera. Taken... by Marteyne Van Well
A juvenile starry pufferfish looking at the camera. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM lens and +5 diopter with one strobe
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Current by Eugene Tkachenko
Current
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Sunburst on the sand. by Lisa Hinderlider
Sunburst on the sand.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Particular Alicia mirabilis " Beautiful at Night " to Cala di Puolo NA
Stone Fish by Philippe Brunner
Stone Fish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Perch by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Perch
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Denmark
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Crab Face by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Crab Face
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Sweden
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creative experiment with a friendly weedy sea-draqon. Sho... by Gaetano Gargiulo
creative experiment with a friendly weedy sea-draqon. Shot during a population survey...
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 10, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Sabella spallanzani, particular 2 by Marco Gargiulo
Sabella spallanzani, particular 2
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56 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Sabella spallanzani, particular by Marco Gargiulo
Sabella spallanzani, particular
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Beautiful colors
52 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Monster by Marco Gargiulo
Monster
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Particular Alicia mirabilis by Rosario Scariati
Particular Alicia mirabilis
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Ambushed crocodilefish with an unusual pigmentation on on... by Laura Dinraths
Ambushed crocodilefish with an unusual pigmentation on one half of the head
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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