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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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Macro by Abdulla Almehairi
Macro
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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Ornate Ghost Pipefish Lembeh by Billy Watson
Ornate Ghost Pipefish
Lembeh
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Pygmy Seahorse Hippocampus bargibanti) depth was abaut 15... by Sevıl Gurel Peker
Pygmy Seahorse Hippocampus bargibanti) depth was abaut 15 meters , strong current didn't let me work easily, even wıth a snoot!! but results were good,I could chatch a nice portre of hım !
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Palinurus jv, night dive, Fuji Velvia 50 iso. Nikon F100 ... by Marco Gargiulo
Palinurus jv, night dive, Fuji Velvia 50 iso. Nikon F100 in Underwave Igloo Housing, 2x Substrobe S200.
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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San Diver @ Crash Boar Pier. Nikon D7000, Nikon 60mm, 2 ... by Frankie Rivera
San Diver @ Crash Boar Pier. Nikon D7000, Nikon 60mm, 2 Ikelite Strobes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Sand Diver (Lizard Fish) by Boaz Meiri
Sand Diver (Lizard Fish)
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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A rose by any other name... Tube Anemone - Cerianthus ... by Stefan Follows
A rose by any other name...
Tube Anemone - Cerianthus sp. Mae Haad, Thailand-G10-250-f2.8-iso100-Inon D2000
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Tiger shrimp Gangga Island Nikon d800E, two strobo, 105... by Marchione Giacomo
Tiger shrimp
Gangga Island
Nikon d800E, two strobo, 105 macro Nokon
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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found you! by Yuzuru Hamasaki
found you!
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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These boxing crabs move around so fast, it took quite a f... by Kip Nead
These boxing crabs move around so fast, it took quite a few tries over a number of days to get this shot.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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There is something about the eyes of peacock mantis shrim... by Kip Nead
There is something about the eyes of peacock mantis shrimp that I just find facinating
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Banded shrimp carrying her eggs by Lawrence Davis
Banded shrimp carrying her eggs
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mom loves her children by Lawrence Davis
Mom loves her children
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Flamboyant cuttlefish :-D by Daniel Strub
Flamboyant cuttlefish big grin
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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A snapper posing for the camera while hiding under the je... by Marteyne Van Well
A snapper posing for the camera while hiding under the jetty at the Divi Flamingo Beach Resort House Reef in Bonaire
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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This is a mototi blue ring octopus from a muck dive in Tu... by Kip Nead
This is a mototi blue ring octopus from a muck dive in Tulamben.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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I'd never found a mantis shrimp this color before, and it... by Kip Nead
I'd never found a mantis shrimp this color before, and it was extremely cooperative as well.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Two yellow pygmy gobies in a bottle at dive site Tandurus... by Marteyne Van Well
Two yellow pygmy gobies in a bottle at dive site Tandurusa in Lembeh Strait. Taken with Canon EOS 5D Mark III with EF100mm f/2.8L IS USM lens and +5 diopter
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Greetings...! Porcelain Crab - Porcellanidae sp. Mae Haad... by Stefan Follows
Greetings...! Porcelain Crab - Porcellanidae sp. Mae Haad-Thailand-EM5-NAEM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f4.5-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL165-2xH20+5
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Clown fish on New Year's day... apparently he did not enj... by Gregory Tutt
Clown fish on New Year's day... apparently he did not enjoy the fireworks because he refused to smile for the picture...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Painted Frogfish, Anilao, Philippines by Marylin Batt
Painted Frogfish, Anilao, Philippines
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Juvenile Lionfish-detail by Lisa Hinderlider
Juvenile Lionfish-detail
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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fish see in monochrome. by Arun Madisetti
fish see in monochrome.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Juvenile Porcupine Fish by Kf Leong
Juvenile Porcupine Fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Juvenile flying fish by Jeff Milisen
Juvenile flying fish
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Editor's Comment
Very well taken and Beautiful subject.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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An Algae Octopus at Lembeh on night dive taken with Canon... by Marteyne Van Well
An Algae Octopus at Lembeh on night dive taken with Canon EOS 5D Mark III with EF100mm f/2.8L IS USM lens
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Fingered Dragonet - Dactylopus dactylopus. Chaloklum, Tha... by Stefan Follows
Fingered Dragonet - Dactylopus dactylopus. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-oly 12-50mm @ 43mm-250-f6-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 1, 2014
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date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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