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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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Splendid Toadfish by Abimael Márquez
Splendid Toadfish
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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hard coral abstract by Leena Roy
hard coral abstract
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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Those Thornback Cowfish are often hard to spot but once y... by Beat J Korner
Those Thornback Cowfish are often hard to spot but once you get close to them they amuse me with their 'frozen' face expression.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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"The kind gardener" XZ1 with flash by Diogo Ferreira
"The kind gardener" XZ1 with flash
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Feels whisker dangling good. by Valda Fraser
Feels whisker dangling good.
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Anenome fish at home Lankayan, Borneo by Elaine White
Anenome fish at home
Lankayan, Borneo
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malaysia
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Mantis Shrimp, Veracruz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Mantis Shrimp, Veracruz Mexico
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Midas Blenny, Pulau Weh by Doug Anderson
Midas Blenny, Pulau Weh
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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Skunk anemonefish :-D by Daniel Strub
Skunk anemonefish big grin
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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a good night sleep...... by Billy N
by: Billy N
a good night sleep......
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Colorful saddled blenny by Michele Kelly
Colorful saddled blenny
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Panama
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Little red Frog fish by Beate Seiler
Little red Frog fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Limber Violet gilled nudibranch negotiating rough terrain by Ralph Turre
Limber Violet gilled nudibranch negotiating rough terrain
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 10, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Dangerous Zone Fortress by Billy N
by: Billy N
Dangerous Zone Fortress
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date posted posted: Monday, June 10, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Fire by Nonna Pokras
Fire
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36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 10, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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I like the colors of the anemones. by Christian Nielsen
I like the colors of the anemones.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 10, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Black and gold Sapsucking Slug(Cyerce nigricans). by Allen Lee
Black and gold Sapsucking Slug(Cyerce nigricans).
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 9, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Taiwan
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"Flabela climbing a tree". XZ-1 with flash by Diogo Ferreira
"Flabela climbing a tree". XZ-1 with flash
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 9, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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anemone-riding porcelain crab by Andre Philip
anemone-riding porcelain crab
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 9, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Mean Face...... by Billy N
by: Billy N
Mean Face......
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 9, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Parablennius pilicornis by Alberto Gallucci
Parablennius pilicornis
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 9, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Red Sea Walkman by Laura Dinraths
Red Sea Walkman
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 8, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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gx1 45mm micro 110a*2 by Ghost Chen
gx1 45mm micro 110a*2
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 8, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Leopard Flounder Fish by Hisham Elshafie
Leopard Flounder Fish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 8, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Clownfish and anemone. using Canon G12, with Ikelite Ho... by Hisham Elshafie
Clownfish and anemone.
using Canon G12, with Ikelite Housing & DS51 Strobe. and INON Close-up Lens UCL-165.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 7, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pygmy Cuttlefish at Lembeh Strait by Marteyne Van Well
Pygmy Cuttlefish at Lembeh Strait
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"I see you hiding in the bushes..." XZ1 with flash, uncroped by Diogo Ferreira
"I see you hiding in the bushes..." XZ1 with flash, uncroped
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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