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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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Mediterranean Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis, night dive N... by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis, night dive
Nikon D800 Isotecnic Housing Micro Nikkor 60mm 1/250 F:22 Iso 100 2xInon Z240
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Crinoid Shrimp. Yellow Lembeh, Batu sandar-3 Canon 40D ... by Ahmet Yay
Crinoid Shrimp. Yellow
Lembeh, Batu sandar-3
Canon 40D - Canon 60 mm macro - 2xYS-110
1/100 - f:13 - Asa:100
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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orang utan crab (Achaeus japonicus) NIKON D7000 in a S... by Thomas Bannenberg
orang utan crab (Achaeus japonicus)
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, 105mm Macro (NIKKOR)
Settings: f11, 1/60, ISO 100
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Feather-Star-tastic by Miles Jackson
Feather-Star-tastic
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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60mm Tamron Canon 7D Grand Bay by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
60mm Tamron Canon 7D Grand Bay
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Swansea Bridge, NSW. by Peter Davey
Swansea Bridge, NSW.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Black hole by Mikulás Németh
Black hole
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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Coleman Shrimp by Mariano Mañas
Coleman Shrimp
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Kamenjack Cave (HR) by Vincenzo Marotta
Kamenjack Cave (HR)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Pink Lady. by Allen Lee
Pink Lady.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Big-bellied Seahorse, Chowder Bay. by Doug Anderson
Big-bellied Seahorse, Chowder Bay.
shortlistedShortlisted!
48 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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climb a spiky soft coral crab climbing to higher ground by Marco Fierli
climb
a spiky soft coral crab climbing to higher ground
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Hermit Crap. Little bit close... Bali, Tulamben Canon 6... by Ahmet Yay
Hermit Crap. Little bit close...
Bali, Tulamben
Canon 600 D - Canon 60 mm macro - 2xYS-D1 Flash
1/125, f:3,5 Asa:100
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Blennie .Mauritius by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Blennie .Mauritius
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Titan Triggerfish with cleaner wrasses by Paul Colley
Titan Triggerfish with cleaner wrasses
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blenny face, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blenny face, Acapulco Mexico
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Enchelycore anatina, Canary Islands by Mariano Mañas
Enchelycore anatina, Canary Islands
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Clown anemonefish Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indonesia, Bunaken Is... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Clown anemonefish
Bunaken,Sulawesi,Indonesia, Bunaken Island,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 6,3, iso 800 in Kinetics
no strobe or flash, natural lighting
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Reef Lizardfish, Synodus variegatus, North Sulawesi, Lemb... by Paul Flandinette
Reef Lizardfish, Synodus variegatus, North Sulawesi, Lembeh, Indonesia;
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Wandering Anemone by Daniel Poloha
Wandering Anemone
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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red flower by Walter Bassi
red flower
shortlistedShortlisted!
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Snapper head detail by Daniel Poloha
Snapper head detail
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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Stoplight Parrotfish with Shark Sucker attached on the Bi... by Michael Kovach
Stoplight Parrotfish with Shark Sucker attached on the Big Coral Knoll off the beach at Fort Lauderdale.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 2, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Blenny Mandarin, Plataforma Tiburon Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Blenny Mandarin, Plataforma Tiburon Mexico
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2013

Final RoundThrough to 2013 awards final round judging
55 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Female Ornate Ghostpipefish ventilating her eggs by Miles Jackson
Female Ornate Ghostpipefish ventilating her eggs
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Only the brave... say one time a litte cleaner.... by Jonathan Sala
Only the brave... say one time a litte cleaner....
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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DANGEROUS FLOWERS by Mona Dienhart
DANGEROUS FLOWERS
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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