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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
Sunny Side Up by Yagit Diver
Sunny Side Up
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nice portrait :-)
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Mandarin mating by Sabrina Shariff
Mandarin mating
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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Can we call him "King Sea Horse" because of carrying a cr... by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Can we call him "King Sea Horse" because of carrying a crown on his head?
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Juv. Hippocampus only 1 inch long @ BHB by John Roach
Juv. Hippocampus only 1 inch long @ BHB
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Boxfish Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia, Nikon D 300... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Boxfish
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 5.6, iso 800 in Kinetics
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Seasnake Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia, Nikon D 30... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Seasnake
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 6.3, iso 800 in Kinetics
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Dancin octopus II by Carlos Pérez
Dancin octopus II
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sargasso Sea Puerto Rico
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"finger" by sea stars by Walter Bassi
"finger" by sea stars
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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sea horse by Ilker Acar
sea horse
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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Red... Canon 40 D - Canon 60 mm - 2xYS-110 1/100 - f:18... by Ahmet Yay
Red...
Canon 40 D - Canon 60 mm - 2xYS-110
1/100 - f:18 - Asa:100
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Skunik anemonefish Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia, ... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Skunik anemonefish
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 5.6, iso 800 in Kinetics
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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"Dancing Octopus I" by Carlos Pérez
"Dancing Octopus I"
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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In Pompano Beach Florida diving the wreck United Caribbea... by Craig Dietrich
In Pompano Beach Florida diving the wreck United Caribbean. Found this Lizard fish having a grunt for lunch. I had never seen them swallow something so large before. Shot with a Canon 7D with a Tokina 10-17 with 2 YS-D1 strobes.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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lion fish by Jagwang Koo
lion fish
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Boxfish Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia, Nikon D 300... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Boxfish
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 5.6, iso 800 in Kinetics
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Feather duster worms by Peet Van Eeden
Feather duster worms
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Green Turtle Christmas Turtle Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,... by Hans-Gert Broeder
Green Turtle
Christmas Turtle
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/200 ,f 6,3, iso 200 in Kinetics
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Batfish by Abimael Márquez
Batfish
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Peacock Flounder by Nate Ewigman
Peacock Flounder
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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capo bove by Scozio Salvatore
capo bove
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cleaned while you sleep on the Umbria by Todd Moseley
Cleaned while you sleep on the Umbria
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sudan
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Decorator Crab Potrait II by Carlos Pérez
Decorator Crab Potrait II
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A red scorpaena with dramatic lighting by Pietro Cremone
A red scorpaena with dramatic lighting
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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murena,the eyes by Walter Bassi
murena,the eyes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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North Cyprus by Timucin Ucar
North Cyprus
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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A Sad grooper Canon G12 by Amir Abramovich
A Sad grooper
Canon G12
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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ghost pipe fish portrait by Yoav Lavi
ghost pipe fish portrait
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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