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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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Rhinopia Nikon D200, 60mm, twin strobo Komodo 2009 by Marchione Giacomo
Rhinopia
Nikon D200, 60mm, twin strobo
Komodo 2009
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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shrimp, shot with nikon D70s with 105mm macro by Simon Gardener
shrimp, shot with nikon D70s with 105mm macro
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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shot with nikon d70s and 105 mm macro by Simon Gardener
shot with nikon d70s and 105 mm macro
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Stargazer shot on a Night dive in Komodo. Olympus E330, ... by Christian Nielsen
Stargazer shot on a Night dive in Komodo.
Olympus E330, 50mm macro and 1 Ikelite DS125
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date posted posted: Monday, October 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Ambon Scorpionfish playing hide n seek on Hairball 2, Lem... by Soren Egeberg
Ambon Scorpionfish playing hide n seek on Hairball 2, Lembeh Straits
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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A sea spider taken at crossroads reef in Port Elizabeth S... by Anthony Wooldridge
A sea spider taken at crossroads reef in Port Elizabeth South Africa with a Sony W300 and a Fantasea Nano Strobe
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date posted posted: Monday, October 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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its a feeding snail... rare opportunity for me :) by Janice Chan
its a feeding snail... rare opportunity for me smile
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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coleman shrimp on host urchin by Dave Baxter
coleman shrimp on host urchin
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Bali -secret gardens by Dave Baxter
Bali -secret gardens
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Yellowspotted burrfish. by Cigdem Cooper
Yellowspotted burrfish.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pigmy Portrait Nikon D200, 105 micro, twin strobo Bali ... by Marchione Giacomo
Pigmy Portrait
Nikon D200, 105 micro, twin strobo
Bali 2009
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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El Diablo!!! Juvenile Scorpionfish Portrait... (no crop... by Adolfo Maciocco
El Diablo!!!
Juvenile Scorpionfish Portrait... (no crop :))
Paradise .
Sharm el Sheikh
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Curious" another from my Night Squid series by Debi Henshaw
"Curious" another from my Night Squid series
shortlistedShortlisted!
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Dayang, Talikud Island, Davao City.... by Bernard Maglana
Dayang, Talikud Island, Davao City....
shortlistedShortlisted!
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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First time shooting underwater !!! No external strobe or... by Denise Foster
First time shooting underwater !!! No external strobe or lenses, Sealife DC600 borrowed from a friend. I am hooked!
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Orange Delight (Antennarius pictus) Painted Frogfish by David Henshaw
Orange Delight (Antennarius pictus) Painted Frogfish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Gobies and ascidia Nikon D200, 60micro, twin strobo Kom... by Marchione Giacomo
Gobies and ascidia
Nikon D200, 60micro, twin strobo
Komodo 2009
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Size doesn't matter! Male Sailfin blenny protecting his t... by Vladimir Levantovsky
Size doesn't matter! Male Sailfin blenny protecting his territory against "the intruder". He actually nibbled on my daughter's finger when she moved it just a tiny bit closer.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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goby on whip coral. No crop by Miro Polensek
goby on whip coral. No crop
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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taken Bali sea by Dave Baxter
taken Bali sea
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The Eye... Que du bonheur... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
The Eye... Que du bonheur... :O)...
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Self protection, Crash Boat, Aguadilla. by Abimael Márquez
Self protection, Crash Boat, Aguadilla.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Anemone (Condylactis aurantiaca). Saint-Florent bay, Cors... by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Anemone (Condylactis aurantiaca). Saint-Florent bay, Corsica. Canon G10 & Inon D2000.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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juvi moray by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
juvi moray
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hairy Frog fish in the philippines. Canon G10 by Andrew Macleod
Hairy Frog fish in the philippines.
Canon G10
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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A goby fish on the sea stars by Birgul Erken
A goby fish on the sea stars
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Indonesia
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night dive shot when it was feeding. Was too fast move wi... by I.cem Ozoral
night dive shot when it was feeding. Was too fast move with the toung and I was lucky.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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