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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
Octopus vulgaris & Felimare picta TRIO (Eye,Siphon,Gills) by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Octopus vulgaris & Felimare picta
TRIO (Eye,Siphon,Gills)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Slanke waaierslak, flabellina glacilis by Eduard Bello
Slanke waaierslak, flabellina glacilis
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Freckled Hawkfish by Henley Spiers
Freckled Hawkfish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Beautiful common nudibranch. Slanke waaierslak, flabellin... by Eduard Bello
Beautiful common nudibranch. Slanke waaierslak, flabellina glacilis
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Face to face. by Xiaomeng Pang
Face to face.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Serranus scriba by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Serranus scriba
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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The Gatekeepers of Gullies The sandy anemone with it... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Gatekeepers of Gullies
The sandy anemone with its typical spots and range of colors.They are equipped to strongly adhere to rocks and to withstand wave actions.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Candy-striped sea anemone,False bay, South Africa by Peet J Van Eeden
Candy-striped sea anemone,False bay, South Africa
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Nudi Travolta Saturday night fever No filter - creative... by Philippe Eggert
Nudi Travolta
Saturday night fever
No filter - creative lighting with 3 snoot torches (white , red and blue)
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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I never seen amazing creature like this, Flamboyan Cuttle... by Wawan Mangile
I never seen amazing creature like this, Flamboyan Cuttle Fish 1,5 Cm long.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Mantis Baby / My first black water shooting in Anilao, Ph... by Richard (qingran) Meng
Mantis Baby / My first black water shooting in Anilao, Philippines.
shortlistedShortlisted!
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Great lobster by Eduard Bello
Great lobster
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Nice like ice by Eduard Bello
Nice like ice
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Lobster around by Eduard Bello
Lobster around
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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As loud as a whisper. Day Ocotopus / Octopus Cyanea. Red... by Jamie Hall
As loud as a whisper. Day Ocotopus / Octopus Cyanea. Red Sea, Temple, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Jewel of the Ocean Basket star on Palmate Sea Fan by Peet J Van Eeden
Jewel of the Ocean
Basket star on Palmate Sea Fan
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 18, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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The beauty of a Giant Sea Clam by Peet J Van Eeden
The beauty of a Giant Sea Clam
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Tompot Says Hi by Henley Spiers
Tompot Says Hi
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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Squid face, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba by Alejandro Topete
Squid face, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
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44 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Always around by Eduard Bello
Always around
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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running frogfish iso100, f40, 1/200s, with Nikon D800, 1... by Vincent Kong
running frogfish
iso100, f40, 1/200s, with Nikon D800, 105mm vr, sea&sea ys-d2
at seraya secret, tulamben, bali
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Reaching for the Stars Violet spotted anemone. Little ... by Peet J Van Eeden
Reaching for the Stars
Violet spotted anemone. Little is known about this striking anemone species
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Motherly Care This Pink Anemone fish is fining over its... by Ann Donahue
Motherly Care
This Pink Anemone fish is fining over its eggs to oxygenate them.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Ghost in the night "Sepia officinalis" by Ferdinando Meli
Ghost in the night
"Sepia officinalis"
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Swimming with the Sea Turtles at Redang Island, Terenggan... by Chisa Ranido
Swimming with the Sea Turtles at Redang Island, Terengganu, Malaysia
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Malaysia
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Speckled Klipfish - Hermanus, South Africa Canon G16 by Andre Du Preez
Speckled Klipfish - Hermanus, South Africa
Canon G16
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Holding flowers by Tianhong Wang
Holding flowers
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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