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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
ANTENNAIRE DES SARGASSES histrio histrio by Didier Pasquini
ANTENNAIRE DES SARGASSES
histrio histrio
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Porcelain crab and nimo by Min Seok Jeon
Porcelain crab and nimo
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Painted comber - Serranus scriba by Stefanos Michael
Painted comber - Serranus scriba
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 14, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Reef shark eye by Ned Gleason
Reef shark eye
shortlistedShortlisted!
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 13, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mexico
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"Tip-tilt". Taenianotus triacanthus (leaf scorpionfish). ... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
"Tip-tilt". Taenianotus triacanthus (leaf scorpionfish). (f/7.1, 1/100, ISO-100, 50mm). - Erik
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 12, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Tanzania
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Gymnothorax javanicus by Michael Baukloh
Gymnothorax javanicus
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 11, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Larval Mototi Octopus - Blackwater Diving by Jacek Bugajski
Larval Mototi Octopus - Blackwater Diving
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Two Coleman’s Shrimps with double dotted snoot by Jacek Bugajski
Two Coleman’s Shrimps with double dotted snoot
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Up close to a spotty dotty Seastar by Grace Bailey
Up close to a spotty dotty Seastar
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Octopus With Marelux soft by Magali Marquez
Octopus With Marelux soft
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date posted posted: Monday, May 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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blanket octopus by Regie Casia
blanket octopus
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Seahorse and shrimp by Min Seok Jeon
Seahorse and shrimp
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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Galaxy Eye "Sepia latimanus" by Luca Keller
Galaxy Eye "Sepia latimanus"
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 7, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Persian rug ( Bedford's flatworm) . Elegant , beautiful, ... by Antonio Venturelli
Persian rug ( Bedford's flatworm) . Elegant , beautiful, .. a masterpiece of ocean_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f13,iso100)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 6, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Nudi by Min Seok Jeon
Nudi
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 4, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Playful Bird Squid on a Blackwater Dive by Lindsey Mobley
Playful Bird Squid on a Blackwater Dive
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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This is a macro detail of an hard coral, taken a few mete... by Antonio Venturelli
This is a macro detail of an hard coral, taken a few meters deep around Havelock Island, in India. As you can see nature creates real works of art, don't you think? Andamans_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso125)
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date posted posted: Monday, May 1, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Macro shot of banded coral shrimp taken in Bonaire. You ... by Alan Butterworth
Macro shot of banded coral shrimp taken in Bonaire. You can see the blue ovaries.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 30, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Netherlands Antilles
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Small fish have bright colors and flamboyant shape that a... by Antonio Venturelli
Small fish have bright colors and flamboyant shape that attract experienced & novice divers alike. Unless it moves.. it can be difficult to distinguish them from the context around, as seen in this photo! Goa_India_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso100)
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 29, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea India
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Juvenile Sorsogona prionota (halfspined flathead). (f/8, ... by E&e Lp
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Juvenile Sorsogona prionota (halfspined flathead). (f/8, 1/125, ISO-100, 50mm). - Erik
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date posted posted: Friday, April 28, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Rocky-shore Hermit Crab - Pagurus anachoretus by Stefanos Michael
Rocky-shore Hermit Crab - Pagurus anachoretus
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date posted posted: Monday, April 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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stone by Marc Van Den Broeck
stone
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 24, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Mediterranean Moray - Muraena helena by Stefanos Michael
Mediterranean Moray - Muraena helena
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Coral blenny-Havelock Is. -Andamans_2023 (Canon100,1/200... by Antonio Venturelli
Coral blenny-Havelock Is. -Andamans_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 23, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Diploastrea heliopora macro: very common here in the Indi... by Antonio Venturelli
Diploastrea heliopora macro: very common here in the Indian Ocean but always fascinating to see especially if you get close and notice its shapes like colored vanilla puddings_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso125)
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Golden Leaf Scorpionfish "Taenianotus triacanthus" by Luca Keller
Golden Leaf Scorpionfish "Taenianotus triacanthus"
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 21, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hide and seek with a common reef octopus. by Luca Keller
Hide and seek with a common reef octopus.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 20, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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