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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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Taken with Canon A570is by Richard Toward
Taken with Canon A570is
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Barbados
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A very small Symbiotic Gobie on a Red Spong. They really ... by Michel Lonfat
A very small Symbiotic Gobie on a Red Spong. They really belong together. Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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sea anemone illusion. the image was shot by a sea and sea... by Stephen Sanders
sea anemone illusion. the image was shot by a sea and sea dx1200 and was taken in mukilteo washington
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea United States
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small tooth emperor ... by Simon Gardener
small tooth emperor i shot this fish during a decent to shallow reef in Oman this was around 20 meters i did not see the diver in the shot until i uploaded the shot
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Oman
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Male bicolour parrotfish by Sven Tramaux
Male bicolour parrotfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Say ahhhh" Canon G10, single macro lens. Inon s2000 strobe by Andrew Macleod
"Say ahhhh" Canon G10, single macro lens. Inon s2000 strobe
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Cuttlefish in seagrass by Andy Hamnett
Cuttlefish in seagrass
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pyjama Slug, defensive posture? Sony Cyber Shot by John Hill
Pyjama Slug, defensive posture? Sony Cyber Shot
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Triple Decker" Not one but 3 Shaggy Frogfish stacked on ... by Debi Henshaw
"Triple Decker" Not one but 3 Shaggy Frogfish stacked on top of each other. This group were part of a group of 7 in one spot - definately some interbreeding going on :o) No Cropping
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"Eye". Canon G10 & Inon D2000 strobe by Bea & Stef Primatesta
"Eye". Canon G10 & Inon D2000 strobe
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile Frogfish. 70's style red fringe : ) Jackson Re... by Erich Reboucas
Juvenile Frogfish.
70's style red fringe : )
Jackson Reef, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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ornate ghost pipefish with diver in background by Per Nilsson
ornate ghost pipefish with diver in background
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date posted posted: Friday, May 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Tiny Gobie on his guard. Safaga, Egypt. by Andy Hamnett
Tiny Gobie on his guard. Safaga, Egypt.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Peppermint Shrimp in a dark sponge, Bonaire by William Goodwin
Peppermint Shrimp in a dark sponge, Bonaire
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Undulated Moray coming for a look! Sony Cyber shot by John Hill
Undulated Moray coming for a look! Sony Cyber shot
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Up Close... by Bernard Maglana
Up Close...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Fan worm in Sesimbra, Portugal. by José Carvalho
Fan worm in Sesimbra, Portugal.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Hairy. A crevice spider crab hides on the reef at Anacap... by Douglas Klug
Hairy. A crevice spider crab hides on the reef at Anacapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes. Shot at f/14 and 1/250 seconds.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish from Dauin by David Bierman
Flamboyant Cuttlefish from Dauin
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Twin Spot Goby taken in Lembeh with 100mm and 1,5 Tele by Serge Abourjeily
Twin Spot Goby taken in Lembeh with 100mm and 1,5 Tele
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Star Coral shot with Nikon D-300, Sigma 10-20mm lens. by David Hoffman
Star Coral shot with Nikon D-300, Sigma 10-20mm lens.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"SPIKE" portrait study of a trumpetfish. Sides have been ... by Debi Henshaw
"SPIKE" portrait study of a trumpetfish. Sides have been cropped in to frame the subject :o)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Nikon D70 60MM Macro by John Snyder
Nikon D70 60MM Macro
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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miniscule shrimp... by Andres Larraz
miniscule shrimp...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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frog fish by Kenneth Hicks
frog fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Yellow spotted burry by Cigdem Cooper
Yellow spotted burry
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Decorator crab with a funny hair do! Canon G 10 by Andrew Macleod
Decorator crab with a funny hair do! Canon G 10
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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