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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
juvenile highhat at crash boat dive site in aguadilla, PU... by Victor J. Lasanta
juvenile highhat at crash boat dive site in aguadilla, PUERTO RICO
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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SEA URCHIN /undersside by Andres Larraz
SEA URCHIN /undersside
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Clown Fish by Kenneth Hicks
Clown Fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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My what a big mouth you have. Clam taken in the Mussamda... by Brendon Baines
My what a big mouth you have.
Clam taken in the Mussamdam Area, using Canon G10 with standard casing and flash
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea United Arab Emirates
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Malezya-sipadan island. by Ahmet Yay
Malezya-sipadan island.

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the colors really pop on this one Ahmet
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Malaysia
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Porcelin Crab, Taken On The Weekend Of The 25 April 2009 ... by Kenneth Hicks
Porcelin Crab, Taken On The Weekend Of The 25 April 2009 at aliwal shoal umkamaas, south africa.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Pipefish in Safaga by Andy Hamnett
Pipefish in Safaga
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Clown Fish taken on the way to the Alora shipwreck at Hid... by Robert Steven
Clown Fish taken on the way to the Alora shipwreck at Hideaway Island Vanuatu. I used a Olympus 725 SW in a PT-033 housing.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Unicorn in black and white by Larissa Roorda
Unicorn in black and white
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Solomon islands
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Inside look at a feather duster. by Michael Schlenk
Inside look at a feather duster.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Arrowhead Crab in Soft Coral by David Buelna
Arrowhead Crab in Soft Coral
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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STAR GAZER by Andres Larraz
STAR GAZER
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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rolling by Andres Larraz
rolling
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hermit crab just casually walking towards me. by Andy Hamnett
Hermit crab just casually walking towards me.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Despite its well camouflaged shell, the eyes of this herm... by Robert Christie
Despite its well camouflaged shell, the eyes of this hermit crab gives its identity away!
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Hong Kong
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Painted Frogfish perched on one of the stanchions of DuCo... by Debi Henshaw
Painted Frogfish perched on one of the stanchions of DuCoMil Pier, Dumaguete :o)
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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egg man by Victor Zucker
egg man
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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STAR-GAZER by Andres Larraz
STAR-GAZER
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Mozambique host goby (length up to 3cm) on red sponge cor... by Sean Cooper
Mozambique host goby (length up to 3cm) on red sponge coral. Taken with Canon G10 and Epoque strobe.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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freckled hawk fish by John Naylor
freckled hawk fish
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Recovery. A healthy red abalone at San Miguel Island. Sh... by Douglas Klug
Recovery. A healthy red abalone at San Miguel Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with a single DS50 strobe. Shot at f/22 and 1/320 second.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Fishs - Fin (detail) by Vito Lorusso
Fishs - Fin (detail)
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on the prow... by Garnet Hooper
Crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on the prowl. Fuji e900 on macro setting with Ikelite housing and Ikelite DS51 substrobe
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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The Night Color - Photo was taken off the coast of Grenad... by David Buelna
The Night Color - Photo was taken off the coast of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea on a night dive of Veronica L. I didn't think much of this crab as it was the size of a large pin head, but by accident it became my favorite picture!
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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BANDED FAN WORM,OPEN FAN 1" wide by Andres Larraz
BANDED FAN WORM,OPEN FAN
1" wide
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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