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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
Nikon D70 Macro by John Snyder
Nikon D70 Macro
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date posted posted: Friday, March 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Eye of lizard fish, don't know exactly the type of the fi... by Budy Lukman
Eye of lizard fish, don't know exactly the type of the fish. Canon G7 with Inon UCL 165, single Sea&Sea YS 110
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date posted posted: Friday, March 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Could be an alien, mantis shrimp or slipper lobster......... by Ron Monaco
Could be an alien, mantis shrimp or slipper lobster.........observed during a night dive aboard the Ni'a. Canon 40D with a 50mm macro and a Sea & Sea YS-90 strobe.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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RED BLUSPOTTED GROUPER. Nikon 801s 60 macro in Igloo Hou... by Alberto Romeo
RED BLUSPOTTED GROUPER. Nikon 801s 60 macro in Igloo Housing+ Ikelite strobe
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date posted posted: Friday, March 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A variegated lizardfish saying "cheese" by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
A variegated lizardfish saying "cheese"
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date posted posted: Friday, March 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Anemone crab taken at Atlantis Resort Nikonos V 1:2 macro... by Marylin Batt
Anemone crab taken at Atlantis Resort Nikonos V 1:2 macro framer.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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juvenile drum fish by Angela Faber
juvenile drum fish
48 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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baby brittle star inside a branching vase sponge at merma... by Victor J. Lasanta
baby brittle star inside a branching vase sponge at mermaid point in parguera area. PUERTO RICO.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Yellowhead Moray Eel by Michael Henke
Yellowhead Moray Eel
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Lemon doll by Giuseppe Piccioli
Lemon doll
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Tasseled scorpionfish by Alan Lyall
Tasseled scorpionfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Scorpion Fish taken during night dive in Cozumel 02/15/09 by Ron Monaco
Scorpion Fish taken during night dive in Cozumel 02/15/09
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Blended. A pacific sanddab blends in with the gravel at... by Douglas Klug
Blended.
A pacific sanddab blends in with the gravel at Santa Cruz Island. Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite housing with natural light. Image shot at f/4.5 and 1/160 second.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Baby octopus who was on the hunt for crabs running back a... by Theresa Tracy
Baby octopus who was on the hunt for crabs running back and forth for an hour oblivious to me.. he was about 3 inches big.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"Face to Face" This moray was very interested in my camer... by Henry Jager
"Face to Face" This moray was very interested in my camera :-) shot with macro 50mm and teleconverter 1,4x.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Follow me Follow you, Anilao, Phillipines. Canon G9, Inon... by Fatt Chuen Foo
Follow me Follow you, Anilao, Phillipines. Canon G9, Inon lenes and strobes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Canon G9, Ikelite Housing, Inon z240 (1)Strobe. I stumble... by Rhi Dobbie
Canon G9, Ikelite Housing, Inon z240 (1)Strobe. I stumbled across this pair on our house reef. The smallest cuttle fish I've ever seen 2-3 inches!!!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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A close up view of Lion fish's eye. Canon G7 with canon h... by Budy Lukman
A close up view of Lion fish's eye. Canon G7 with canon housing and inon close up lens and single sea&sea YS 110 strobe
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Eye to Eye with Blue Ring Octopus. When Blue Ring Octopus... by Ng Steven
Eye to Eye with Blue Ring Octopus. When Blue Ring Octopus not in Aggressive mood, the ring not that visible.
Taken by Canon G10, Twin INON Macro. Inon Strobe
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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These Cyclopterus lumpus protects his eggs in the backgro... by John De Jong
These Cyclopterus lumpus protects his eggs in the background. He will stay here till the juvenile fishes come out.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Mating crays, Geneva's lake is hot! by Sven Tramaux
Mating crays, Geneva's lake is hot!
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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I was sitting on bottom of ocean fixing some equipment wh... by Shelby Luce
I was sitting on bottom of ocean fixing some equipment when I noticed this small sea snail gliding along the ocean floor.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Turbot on the rocks. A Turbot conceals itself against th... by Douglas Klug
Turbot on the rocks.
A Turbot conceals itself against the rocks. Image captured with Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with natural light. Shot at f/4 and 1/125 seconds.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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CLUB TIPPED ANEMONE by Andres Larraz
CLUB TIPPED ANEMONE
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Shorthead Fangblenny (Petroscirtes breviceps) sticking it... by Brian Mayes
Shorthead Fangblenny (Petroscirtes breviceps) sticking it's head out of an encrusted bottle. ...¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165's
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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... to stand open-mouthed!....(Magnificent anemone, Radia... by Marco Faimali
... to stand open-mouthed!....(Magnificent anemone, Radianthus magnifica)
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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D300 by Larry Polster
D300
68 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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