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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
Oooooh! by Debi Henshaw
Oooooh!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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comensal shrimp at duconi pier in dauin, philippines by Steve De Neef
comensal shrimp at duconi pier in dauin, philippines
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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1/160 at f29. 105mm at 00 ISO. Baby Bangai Cardinal Fish... by Julian Cohen
1/160 at f29. 105mm at 00 ISO.
Baby Bangai Cardinal Fish protected by a fire urchin
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Latticed Sandperch looking at the action below him by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
Latticed Sandperch looking at the action below him
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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A small Gobie in the "Etang de Thau"... Que du Bonheur...... by Michel Lonfat
A small Gobie in the "Etang de Thau"... Que du Bonheur...:O)...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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close-up staghorn coral{acropora cervicornis} in v.j.leve... by Victor J. Lasanta
close-up staghorn coral{acropora cervicornis} in v.j.levels dive site at parguera area. PUERTO RICO
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Lyretail grouper by Cigdem Cooper
Lyretail grouper
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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boxer crab by Victor Zucker
boxer crab
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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This is a enenamy and I took this photo in Point Lobos, C... by Shelby Luce
This is a enenamy and I took this photo in Point Lobos, California.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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octocoral at two for you dive site in parguera area! PUER... by Victor J. Lasanta
octocoral at two for you dive site in parguera area! PUERTO RICO
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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California Moray. Image captured at Anacapa Island with ... by Douglas Klug
California Moray.
Image captured at Anacapa Island with a Canon Digital Rebel w/ 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite housing and a single DS50 strobe. Shot at f/20 and 1/320 seconds.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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JELLY/JELLY by Andres Larraz
JELLY/JELLY
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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..flying on coral forest .... Hard coral (Acropora na... by Marco Faimali
..flying on coral forest ....
Hard coral (Acropora nasuta)
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Gobi on a wire coral taken at WAKATOBI with Canon S70 an... by Beate Krebs
Gobi on a wire coral taken at WAKATOBI with Canon S70 an double ClosUp Lens
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Underwater Fireworks :) Anilao, Philippines. Canon G9/I... by Richard Witmer
Underwater Fireworks smile Anilao, Philippines. Canon G9/Ikelite DS160
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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FLAMINGO TONGUE INTROJECTING by Andres Larraz
FLAMINGO TONGUE INTROJECTING
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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The cold look of stingray Taeniura meyeni (Black-Blotc... by Marco Faimali
The cold look of stingray
Taeniura meyeni (Black-Blotched Stingray)
42 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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nice octocoral at old buoy dive site in parguera area! PU... by Victor J. Lasanta
nice octocoral at old buoy dive site in parguera area! PUERTO RICO
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Tube dwelling anemone by Alan Lyall
Tube dwelling anemone
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Eyes of a Strombus (Vomer vomer)...and I didn't even have... by Brian Mayes
Eyes of a Strombus (Vomer vomer)...and I didn't even have to wrangle the conch, it was just there crawling along. :-)......¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL 165
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009
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eye eye!
71 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Blacktip grouper by Cigdem Cooper
Blacktip grouper
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I'm new to tropical waters so I was very excited to shoot... by Steve De Neef
I'm new to tropical waters so I was very excited to shoot the clownfish.... I know its been done a million times but I think they still are so photogenic.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Liparis liparis comes every winter to put there eggs into... by John De Jong
Liparis liparis comes every winter to put there eggs into the Haliclona oculata
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Bars&stripes by Giuseppe Piccioli
Bars&stripes
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Eathing Crab. It looks like he loves worms..... by John De Jong
Eathing Crab. It looks like he loves worms.....
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Anemone crab on night dive. Taken on Abu Ramada dive site... by Igone Ugaldebere
Anemone crab on night dive. Taken on Abu Ramada dive site in Hurghada.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Green Turtle Profile by Martin Dalsaso
Green Turtle Profile
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date posted posted: Monday, March 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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