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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
Anenome Fish in Sharm el Sheikh I just love how inquisiti... by Christopher Shields
Anenome Fish in Sharm el Sheikh I just love how inquisitive these guys are.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The beautiful Eye of a Parrot Fish... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
The beautiful Eye of a Parrot Fish... :O)...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Portrait of a Honeycomb Cowfish - Bonaire - Canon EOS350D... by Alan Lyall
Portrait of a Honeycomb Cowfish - Bonaire - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Saddle anaemome shrimp, D300, 105VR, Bonaire by Larry Polster
Saddle anaemome shrimp, D300, 105VR, Bonaire
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Euselenops Luniceps, part of the Pleurobranchidae family.... by Kay Burn Lim
Euselenops Luniceps, part of the Pleurobranchidae family.
Nikon D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a strobes
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Anemonefish I took this pic Jana Island with Olympus C808... by Mohammed Al Hamood
Anemonefish I took this pic Jana Island with Olympus C8080 WZ without strobes
Jubail, Saudia Arabia
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Saudi Arabia
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Sharptail Eel (Myrichthys breviceps) from Bonaire. by Jim Chambers
Sharptail Eel (Myrichthys breviceps) from Bonaire.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Mexican Standoff clown fish not standing down! Sharm El S... by Christopher Shields
Mexican Standoff clown fish not standing down! Sharm El Sheikh Egypt
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Corals @ Blue Heron Bridge by Jonathan Romanov
Corals @ Blue Heron Bridge
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) looking for food by Sven Tramaux
Ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) looking for food
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Purple shrimp on fire urchin. by Jovin Lim
Purple shrimp on fire urchin.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Gobius cruentatus (Bloody-mouthed goby) by Vittorio Durante
Gobius cruentatus (Bloody-mouthed goby)
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a by Kay Burn Lim
D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Seaclam up close by Louwrens De Lange
Seaclam up close
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A False Stone fish which nearly got my attention in the w... by Allen Walker
A False Stone fish which nearly got my attention in the wrong way!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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fireworm Hermodice carunculata, gulf of Patras, Nikonos V by Karelas George
fireworm Hermodice carunculata, gulf of Patras, Nikonos V
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Greece
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Seahorse taken at Blue Heron Bridge with Canon 20D with 5... by Jonathan Romanov
Seahorse taken at Blue Heron Bridge with Canon 20D with 50mm macro lens and DS125 strobes
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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White wire coral crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) taken i... by Jovin Lim
White wire coral crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) taken in Ambon using Olympus C7070 with single Inon strobe and dual Inon macro lens. No cropping.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Frogfish, D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a by Kay Burn Lim
Frogfish,
D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Mr Grumpy! Stonefish looking at my lens, Lembeh, North Su... by Fatt Chuen Foo
Mr Grumpy! Stonefish looking at my lens, Lembeh, North Sulawesi, Canon G9, Inon strobes and lenses
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Zeus Faber yet (at this time of year it is my favorite su... by Vittorio Durante
Zeus Faber yet (at this time of year it is my favorite subject).
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Coral parasite, Nikon 995, DS50 by Alberto D'este
Coral parasite, Nikon 995, DS50
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Malaysia
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"Kissing Cousins" D300, 105VR Bonaire shore dive by Larry Polster
"Kissing Cousins" D300, 105VR Bonaire shore dive
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date posted posted: Friday, January 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Scrawled/Scribbled filefish by Martin Dalsaso
Scrawled/Scribbled filefish
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date posted posted: Friday, January 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a strobes by Kay Burn Lim
D300, 60mm AF-S, YS-110a strobes
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Symphodus Tinca sleeping by Vittorio Durante
Symphodus Tinca sleeping
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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say AHHHHH - Nikon D300, 105mm, 2xDS125 by Michael Henke
say AHHHHH - Nikon D300, 105mm, 2xDS125
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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