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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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THE DENTIST Lysmata amboinensis shrimp clean Fangtooth... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
THE DENTIST
Lysmata amboinensis shrimp clean Fangtooth moray teeth (Enchelycore anatina)
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Peacock Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Odontodactylus scyllarus
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 20, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Emperor shrimp on sea apple by Julian Hsu
Emperor shrimp on sea apple
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date posted posted: Friday, September 17, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Thor amboinensis shrimp by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Thor amboinensis shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 16, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Spider Squat Lobsters (Chirostylus sandyi) by Julian Hsu
Spider Squat Lobsters (Chirostylus sandyi)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Ornate pipe ghost fish Moalboal Cebu Philippines by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Ornate pipe ghost fish
Moalboal Cebu Philippines
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pontonides unciger shrimp on Whip coral. Shooting in Moa... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Pontonides unciger shrimp on Whip coral.
Shooting in Moalboal Cebu island.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A False Plum Sea anemone is a decptive beauty with a nas... by Peet J Van Eeden
A False Plum Sea anemone is a decptive beauty with a nasty sting
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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From Adabükü Bodrum. more than a flower Olympus EM1 MarkI... by Ahmet Caglar
From Adabükü Bodrum. more than a flower Olympus EM1 MarkII 60 mm f/8 !/200 Nauticam body INON Flash
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Whip Coral Shrimp, Camera Canon G9, Meikon Housing Hand h... by Matt Hutchinson
Whip Coral Shrimp, Camera Canon G9, Meikon Housing Hand held Big Blue torch.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Arlequin shrimp in double exposure in camera by Massimo Giorgetta
Arlequin shrimp in double exposure in camera
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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A peacock mantis shrimp shot in Ponta do Ouro, Southern M... by Gareth Stevens
A peacock mantis shrimp shot in Ponta do Ouro, Southern Mozambique. Watch out though, these little guys can throw hands!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Cerithium vulgatum occupied by hermit crab_2021 (Canon60... by Antonio Venturelli
Cerithium vulgatum occupied by hermit crab_2021
(Canon60mm, t1/200,f/14,iso200)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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The Lemon Coral Goby (Gobiodon citrinus) by Oksana Maksymova
The Lemon Coral Goby (Gobiodon citrinus)
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 5, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Longstriped blenny (Parablennius Rouxi)_2021 (Canon60mm,... by Antonio Venturelli
Longstriped blenny (Parablennius Rouxi)_2021
(Canon60mm,t1/200,f/20,iso200)
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 4, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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hermit crab from Karaburun IZMIR Turkey F/2.8 1/60 olympu... by Ahmet Caglar
hermit crab from Karaburun IZMIR Turkey F/2.8 1/60 olympus EM1 MarkII 60mm
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date posted posted: Friday, September 3, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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I see you, Southern Stingray, Crash Boat, Aguadilla. by Abimael Márquez
I see you, Southern Stingray, Crash Boat, Aguadilla.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Puerto Rico
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Close focus of a friendly moray in the Mediterranean Sea_... by Antonio Venturelli
Close focus of a friendly moray in the Mediterranean Sea_Casteldaccia_Sicily_2021
(Canon 60mm,t1/160,f/6.3,iso200)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Family (2 sea urchin crab) by Kelvin H.y Tan
Family (2 sea urchin crab)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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close-up "Horozbina" from Kusadası Aydın Turkey Olympus ... by Ahmet Caglar
close-up "Horozbina" from Kusadası Aydın Turkey
Olympus EM1 Mark II 60 mm zuiko lens f/8 1/60
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date posted posted: Friday, August 27, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) presenti... by Lars Oliver Michaelis
peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) presenting its offspring
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Porcelain crab is resting on the top of the sea pen. Poly... by Roman Shpanchenko
Porcelain crab is resting on the top of the sea pen. Polyps are opened for feeding in the strong night current creating magic surrounding for the small crab.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Juvenile Psychedelic frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica) by Oksana Maksymova
Juvenile Psychedelic frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica)
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 21, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Cowrie by Kelvin H.y Tan
Cowrie
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date posted posted: Friday, August 20, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A tip to see it up close: breathe slowly and admire it wi... by Antonio Venturelli
A tip to see it up close: breathe slowly and admire it with respect_Mediterranean moray_2021
(Canon 60mm,t1/125,f/7.1,iso200)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Decorator Spider Crab busy re-organising its borrowed cl... by Peet J Van Eeden
Decorator Spider Crab busy re-organising its borrowed clothes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Trypterigion Tripteronotus_2021 (Canon60mm,t1/200,f/25,i... by Antonio Venturelli
Trypterigion Tripteronotus_2021
(Canon60mm,t1/200,f/25,iso200)
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 15, 2021
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