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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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Dr. Seuss, Whoville! He had to have been a diver. by John Roach
Dr. Seuss, Whoville! He had to have been a diver.
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Pigmy Seahorse Olympus E-Pl2, Panasonic Leica 45mm macro... by Maurizio Pasi
Pigmy Seahorse
Olympus E-Pl2, Panasonic Leica 45mm macro, INON S2000.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse, Nikon 60mm by Vincent Hong
Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse, Nikon 60mm
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Sea horse by Girts Kravalis
Sea horse
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Slender filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri) by Brad Ryon
Slender filefish (Monacanthus tuckeri)
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Batfish by Abimael Márquez
Batfish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Baby picture. Only as big as my thumb nail. hippocampus ... by John Roach
Baby picture. Only as big as my thumb nail. hippocampus juvenile 60mm w x10 diopter
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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See you later alligator!!! by Svetoslav Dimitrov
See you later alligator!!!
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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pygmying the horse by Adam Hew
pygmying the horse
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Panasonic GF1, Macro Leica 45mm, 10bar housing, YS120 by Fabio Strazzi
Panasonic GF1, Macro Leica 45mm, 10bar housing, YS120
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Octopus eye by Raoul Caprez
Octopus eye
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Hermit Crab - Manado, Indonesia by Eugene Lim
Hermit Crab - Manado, Indonesia
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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occhi by Salvatore Ianniello
occhi
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Pygmy Seahorse - Lembeh Straits, Indonesia by Eugene Lim
Pygmy Seahorse - Lembeh Straits, Indonesia
0 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Owl fish (Dactylopterus volitans) by Ferdinando Meli
Owl fish (Dactylopterus volitans)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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EYE of a Crescent-tail bigeye by Jonathan Sala
EYE of a Crescent-tail bigeye
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anemone Hermit Crab by John Clifford
Anemone Hermit Crab
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Eyes by Doris Vierkoetter
Eyes
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Punk seahorse by Abimael Márquez
Punk seahorse
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Grouper and cleaner shirmp by Gabriele Pastonchi
Grouper and cleaner shirmp
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Shanny. Trefor Pier, N. Wales. 60mm. by Mark Thomas
Shanny.
Trefor Pier, N. Wales.
60mm.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Lovely happy married couple Morey Eels by Iyad Suleyman
Lovely happy married couple
Morey Eels
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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Two teeth... by Doris Vierkoetter
Two teeth...
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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With Love from Anilao ! G12 - Isotecnic housing - S&S Ys... by Nadia Chiesi
With Love from Anilao !
G12 - Isotecnic housing - S&S Ys01 - Inon Lens +6
F8 1/320
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Thorny Seahorse by John Clifford
Thorny Seahorse
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Good idea to make it diagonal, John !
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date posted posted: Friday, May 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sibuyan Sea Philippines
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Spotted Porcelain Crab by John Clifford
Spotted Porcelain Crab
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Face with a Peacock Flounder by Abimael Márquez
Face with a Peacock Flounder
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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