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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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MERRY CHRISTMAS Masked spinefoot Palau by Mickle Huang
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Masked spinefoot
Palau
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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Lionfish. So common, so beautiful by Erich Reboucas
Lionfish.
So common, so beautiful
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Holiday Rhinopias from Anilao Philippines by Yagit Diver
Holiday Rhinopias from Anilao Philippines
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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eyebrows by Johnny Chiou
eyebrows
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Taiwan
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Unidentified cowrie / opisthobranch shot Raja Ampat by Larry Polster
Unidentified cowrie / opisthobranch shot Raja Ampat
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Scorpaenopsis oxycephala - Tasseled scorpionfish by Paolo Rossi
Scorpaenopsis oxycephala - Tasseled scorpionfish
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Black and White by Abimael Márquez
Black and White
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Green-eyed sole by Leah Sindel
Green-eyed sole
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ablabys macracanthus - Spiny cockatoo Three on a row!! by Paolo Rossi
Ablabys macracanthus - Spiny cockatoo
Three on a row!!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Underwater Santa!? Maybe not, but at least he's red with ... by Michael Gallagher
Underwater Santa!? Maybe not, but at least he's red with a white beard!! Merry Christmas to all on uwp.com!! (ps he's a shaggy frogfish...)
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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FLAT Flatworm - Pseudobiceros bedfordi - Eleganter Str... by Jörg Menge
FLAT
Flatworm - Pseudobiceros bedfordi - Eleganter Strudelwurm - Plattwurm
60mm
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Lionfish fencing with antennae - this pair seemed to be t... by Leah Sindel
Lionfish fencing with antennae - this pair seemed to be trying to rid themselves of parasites (?) on antennae.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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small goby with eggs.... by Paolo Rossi
small goby with eggs....
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Blenny by Suzan Meldonian
Blenny
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Anemona by Paul Andres Gonzalez
Anemona
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Argentine Sea Argentina
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shrimp by Amir Stern
shrimp
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Fish bone... by Charly Kotnik
Fish bone...
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sargassum in the ocean by Doris Vierkoetter
Sargassum in the ocean
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54 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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just one of the many beautiful sea creatures by Anton Conradie
just one of the many beautiful sea creatures
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Flathead crocodile portrait by Adolfo Maciocco
Flathead crocodile portrait
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Ascension Island Grouper by Paul Colley
Ascension Island Grouper
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) United Kingdom
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Mantis Shrimp by Bill Van Eyk
Mantis Shrimp
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Periclemenes imperator on oloturia by Alex Varani
Periclemenes imperator on oloturia
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Rhinopias eschmeyeri - Eschmeyer's scorpion fish by Paolo Rossi
Rhinopias eschmeyeri - Eschmeyer's scorpion fish
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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demure paddleflap by Yagit Diver
demure paddleflap
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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"the orchestra conductor" by Isabella Maffei
"the orchestra conductor"
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Scorpionfish disguised as harmless rabbit. ;-) by Brian Mayes
Scorpionfish disguised as harmless rabbit. ;-)
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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