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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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At first, when I took the shot, I thought the two shrimp ... by Ben Joubert
At first, when I took the shot, I thought the two shrimp were cleaning the parrotfish, but zooming in on the pic, it looks more like the shrimp on the right was eating the one on the left because the head & eyes are missing! Is this possible?
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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Giant Painted Frog Fish on one of the artificial reefs at... by Marylin Batt
Giant Painted Frog Fish on one of the artificial reefs at Dumaguete, philippines.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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close up of face of Hawkfish by Marylin Batt
close up of face of Hawkfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Froggy by Abimael Márquez
Froggy
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Hairy Frogfish shaking it's lure Sulawesi, Indonesia by Tom Radio
Hairy Frogfish shaking it's lure
Sulawesi, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Lion Fish by Trent Hebrlee
Lion Fish
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Blue Ribbon Eel by Ben Joubert
Blue Ribbon Eel
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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Dusky Damselfish by John Roach
Dusky Damselfish
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date posted posted: Friday, September 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Invasive Lion Fish by Trent Hebrlee
Invasive Lion Fish
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date posted posted: Friday, September 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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my home with my eggs... by Alex Varani
my home with my eggs...
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date posted posted: Friday, September 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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octopus hair by Afflitti Gianluca
octopus hair
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date posted posted: Friday, September 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Blue Ribbon Eel, Beqa Island by Trent Hebrlee
Blue Ribbon Eel, Beqa Island
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Cockatoo wasp fish. Lembeh. by Jackie Campbell
Cockatoo wasp fish. Lembeh.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Large Scaled Scorpionfish portrait (Scorpaena scrofa) by Marco Faimali
Large Scaled Scorpionfish portrait (Scorpaena scrofa)
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Amphioctopus marginatus (coconut octopus) by Alex Varani
Amphioctopus marginatus (coconut octopus)
shortlistedShortlisted!
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Finally I found one : ) by Bernard Maglana
Finally I found one : )
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Octopus.... by Anthony Smith
Octopus....
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: France
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Deep look by Abimael Márquez
Deep look
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A very curios fish (Zeus faber). by Ferdinando Meli
A very curios fish (Zeus faber).
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Tunicate Abstract by Tony Cherbas
Tunicate Abstract
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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mabul couple by Georges Boudron
mabul couple
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Underwater Homes by Carlsberg... no flash, no strobe, ... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Underwater Homes by Carlsberg...
no flash, no strobe, no additional lenses used, NO CROPPING, no PS, no LR editing...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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taken at Little Cayman by Tom Meyer
taken at Little Cayman
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date posted posted: Monday, September 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Cayman islands
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Afraid I overdid the photoshop thing here. . . by Kevin Bryant
Afraid I overdid the photoshop thing here. . .
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date posted posted: Monday, September 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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feeding porcelain crab :-D by Daniel Strub
feeding porcelain crab big grin
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date posted posted: Monday, September 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Spotted Moray Eeel - Olympus Pen + Olympus housing. Inon ... by Boz Johnson
Spotted Moray Eeel - Olympus Pen + Olympus housing. Inon Strobe and Light in Motion focus light.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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flamboyant cuttlefish.....double by Afflitti Gianluca
flamboyant cuttlefish.....double
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date posted posted: Monday, September 5, 2011
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date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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