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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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Stonefish Lembeh by Aleksandr Marinicev
Stonefish
Lembeh
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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trapezia rufopunctata with eggs by Alex Varani
trapezia rufopunctata with eggs
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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My after work dive : A very very curious Perch looking at... by Michel Lonfat
My after work dive : A very very curious Perch looking at her/his reflection in my Dom. No croping... but as always : Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Seraya - Tulamben, Bali by M Faizal Chandra Bayu
Seraya - Tulamben, Bali
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Cotylorhiza tuberculata/ Fried egg jelly!!!! by Andres L-M_larraz
Cotylorhiza tuberculata/ Fried egg jelly!!!!
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Spiny Devil or Bearded Ghou by Aleksandr Marinicev
Spiny Devil or Bearded Ghou
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010
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we had a rhino fish win last year that was very like this - ugly!
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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cotylorhiza tuberculata/ Fried egg jelly!!!! by Andres L-M_larraz
cotylorhiza tuberculata/ Fried egg jelly!!!!
55 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Clam detail - Komodo, Indonesia. Finally a clam which did... by Michael Gallagher
Clam detail - Komodo, Indonesia. Finally a clam which didn't close up tight as I approached!!
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I thought this was an eye shot at first. I like that 'you need a second glance' type of shot
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Honeycomb moray getting a cleaning. Seraya. Olympus E330,... by Christian Nielsen
Honeycomb moray getting a cleaning. Seraya. Olympus E330, 50mm macro, 2 Ikelite DS125 strobes.
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perfect cropping Christian
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ghosts Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo Lembeh strait by Marchione Giacomo
Ghosts
Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo
Lembeh strait
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Not a great picture, but a beautiful scene
crab havin dinner by Dave Baxter
crab havin dinner
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Timor Sea East Timor
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Protula sp. by Alex Varani
Protula sp.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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La Rascasse House Reef - Manado, North Sulawesi by M Faizal Chandra Bayu
La Rascasse House Reef - Manado, North Sulawesi
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date posted posted: Monday, October 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Shot taken with a Nikon D 90- 105mm by Els Van Den Borre
Shot taken with a Nikon D 90- 105mm
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date posted posted: Monday, October 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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shot with nikon D70s and two DS160 strobes 105mm macro by Simon Gardener
shot with nikon D70s and two DS160 strobes 105mm macro
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date posted posted: Monday, October 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Galapagos sea horse taken with a canon ixus 700 and inter... by Jackie Campbell
Galapagos sea horse taken with a canon ixus 700 and internal flash smile
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Soft coral crab Nikon D200 Siladen by Marchione Giacomo
Soft coral crab
Nikon D200
Siladen
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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The deadly look....Reptilian snake eel @Alor by Chinchin Law
The deadly look....Reptilian snake eel @Alor
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Re di triglie con uova in bocca by Davide Lopresti
Re di triglie con uova in bocca
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Nemo, by Raied Feraq
Nemo,
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date posted posted: Friday, October 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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shot with nikon D70s with DS 160 strobes ,105mm macro no ... by Simon Gardener
shot with nikon D70s with DS 160 strobes ,105mm macro no cropp
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date posted posted: Friday, October 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Pleurosicya labiata. Pink on...pink by Alex Varani
Pleurosicya labiata. Pink on...pink
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date posted posted: Friday, October 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Moray. by Miguel Cortes
Moray.
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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l'oeil du mérou... by André Bruchez
l'oeil du mérou...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Golden Cowrie in cavern @ night @ 100 feet by Martin Dalsaso
Golden Cowrie in cavern @ night @ 100 feet
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Premnas biaculetaus by Alex Varani
Premnas biaculetaus
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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