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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
Frog Fish Close Up by Brian Welman
Frog Fish Close Up
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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What are you looking at? wanna fight? The greatest boxer ... by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
What are you looking at? wanna fight? The greatest boxer crab! But sometimes i can cheer you up too smile
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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Angelfish, Nikonos RS, 50 mm lens, 2 Ikelite SS-200's sho... by Alan G. Miller
Angelfish, Nikonos RS, 50 mm lens, 2 Ikelite SS-200's shot with Kodachrome 64 film.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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Blacktip Grouper, taken at El Quadim with Canon G10 and U... by Beate Seiler
Blacktip Grouper, taken at El Quadim with Canon G10 and UCL165
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Partners" Canon 1Ds MarkII with 100mm Macro lense and t... by Aleksandr Marinicev
"Partners"
Canon 1Ds MarkII with 100mm Macro lense and twin Inon strobes
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another 'toofer' (two for the price of one)
61 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Crinoid Close Up by Julian Cohen
Crinoid Close Up
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Front view of turtle in Marsa Alam, Egypt by Tanja Hofmann
Front view of turtle in Marsa Alam, Egypt
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Out of the night; taken on the house reef in Marsa Shagra... by Blaza Jovanovic
Out of the night; taken on the house reef in Marsa Shagra canon 720is, twin Inon Z240
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Turtle head, shot on Kodachrome 64 with a Nikonos RS, 50 ... by Alan G. Miller
Turtle head, shot on Kodachrome 64 with a Nikonos RS, 50 mm and 2 Ikelite SS-200's
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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Frog fish by Rick Cavanaugh
Frog fish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Octopoda or octopuses by Karim Salah
Octopoda or octopuses
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Heart Attack??? Shot on compact camera on natural ligh... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Heart Attack???
Shot on compact camera on natural light...
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Cute anemone fish in Marsa Alam, Egypt by Tanja Hofmann
Cute anemone fish in Marsa Alam, Egypt
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Scorpaena notata by Vittorio Durante
Scorpaena notata
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Fortunate to find a spot below a peacock flounder to get ... by Robert Michaelson
Fortunate to find a spot below a peacock flounder to get this eye-level shot. Sealife DC1000 with single strobe.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Arrow crab in Roatan D300-60mm, f22, 1/160 by Larry Polster
Arrow crab in Roatan D300-60mm, f22, 1/160
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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murena by Elena Li Pera
murena
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Hermit crab. by Andres L-M_larraz
Hermit crab.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Scorpion fish closeup in Roatan by Jim Garber
Scorpion fish closeup in Roatan
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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happy meal by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
happy meal
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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toro by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
toro
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Close up of a scorpion fish in Marsa Alam Egypt by Tanja Hofmann
Close up of a scorpion fish in Marsa Alam Egypt
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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This image of a Blenny was taken at Blue Heron Bridge. Gr... by Steven Anderson
This image of a Blenny was taken at Blue Heron Bridge. Great diving and ranks with some of the muck diving found around the world.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Night shot of a masked puffer fish on the house reef in M... by Blaza Jovanovic
Night shot of a masked puffer fish on the house reef in Marsa Shagra, Egypt; Canon 720is in Ikelite housing and Inon Z240 strobe
54 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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White Frogfish on a sponge at Capt Don's Habitat, Bonaire... by Robert Michaelson
White Frogfish on a sponge at Capt Don's Habitat, Bonaire
I apologize to all. Don't know how the same image is entered here three times. Have asked to have two removed.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Cuttlefish, full frontal by Michael Gallagher
Cuttlefish, full frontal
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Lionfish...ari atoll by Jon Kreider
Lionfish...ari atoll
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date posted posted: Friday, February 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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