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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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Black Ribbon Eal by Tina Malmgren
Black Ribbon Eal
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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slipper lobster on a night dive. Fuji Velvia Film by Rick Cavanaugh
slipper lobster on a night dive. Fuji Velvia Film
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Hermit on a sea cucumber - Shot on a compact camera with ... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Hermit on a sea cucumber - Shot on a compact camera with natural light
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Anemone fish biting the lens by Julian Cohen
Anemone fish biting the lens
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Nemo found a girlfriend....;) by Sam Taylor
Nemo found a girlfriend....;)
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Shot on Compact Camera with natural lighting... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Shot on Compact Camera with natural lighting...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Fish coming toward me. Off the South Coast of Antigua. ... by Laurence Zuriff
Fish coming toward me. Off the South Coast of Antigua. Nikon D200 F 6.3. ISO 100, 60mm Focal length.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Antigua & Barbuda
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MAMMA Squilla by Marco Caraceni
MAMMA Squilla
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Fish in Hanauma Bay on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Taken ... by Matt Jensen
Fish in Hanauma Bay on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Taken with an Olympus stylus 850-sw.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Mystery by Christa Nmi
Mystery
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman Oman
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I'm sleeping, night dive, Vieques, P.R. by Abimael Márquez
I'm sleeping, night dive, Vieques, P.R.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus) female with Parchmen... by David Andrew
Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus) female with Parchment Tube Worms at La Jolla Shores Vallecitos Point
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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LionArt - Extreme close up of the fin of a Lionfish by Debi Henshaw
LionArt - Extreme close up of the fin of a Lionfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Paracirrhites forsteri taken in Dahab. by Raoul Caprez
Paracirrhites forsteri taken in Dahab.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Gobie nain sur un corail fil de fer by André Bruchez
Gobie nain sur un corail fil de fer
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Coral Polyp macro shot, edited for structure and colors. by Simon Mittag
Coral Polyp macro shot, edited for structure and colors.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Painted frogfish portrait, Milne Bay, PNG by Michael Gallagher
Painted frogfish portrait, Milne Bay, PNG
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Saba Island by Abimael Márquez
Saba Island
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Leaf Scorpion fish end of kewalo pipe by Robin Crosby
Leaf Scorpion fish end of kewalo pipe
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Christmas tree worms (Puerto Galera). by Ugo Gaggeri
Christmas tree worms (Puerto Galera).
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Sea horse of Roatan by Jim Garber
Sea horse of Roatan
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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BHB, SEA HORSE by Joel Sarver
BHB, SEA HORSE
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Beautiful scorpionfish by Sharon English
Beautiful scorpionfish
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Vanuatu
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Giant Frog Fish by Julian Cohen
Giant Frog Fish
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Papua New Guinea
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This is a Hawaiian Lionfish taken at Kewalo Pipe. It was... by Robin Crosby
This is a Hawaiian Lionfish taken at Kewalo Pipe. It was under the ledge of a rock and less than 4 inches in size. Took the picture on macro with a flash. No photoshop or strobes!
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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The elusive Hairy Ghost Pipefish! On an un-named explorat... by Sam Taylor
The elusive Hairy Ghost Pipefish! On an un-named exploratory reef, Milne Bay Province PNG. Nikonos 5 with 1:1 macro framer & extension tube. Twin Ys 120 stobes.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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A tiny comb jelly - an old scanned film slide from 2006. ... by Mark Thomas
A tiny comb jelly - an old scanned film slide from 2006.
Can't remember the dive site, but UK somewhere.
F90X 60mm.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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