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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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Hermit crab. Quite a few details on this fellow. Olympu... by Christian Nielsen
Hermit crab.
Quite a few details on this fellow.
Olympus E330, 50mm macro, single Ikelite DS125 strobe
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Blue Barred Parrotfish by Martin Dalsaso
Blue Barred Parrotfish
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Tiny Blenny fish in front of Christmas Tree Worm by Brian Bush
Tiny Blenny fish in front of Christmas Tree Worm
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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A little scorpiofih on a gorgonian in Mediterranean sea. by Alberto Romeo
A little scorpiofih on a gorgonian in Mediterranean sea.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Tiger Shrimp on Seastar by Serge Abourjeily
Tiger Shrimp on Seastar
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish. Dinah's beach, Milne Bay PNG. D... by Sam Taylor
Harlequin Ghost Pipefish. Dinah's beach, Milne Bay PNG. D-70, Aquatica Housing, 60mm lens, twin strobes.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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UNDERWATER ART 2 by Marco Caraceni
UNDERWATER ART 2
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Go on....give me a kiss by Terry Dunbar
Go on....give me a kiss
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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A small juvenile fish; perhaps a blennius. It's body it's... by Carlo Lopez
A small juvenile fish; perhaps a blennius. It's body it's still transparent and can be seen the spine.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Thalassoma pavo by Nuno Minoya Perez
Thalassoma pavo
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Portrait of rare little whitespotted octopus " Octopus ma... by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of rare little whitespotted octopus " Octopus macropus".
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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I never knew starfish could be this beautiful. by Theresa Tracy
I never knew starfish could be this beautiful.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hello Handsome! by Lisa Hinderlider
Hello Handsome!
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date posted posted: Friday, January 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Pygmy Seahorse- Hippocampus Denise? by Sam Taylor
Pygmy Seahorse- Hippocampus Denise?
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date posted posted: Friday, January 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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one of the biggest nudibranch in my collection, 7 inches. by Dominique Tehei
one of the biggest nudibranch in my collection, 7 inches.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Portrait of a Conger conger, large variety of eel in Medi... by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of a Conger conger, large variety of eel in Mediterranean Sea.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Clark anemone fish in it's anemone, in Moorea by Dominique Tehei
Clark anemone fish in it's anemone, in Moorea
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Eye cleaning by Giuseppe Piccioli
Eye cleaning
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Canon 5D Mark II with 100mm macro. by Tobias Friedrich
Canon 5D Mark II with 100mm macro.
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Underwater Art by Marco Caraceni
Underwater Art
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Indonesia
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Glasseye by Martin Dalsaso
Glasseye
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Back at you bother.... Location: Sodwana, South Africa ... by Ruby Wolff
Back at you bother....
Location: Sodwana, South Africa
Reef: Roonies
Jan 2010
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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These Rasses were photographed on BlackTip Reef west Of C... by Patrick Smith
These Rasses were photographed on BlackTip Reef west Of Clearwater Florida .
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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This is a Belted Sandfish taken on Mammoth Rock Reef, in ... by Patrick Smith
This is a Belted Sandfish taken on Mammoth Rock Reef, in the Gulf of Mexico,West Of Clearwater Beach Florida. They are commonly found on reefs in the northern to central Gulf and make great macro subjects.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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The Eye.... Que du Bonheur... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
The Eye.... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Somebody's dinner... by Katherine Mckelvey
Somebody's dinner...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Netherlands Antilles
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Macro of a Bleny Nikon D80 with a 105mm by Chris Holman
Macro of a Bleny
Nikon D80 with a 105mm
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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