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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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Orange ball anemone. Can only be seen at night. by Jorge Sorial
Orange ball anemone. Can only be seen at night.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Canarian crayfish, an endangered species. Red is beautiful! by Jorge Sorial
Canarian crayfish, an endangered species. Red is beautiful!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Difficult shot in slight surge with coral crab hiding in ... by Rene Schutte
Difficult shot in slight surge with coral crab hiding in the staghorn Coral. Used Sea&Sea DX5000 with LX-15 Video Light. I like the hair on his legs and the pretty polyps around him.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Cleaner shrimp about to start work by Charles Wright
Cleaner shrimp about to start work
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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A Blue Blenny for the new year! by Chad Ordelheide
A Blue Blenny for the new year!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Porcelain anenome crab. Was tucked under one side of the... by John Hill
Porcelain anenome crab. Was tucked under one side of the anenome but kindly came out for me to take a pic. Canon G10
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Stonefish? Taken during a drift dive in Florida with a ca... by Jarrett Regier
Stonefish? Taken during a drift dive in Florida with a canon SD750 and canon housing.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Spotted Burfish-Blue Heron Bridge in Riveria Beach by Joel Sarver
Spotted Burfish-Blue Heron Bridge in Riveria Beach
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Pederson Shrimp in corkscrew anemone. Taken aboard the UT... by Charlie Foreman
Pederson Shrimp in corkscrew anemone. Taken aboard the UTILA Aggressor Thanksgiving 2009.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Crocodile Fish Eye-Raja Ampat by Richard Goluch
Crocodile Fish Eye-Raja Ampat
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Suckers... by Alan Lyall
Suckers...
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Open Wide" by Debi Henshaw
"Open Wide"
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Bernard l'Ermite shooté à Gozo by André Bruchez
Bernard l'Ermite shooté à Gozo
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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9 Armed Sea Star-Rare find in Riviera Beach, FL at the Bl... by Joel Sarver
9 Armed Sea Star-Rare find in Riviera Beach, FL at the Blue Heron Bridge location
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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SAROZ-GELİBOLU ÇANAKKALE by Nejdet Demirtas
SAROZ-GELİBOLU
ÇANAKKALE
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Side by side with the shark. Photo made with compact sony... by Edson Acioli
Side by side with the shark. Photo made with compact sony w5, without accessory lens, plus two external flash (YS-110 and YS-120).
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Brazil
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Orange Ball Corallimorph found on Night dive at Half Moon... by Lisa Hinderlider
Orange Ball Corallimorph found on Night dive at Half Moon Bay Utila, Honduras.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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crevette associée dans une anémone by André Bruchez
crevette associée dans une anémone
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Tridacna, giant clams of the South Pacific, are luminous,... by Gladys Engler
Tridacna, giant clams of the South Pacific, are luminous, fascinating creatures and seem to glow underwater. I shot this macro image with a Nikonos V, 28mm lens, Aquatica extension tubes, and SB105 Speedlight.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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met de sealife dc1000 bij kijkuit grevelingen by Jan De Vries
met de sealife dc1000 bij kijkuit grevelingen
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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A close study of a scorpion fish taken with a Canon 5D, S... by Chad Engle
A close study of a scorpion fish taken with a Canon 5D, Sigma EX Macro lens - 105 mm - F/2.8, Ikelite housing and strobes. Taken at the Boulders, Puerto Galera, Philippines on a night dive.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Blue Devil hiding under coral overhang by James Tewes
Blue Devil hiding under coral overhang
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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TAKEN IN ROATAN ABOARD THE UTILA AGGRESSOR WITH A 12MG OL... by Charlie Foreman
TAKEN IN ROATAN ABOARD THE UTILA AGGRESSOR WITH A 12MG OLYMPUS CAMERA IN A LIGHTS AND MOTION HOUSING JUST BEFORE SUN-DOWN
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Banded Coral Shrimp Macro Shot in the Caribbean on a nigh... by Bill Lamp'l
Banded Coral Shrimp Macro Shot in the Caribbean on a night dive. Showing detail of its claw and color pattern. Shot with a Canon Eos 5d Mark II camera with Subal Housing and Dual Inon Strobes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Dominican Republic
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A Cleaning Schrimp - Encounter during a night dive... Que... by Michel Lonfat
A Cleaning Schrimp - Encounter during a night dive... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Red octopus at the bronze mermaid statue in Powell River,... by Mathew Connell
Red octopus at the bronze mermaid statue in Powell River, BC.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Photograph of a Moray Eel in Tenerife, Canary Islands. by Jorge Sorial
Photograph of a Moray Eel in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
sometimes a symetrical crop works well
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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