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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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Scorpion fish with beautiful red accents against the whit... by Marylin Batt
Scorpion fish with beautiful red accents against the white sand
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Octo In the Bottle Part I by Carlos Pérez
Octo In the Bottle Part I
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Big-bellied Seahorse. Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour by Doug Anderson
Big-bellied Seahorse. Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Dragon Shrimp Canon G12 (Ikelite housing) 1/250s | f5.6... by John Clifford
Dragon Shrimp
Canon G12 (Ikelite housing)
1/250s | f5.6 | ISO 100
ND filter, +2 EV, Spot metering
Single DS 161 (slightly forward right, high and angled in)
+5 Subsee diopter
Sola 600 focus light
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36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sibuyan Sea Philippines
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Mosaic Boxer Crab Canon G12 (Ikelite housing) 1/250s | ... by John Clifford
Mosaic Boxer Crab
Canon G12 (Ikelite housing)
1/250s | f5.6 | ISO 100
ND filter, -2 EV, Spot metering
Twin DS 161's (slightly forward and angled in)
+5 Subsee diopter
Sola 600 focus light
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sibuyan Sea Philippines
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Jelly (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) submarine offshore Paxos... by Chris Krambeck
Jelly (Cotylorhiza tuberculata)
submarine offshore Paxos
with passengers
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Greece
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Star fish texture by Peet Van Eeden
Star fish texture
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Teeth by Abimael Márquez
Teeth
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Eye of crocodilefish by Iyad Suleyman
Eye of crocodilefish
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Clown Fish by Jonathan Sala
Clown Fish
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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octo story (6th of six images): Take a last image. Story... by Chris Krambeck
octo story (6th of six images):
Take a last image. Story over.
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Greece
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octo story, continued (5th of 6 images): Game over. O... by Chris Krambeck
octo story, continued (5th of 6 images):
Game over.
Octo changes into an algae covered stone.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 8, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Greece
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coral pattern by Mathieu Foulquié
coral pattern
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Banded Coral Shrimp with Eggs by Tony Cherbas
Banded Coral Shrimp with Eggs
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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DENTAL HYGIENE Panasonic GF1, Macro Leica 45mm. 10bar ho... by Fabio Strazzi
DENTAL HYGIENE
Panasonic GF1, Macro Leica 45mm. 10bar housing
Sea&sea YS 120&90
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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60mm, D200 by Ah Chan Fong Ming
60mm, D200
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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octo story (4th of six images): Octo doesn´t let us see ... by Chris Krambeck
octo story (4th of six images):
Octo doesn´t let us see what he got,
forms an umbrella.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Greece
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octo story, continued (3rd of 6 images): Octo changes to... by Chris Krambeck
octo story, continued (3rd of 6 images):
Octo changes to turquoise, looks exited.
Fishes hope for, I guess, a share of prey.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Greece
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Expressive by Abimael Márquez
Expressive
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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mikro animals by Ladislav Nogacek
mikro animals
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date posted posted: Friday, April 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Bernard... ;-) by Jonathan Sala
Bernard... ;-)
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date posted posted: Friday, April 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Through the eye of a cuttle fish by Peet Van Eeden
Through the eye of a cuttle fish
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date posted posted: Friday, April 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Eye of Cuttlefish (no crop) 60mm macro lens, +10 SubSee by Iyad Suleyman
Eye of Cuttlefish (no crop)
60mm macro lens, +10 SubSee
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date posted posted: Friday, April 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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Decorator crab I could notice it only because this crab ... by Iyad Suleyman
Decorator crab
I could notice it only because this crab climbed the rope, while I was going up. It camouflaged itself with anemones and green whip corals. It looks strange and funny!
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date posted posted: Friday, April 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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octo story chapt two (of six): His armes inspect every g... by Chris Krambeck
octo story chapt two (of six):
His armes inspect every gap.
What´s he after?
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Greece
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octo story chapt one (of six): Meet an octo strolling ar... by Chris Krambeck
octo story chapt one (of six):
Meet an octo strolling around in a field of stones
and join the fish accompagnying him.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 6, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Greece
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El Amarillo by Abimael Márquez
El Amarillo
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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