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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
Taken at Phil Foster Park under the Blue Heron Bridge in ... by David Long
Taken at Phil Foster Park under the Blue Heron Bridge in West Palm Beach, Florida
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic United States
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Seahorse by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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trying to square the circle with this ascidians choir by Mathieu Foulquié
trying to square the circle with this ascidians choir
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One of the very few cases where a square crop works. The fisheye-lens effect boosts the composition as well. Sometimes, the simpliest things can become the greatest models :-)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Snapping shrimp - true it snapped me! Alpheus sp. by Bill Van Eyk
Snapping shrimp - true it snapped me! Alpheus sp.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Arrow crab shot in Cozamel on Palancar Bricks. Shot using... by Stephan Attwood
Arrow crab shot in Cozamel on Palancar Bricks. Shot using a Fujifilm EXR 16 Mega CMOS and an Intova 4000 flash.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Ctenophora. by Ferdinando Meli
Ctenophora.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Hermite crab Dardanus calidus, night dive, 50 mm macro le... by Antonio Colacino
Hermite crab Dardanus calidus, night dive, 50 mm macro lens, 20 cm from the subject-Canon eos 350d-two strobes ikelite DS125-Focusing light 25 leds from illunaluce.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Looking closely at trumpetfish by Abimael Márquez
Looking closely at trumpetfish
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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immobile by Salvatore Ianniello
immobile
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Spiny Flounder on the sandy bottom at 25ft deep in Crash ... by Carlos Rodriguez
Spiny Flounder on the sandy bottom at 25ft deep in Crash Boat, Aguadilla, P.R.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Hawkfish by Paul Colley
Hawkfish
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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lighting eyes by Marco Chang
lighting eyes
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This has already been entered...but I was wondering if an... by Jackie Campbell
This has already been entered...but I was wondering if anyone can ID the type of crab please.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Taken on Vetchies Pier - Durban's "Muck Diving" mecca....... by Bryan Hart
Taken on Vetchies Pier - Durban's "Muck Diving" mecca....
It must be dived on high tide and at mid day to take advantage of ambient light.
Lots of sediment in the water so very light use of the strobe is recomended ! more to come from this place!
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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The sun reveals the trumpet fish eating a small fish. by Abimael Márquez
The sun reveals the trumpet fish eating a small fish.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Phantom by Jacopo Brunetti
Phantom
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Weedy ScorpionFish by William Loke
Weedy ScorpionFish
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Portrait Shot - Rhinopias frondosa by William Loke
Portrait Shot - Rhinopias frondosa
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Marsa Shagra December 2011 by Debby Richardson
Marsa Shagra December 2011
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Maldives Anemonefish by Goos Van Der Heide
Maldives Anemonefish
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arabian Sea Maldives
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Characteristic pattern by Raoul Caprez
Characteristic pattern
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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Horned Cow Fish by Lin Dysinger
Horned Cow Fish
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 18, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Taken off the shores of Catalina Island, CA in the Pacifi... by David Long
Taken off the shores of Catalina Island, CA in the Pacific Ocean.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 18, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Social Feather Duster @ Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, P.R.... by Carlos Rodriguez
Social Feather Duster @ Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, P.R.
Using Intova IC14, Wide Angke Lens and IFRed Filter. Depth 25 feet, vis <20 feet, sunny skies, but the water was full of particles and a strong current South to North
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date posted posted: Friday, February 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Fire Worm 2 @ Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, P.R. by Carlos Rodriguez
Fire Worm 2 @ Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, P.R.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Rhinopia by Beate Seiler
Rhinopia
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date posted posted: Friday, February 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hungry? by Reidar Opem
Hungry?
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2012
2nd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2012 awards final round judging

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What's left after we have played with all available toys & gadgets ? Yes : Behaviour shots ! Reidar shows us a way of future with this incredible shot. A tricky to exposure subject well mastered :-)
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 16, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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