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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
Oxycirrhites typus - Longnose hawkfish by Paolo Rossi
Oxycirrhites typus - Longnose hawkfish
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Beautiful bubbletips by John Martin Burck
Beautiful bubbletips
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: New Caledonia
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Face to face with a Snake Eel by Abimael Márquez
Face to face with a Snake Eel
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Frog fish in Veracruz (Cabomex) Canon G12 Ikelite housin... by Juan Cortes
Frog fish in Veracruz (Cabomex)
Canon G12 Ikelite housing. Ikelite DS161 strobe (only one). TTL
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Giant Frogfish by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Giant Frogfish
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Antennarius striatus - Striped frog fish by Paolo Rossi
Antennarius striatus - Striped frog fish
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Peek a boo by John Martin Burck
Peek a boo
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Turtle Grass by Abimael Márquez
Turtle Grass
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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STILL LIFE Soft coral Northeast Coast Taiwan by Mickle Huang
STILL LIFE
Soft coral
Northeast Coast Taiwan
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Taiwan
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Red Frog by Tony Cherbas
Red Frog
shortlistedShortlisted!
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Rhinopias eschmeyeri - Eschmeyer's scorpion fish by Paolo Rossi
Rhinopias eschmeyeri - Eschmeyer's scorpion fish
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Ghostpipe in the grass by Leah Sindel
Ghostpipe in the grass
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A Nudibranch reaching for food...lovely! by Paul Ories
A Nudibranch reaching for food...lovely!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A Yellow box fish pouts for the camera while seemingly su... by Tyrone Almeida
A Yellow box fish pouts for the camera while seemingly sucking up sediment from a wooden plank
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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This ribbon eel was a nice surprise near the then of our ... by John Martin Burck
This ribbon eel was a nice surprise near the then of our dive.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Caledonia
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Batfish nearby the shipwreck C-50 Rivapalacio located in ... by Juan Cortes
Batfish nearby the shipwreck C-50 Rivapalacio located in Veracruz, Mexico. It's not easy to find since the fish hides in the sand or shaded spots under the wreck. I was lucky to be the first diver to go down and the batfish was not hidding yet
Canon
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Konik by Radim Fort
Konik
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Pterapogon kauderni - Banggai cardinalfish by Paolo Rossi
Pterapogon kauderni - Banggai cardinalfish
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Small marine insect - can anybody ID? Image taken about 1... by Bill Van Eyk
Small marine insect - can anybody ID? Image taken about 1 meter deep.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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juvenile Sea Robin by Suzan Meldonian
juvenile Sea Robin
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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MERRY CHRISTMAS Masked spinefoot Palau by Mickle Huang
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Masked spinefoot
Palau
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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Lionfish. So common, so beautiful by Erich Reboucas
Lionfish.
So common, so beautiful
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Holiday Rhinopias from Anilao Philippines by Yagit Diver
Holiday Rhinopias from Anilao Philippines
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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eyebrows by Johnny Chiou
eyebrows
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Taiwan
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Unidentified cowrie / opisthobranch shot Raja Ampat by Larry Polster
Unidentified cowrie / opisthobranch shot Raja Ampat
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Scorpaenopsis oxycephala - Tasseled scorpionfish by Paolo Rossi
Scorpaenopsis oxycephala - Tasseled scorpionfish
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Black and White by Abimael Márquez
Black and White
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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