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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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Small pipe horse clinging to a "straw" by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Small pipe horse clinging to a "straw"
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Hiding by Carlos Ernesto
Hiding
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Solenostomus paradoxus - Ornate ghost pipefish by Paolo Rossi
Solenostomus paradoxus - Ornate ghost pipefish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Peek-a-Booh by Barbara Schilling
Peek-a-Booh
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Pink+Orange Scorpion by Tony Cherbas
Pink+Orange Scorpion
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Can anyone help me identify the little black and white fi... by J. Daniel Horovatin
Can anyone help me identify the little black and white fish that appear to have a symbiotic relationship with the shrimp in the photo.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Eyes of a spotted rey by Marylin Batt
Eyes of a spotted rey
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Red Sea Grouper by Paul Colley
Red Sea Grouper
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I was fascinated with this Stargazer's tongue lure and sp... by Paul Flandinette
I was fascinated with this Stargazer's tongue lure and spent 20 minutes or so with it as it tried to capture passing prey
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Petroscirtes breviceps - Shorthead fangblenny A small bl... by Paolo Rossi
Petroscirtes breviceps - Shorthead fangblenny
A small blenny inside a tin can sardines....very funny!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Orange Fin Anemone fish cleaning station somewhere in Palau. by Lin Dysinger
Orange Fin Anemone fish cleaning station somewhere in Palau.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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Some corals look just as beautiful closed up as they are ... by Lisa Hinderlider
Some corals look just as beautiful closed up as they are open.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Bryaninops sp. A coral goby with many parasites attached... by Paolo Rossi
Bryaninops sp.
A coral goby with many parasites attached on the body, interesting behavior photo
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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I think the contrast of the yellowmouth to the brown body... by Paul Flandinette
I think the contrast of the yellowmouth to the brown body with speckled blue markings is extremely striking so it was worth putting time in to get this shot. Taken with Inon Z240 with fiber optic snoots, 60mm macro and a wet close up lens
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I stayed with this Blacktip grouper for quite a while as ... by Paul Flandinette
I stayed with this Blacktip grouper for quite a while as he flitted from one coral to another, but eventually it got used to me enough so that I could get close
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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PANOCCHIA by Mario Rapini
PANOCCHIA
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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For once ... a tail :-) by Raoul Caprez
For once ... a tail :-)
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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Irridescent tube anemone by Marylin Batt
Irridescent tube anemone
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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COZY BED Sharpnose Puffer Palau by Mickle Huang
COZY BED
Sharpnose Puffer
Palau
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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Cleaning station by Erich Reboucas
Cleaning station
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Peppered Moray Eel by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Peppered Moray Eel
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011
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date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Xenocarcinus tuberculatus Look at the polips attached on... by Paolo Rossi
Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Look at the polips attached on the body (on the "nose" also), nice camouflage
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011
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Bluefin trevally in Rangali Manta point - West Ari Atoll ... by Boris Pamikov
Bluefin trevally in Rangali Manta point - West Ari Atoll
/ Ambient light
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Grey morays by Paul Flandinette
Grey morays
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Soft Coral by Elizabeth Ehrlich
Soft Coral
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Orange Seahorse by Abimael Márquez
Orange Seahorse
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Goby yawn by Amir Stern
Goby yawn
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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