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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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Napolean Snake Eel shot with fiber optic snoot. by Tony Cherbas
Napolean Snake Eel shot with fiber optic snoot.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Urchin nursery. The long spines of the urchins provide s... by Jackie Campbell
Urchin nursery.
The long spines of the urchins provide shelter for baby fish in Lembeh.
Canon S90
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Orange on orange (flatworm).. Enjoy! by Rick Tegeler
Orange on orange (flatworm).. Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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Bioluminescence in the fjord by Brian Kelley
Bioluminescence in the fjord
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Solomon Sea Papua New Guinea
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Noble appearing hawksbill at Capt Don's by Robert Michaelson
Noble appearing hawksbill at Capt Don's
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Gills of mussels by Brocken Rudi
Gills of mussels
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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beard and hair........... by Afflitti Gianluca
beard and hair...........
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Oriental Sweetlip posing for a portrait by Barbara Schilling
Oriental Sweetlip posing for a portrait
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Snowflake moray eel portrait, Milne Bay, PNG by Michael Gallagher
Snowflake moray eel portrait, Milne Bay, PNG
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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eggs..... by Mario Rapini
eggs.....
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Hairy Squat Lobster by Bill Lamp'l
Hairy Squat Lobster
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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Coral hind Raja ampat by Håvard Fagernes
Coral hind Raja ampat
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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Coral Hind tend to have a small habitat range remaining n... by Chris Mason-Parker
Coral Hind tend to have a small habitat range remaining near to the same coral bommie.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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Clown fish giving me the eye by Marylin Batt
Clown fish giving me the eye
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date posted posted: Monday, November 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Picture of a Giant Porcupine Pufferfish taken at Kealakek... by Marty Wakat
Picture of a Giant Porcupine Pufferfish taken at Kealakekua Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Thaumoctopus mimicus (detail) by Alex Varani
Thaumoctopus mimicus (detail)
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date posted posted: Monday, November 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Amphioctopus marginatus in a shell by Alex Varani
Amphioctopus marginatus in a shell
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45 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Bed time... by Sven Tramaux
Bed time...
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48 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Anemone Fish blowing its eggs. by Ximena Olds
Anemone Fish blowing its eggs.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Stone fish (Scorpion) in the shadows. Taken on a Nigth Di... by Carlos Pérez
Stone fish (Scorpion) in the shadows. Taken on a Nigth Dive with a Olympus PEN dual strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Meditation, ST. Thomas. by Abimael Márquez
Meditation, ST. Thomas.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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Red Tiger striped Hippocampus erectus by Suzan Meldonian
Red Tiger striped Hippocampus erectus
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Natural symmetry. Enjoy! Pt. Lobos, State Park, Califor... by Rick Tegeler
Natural symmetry. Enjoy!
Pt. Lobos, State Park, California
Macrocystis
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Ok, let me check it. by Mickle Huang
Ok, let me check it.
42 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Twice ran across plumed scorpionfish on my last journey t... by Kevin Bryant
Twice ran across plumed scorpionfish on my last journey to the bridge. Had never seen them and was all excited about finding some big frogfish walking on the bottom. But, alas, these guys also walk. Still, pretty cool to this rookie. :-)
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Detail of a crab, using my snoot. by John De Jong
Detail of a crab, using my snoot.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Sailfin Blenny by Suzan Meldonian
Sailfin Blenny
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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