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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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Red Sea grouper by Stan Flachs
Red Sea grouper
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Hitching a magnificent ride. by Anouk Houben
Hitching a magnificent ride.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sea urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis). by Ferdinando Meli
Sea urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis).
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Yellow in Lembeh by Alex Varani
Yellow in Lembeh
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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The Lion Fish were incredibly docile and posed beautifully by Marylin Batt
The Lion Fish were incredibly docile and posed beautifully
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
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Helmet Crab determined not to back down by J. Daniel Horovatin
Helmet Crab determined not to back down
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Alien (an inverted close up image of a Cardinal Fish). by Paul Colley
Alien (an inverted close up image of a Cardinal Fish).
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A Red Sea Blenny looking rather more like an Alien... by Paul Colley
A Red Sea Blenny looking rather more like an Alien...
shortlistedShortlisted!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Broadclub cuttlefish close-up by Erich Reboucas
Broadclub cuttlefish close-up
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile sea cucumber by Anouk Houben
Juvenile sea cucumber
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Pillow Pants? Night dive in the Bahamas. We had watched C... by Kevin Bryant
Pillow Pants? Night dive in the Bahamas. We had watched Clerks II one night on the liveaboard that trip. . .
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Cardinal fish in muck area in Dumaguete. Olympus pen 1 a... by Marylin Batt
Cardinal fish in muck area in Dumaguete.
Olympus pen 1 and housing, Single Strobe.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Mimic by Tony Cherbas
Mimic
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Black/Red by Tony Cherbas
Black/Red
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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An issue, sometimes, with diving at BHB, is that it can b... by Kevin Bryant
An issue, sometimes, with diving at BHB, is that it can be difficult to get the banded coral shrimp and yellowline arrow crabs to stay out of the way. . .
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Scalyhead Sculpin by J. Daniel Horovatin
Scalyhead Sculpin
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Padded Sculpin in litter outside an octopus den. by J. Daniel Horovatin
Padded Sculpin in litter outside an octopus den.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Blue-ringed Angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) at Terumbu ... by Brian Mayes
Blue-ringed Angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis) at Terumbu Kecil in the Perhentians
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Keeping an eye out by Stephen Bardes
Keeping an eye out
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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crab at night by Rico Besserdich
crab at night
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Stargazer, Indonesia by Michael Gallagher
Stargazer, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Smiling parrotfish by Chris Crediford
Smiling parrotfish
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Bernardo l'eremita (Dardanus arrosor). by Ferdinando Meli
Bernardo l'eremita (Dardanus arrosor).
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Attack is the best form of defence.........(Mediterranean... by Marco Faimali
Attack is the best form of defence.........(Mediterranean morey - Muraena helena)
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Crab on soft coral. by Anouk Houben
Crab on soft coral.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Mimic Octopus Eyes by Tony Cherbas
Mimic Octopus Eyes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Needlefish on the turn by Tony Cherbas
Needlefish on the turn
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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