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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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Golden Zoanthid - Taken on the Spiegel Grove Wreck by Herbert Dubois
Golden Zoanthid - Taken on the Spiegel Grove Wreck
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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Zeus faber. by Ferdinando Meli
Zeus faber.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Octopus macropus. by Ferdinando Meli
Octopus macropus.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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cosmocampus darrosanus by Afflitti Gianluca
cosmocampus darrosanus
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Orangutan Crab acting like the tiny underwater ape that i... by Tony Cherbas
Orangutan Crab acting like the tiny underwater ape that it is.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Shakespearean Frogfish: dramatic lighting with snoot :) by Tony Cherbas
Shakespearean Frogfish: dramatic lighting with snoot smile
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Mimic octopus at Lembeh by Erich Reboucas
Mimic octopus at Lembeh
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Mosaic coral&Giant clam by Yakout Hegazy
Mosaic coral&Giant clam
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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clown fish by Afflitti Gianluca
clown fish
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Yellow by Abimael Márquez
Yellow
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Blacky by Abimael Márquez
Blacky
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Free swimming Lionfish by Stephen Bardes
Free swimming Lionfish
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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What's inside the "flower"... strobeless photography -... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
What's inside the "flower"...
strobeless photography - S95 three close-up lenses stacked, with no flash, no strobe used...no PS, no LR editing done...
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Me: "Hey Froggie what do you think of the new snoot?" Fro... by Tony Cherbas
Me: "Hey Froggie what do you think of the new snoot?" Frogfish: "...Mehhhhh"
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Sepia officinalis capture a Symphodus ocellatus. by Ferdinando Meli
Sepia officinalis capture a Symphodus ocellatus.
shortlistedShortlisted!
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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eyes of pegasus by Afflitti Gianluca
eyes of pegasus
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date posted posted: Friday, August 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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took this towards the end of a great dive in Lanzarote wi... by Andrew Paul Cunliffe
took this towards the end of a great dive in Lanzarote with Manta dive centre showing me the sites of Puerto del Carmen´s harbour wall. Tweeked in photoshop the color to bring some red, brightness and contrast in, then cropt just a little,enjoy
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Greater pipefish at Swanage pier by Alex Tattersall
Greater pipefish at Swanage pier
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: English Channel United Kingdom
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The eye of the moray. Canon Ixus 85is, Inon Macro lens, I... by Keith Savill
The eye of the moray. Canon Ixus 85is, Inon Macro lens, Inon D2000 strobe.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Frogfish, Aguadilla, PR. by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish, Aguadilla, PR.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Yellow seahorse / at about 30 feet / Nikon d7000 / Ikelit... by Boz Johnson
Yellow seahorse / at about 30 feet / Nikon d7000 / Ikelite housing / Inon strobe / Light in motion focus light.
Image shot raw and edited in Lightroom: White Balance and exposure only.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Lizardfish Basking by Tony Cherbas
Lizardfish Basking
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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The Divemaster picking up a Scorpionfish which seemed sur... by Chris Crediford
The Divemaster picking up a Scorpionfish which seemed surprisingly content.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Seahorse by Alfonso Alcantara F.
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Parasitic Isopod inside the Gills of a Shrimp. by Holger Koch
Parasitic Isopod inside the Gills of a Shrimp.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Two Harlequin Filefish - Canon Ixus 85, Inon Macro lens, ... by Keith Savill
Two Harlequin Filefish - Canon Ixus 85, Inon Macro lens, Inon D2000 strobe
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Without a diffuser, Im so happy with this result : ) by Bernard Maglana
Without a diffuser, Im so happy with this result : )
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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