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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
"For the love of Leafys" Leafy Sea Dragon at Tumby Bay j... by Jamie Coote
"For the love of Leafys"
Leafy Sea Dragon at Tumby Bay jetty SA.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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FEED ME! Bobbit worm goes after some bait that our guide ... by Tony Cherbas
FEED ME! Bobbit worm goes after some bait that our guide prepared to entertain us with. The whole thing was a little weird, but since I've never seen a Bobbit Worm before, and was quite entertained by the baiting, I didn't protest smile
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Anemone Shrimp by Kf Chin
by: Kf Chin
Anemone Shrimp
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sand Trap by Tony Cherbas
Sand Trap
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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This is how to stand your ground. Juvenile Black Bass by Suzan Meldonian
This is how to stand your ground.
Juvenile Black Bass
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Urchin. Canon G-10. by Bill Arle
Urchin. Canon G-10.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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flowers for you : ) by Bernard Maglana
flowers for you : )
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Triggerfish by Carlos Ernesto
Triggerfish
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date posted posted: Monday, July 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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This small Flamboyant Cuttlefish was just the right size ... by Tony Cherbas
This small Flamboyant Cuttlefish was just the right size to fill the frame of my 60mm.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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I don't know what kind of crab this is (if someone does l... by Tony Cherbas
I don't know what kind of crab this is (if someone does let me know) but I think it's a new favorite. One of many "firsts" for me in Lembeh.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Free-swimming Wonderpus, Lembeh, Indonesia by Michael Gallagher
Free-swimming Wonderpus, Lembeh, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Right in the middle Anemone Porcelain Crab - Neopetrolis... by Jörg Menge
Right in the middle
Anemone Porcelain Crab - Neopetrolisthes maculatus (maculata) - Punkttupfen-Anemonenkrebs ...on a Haddon's Carpet Anemone - Stichodactyla haddoni - Haddons Teppichanemone
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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found in Lembeh; F100 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; F100
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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This snail was photographed at the south coast of Menorca... by Thorsten Kussel
This snail was photographed at the south coast of Menorca using a 50mm macro-lens with a canon EOS 450D and an ikelite DS160 substrobe.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Yellow Rhinopia by Kf Chin
by: Kf Chin
Yellow Rhinopia
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A branching anemone off Saba Island , N.A. by Patrick Smith
A branching anemone off Saba Island , N.A.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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One shot two ghosts... by Cenk Ceylanoglu
One shot two ghosts...
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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found in Dauin; D300 by Thomas Lueken
found in Dauin; D300
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Scorpionfish in colorful portrait by Barbara Schilling
Scorpionfish in colorful portrait
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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sea-pen polyps by Mathieu Foulquié
sea-pen polyps
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Spotted Eel ! by Andres L-M_larraz
Spotted Eel !
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date posted posted: Friday, July 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Sepia officinalis by Ferdinando Meli
Sepia officinalis
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date posted posted: Friday, July 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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ascidian world by Mathieu Foulquié
ascidian world
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date posted posted: Friday, July 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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"Red and Blue". Coral Cod by Mark Gray
"Red and Blue". Coral Cod
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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A crab (Dromia personata) in the night of the Mediterrane... by Ferdinando Meli
A crab (Dromia personata) in the night of the Mediterranea sea
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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triggerfish by Carlos Ernesto
triggerfish
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Seahorse, Pole to Pole. by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse, Pole to Pole.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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