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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
Velvet crab (Necora puber) by Carlos Ernesto
Velvet crab (Necora puber)
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Is this my best side ? by Jackie Campbell
Is this my best side ?
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Queen Angel by Herbert Dubois
Queen Angel
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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on my eye ... by Marcello Di Francesco
on my eye ...
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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little scorpion fish, Zeeland. Scharendijke The Netherlands by Judith Verkerk
little scorpion fish, Zeeland. Scharendijke The Netherlands
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Cuttlefish.Sepia officinalis. by Carlos Ernesto
Cuttlefish.Sepia officinalis.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Painted frogfish perched for a days hunting. I'm always ... by John Hill
Painted frogfish perched for a days hunting. I'm always looking for red or yellow things to take photos of. Very pleased with this frogfish's choice of spot. S-95 and Inon Strobe.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Imperial Me... by William Loke
Imperial Me...
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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the tooth of a moray eel... ;O)... by Michel Lonfat
the tooth of a moray eel... ;O)...
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sea rose. Big Island, Hawaii by Bill Arle
Sea rose. Big Island, Hawaii
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Sleeping Parrot in his night colors. by Lisa Hinderlider
Sleeping Parrot in his night colors.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Garden Eel (Heteroconger perissodon) @ very shallow DOF by William Loke
Garden Eel (Heteroconger perissodon) @ very shallow DOF
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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Parablennius pilicornis by Alessandro Pagano
Parablennius pilicornis
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Seraya's Secret: Lots of Moray Dental Work by Tony Cherbas
Seraya's Secret: Lots of Moray Dental Work
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Scorpion Fish hiding out behind some coral. by Nathan Cook
Scorpion Fish hiding out behind some coral.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Hermodice carunculata by Alessandro Pagano
Hermodice carunculata
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Mealtime, this guy did not really mind us taking picture. by Bernard Maglana
Mealtime, this guy did not really mind us taking picture.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Discovered nice nudy branch during safety stop 4 metres d... by Judith Verkerk
Discovered nice nudy branch during safety stop 4 metres depth. Also taken during dive at Punta Salinas, Estartit.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Parablennius gattorugine.Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob by Carlos Ernesto
Parablennius gattorugine.Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Green Kingdom by Tony Cherbas
Green Kingdom
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"Live on air" - This small hermid crab seems to have a pr... by Rico Besserdich
"Live on air" - This small hermid crab seems to have a proper "antenna" to communicate with the outside world ;-))
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Rhinopias sp. or Weedy Scorpionfish in a yellow phase. by Bonnie Mckenna
Rhinopias sp. or Weedy Scorpionfish in a yellow phase.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sibuyan Sea Philippines
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Close up, oktopus sleeping. Punta Salinas, Estartit/spain. by Judith Verkerk
Close up, oktopus sleeping. Punta Salinas, Estartit/spain.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Anemone Slide by Tony Cherbas
Anemone Slide
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The Long Arm of the Claw by Tony Cherbas
The Long Arm of the Claw
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Underwater fireworks... by Mário Monteiro
Underwater fireworks...
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Was asked for a couple more full frame no crop shots of t... by Marcus Culley
Was asked for a couple more full frame no crop shots of the Taci Tolu Hysterix...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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