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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
Octopus vulgaris. Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strb by Carlos Ernesto
Octopus vulgaris. Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strb
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Bat-fish cleaning in black and white by Alex Varani
Bat-fish cleaning in black and white
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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face.........calliactis parasitica by Afflitti Gianluca
face.........calliactis parasitica
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Close up of thorny seahorse with back-lilt snooted. by Melvin Lee
Close up of thorny seahorse with back-lilt snooted.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2011

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an unusual but effective treatment of this subject Melvin!
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Waiting to Exhale by Suzan Meldonian
Waiting to Exhale
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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The face Nikon D200, 60 micro , twin strobo Lembeh strait by Marchione Giacomo
The face
Nikon D200, 60 micro , twin strobo
Lembeh strait
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51 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Grouper found hiding under the stern of the wreck Kingston by Paul Colley
Grouper found hiding under the stern of the wreck Kingston
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Longspine cockatoo waspfish hiding in the sand. Canon S9... by Jackie Campbell
Longspine cockatoo waspfish hiding in the sand.
Canon S90, close up lens and dual Inon strobes.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Peacock without makeup by Aleksandr Marinicev
Peacock without makeup
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Cardinalfish with a new batch of eggs by Paul Colley
Cardinalfish with a new batch of eggs
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Hanging around" with an Orangutan Crab by Mark Gray
"Hanging around" with an Orangutan Crab
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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A sepia officinalis in the night of the Mediterrnean sea. by Ferdinando Meli
A sepia officinalis in the night of the Mediterrnean sea.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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I was taking some photos of a wonderpus as it danced alon... by Jackie Campbell
I was taking some photos of a wonderpus as it danced along the bottom, when it simply lifted itself over a cockatoo waspfish that was in its way smile
Canon S90 with Inon strobes.
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Another kind of Mayfly found in a small water retention n... by Michel Lonfat
Another kind of Mayfly found in a small water retention not far from home... :O)...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Octopus vulgaris.Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob by Carlos Ernesto
Octopus vulgaris.Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Nikon D90, 18-55mm, lens 4+, Nauticam-housing, 2xINON by Melita Bubek
Nikon D90, 18-55mm, lens 4+, Nauticam-housing, 2xINON
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Slovenia
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A face only a mother could love... Lingcod Canon 20D ... by Matthew Fischbach
A face only a mother could love...
Lingcod
Canon 20D
100mm Mac
1/125
F8
ISO100
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Finally the Comet is for a few seconds cooperative, Abu R... by Tobias Reitmayr
Finally the Comet is for a few seconds cooperative, Abu Ramada, Hurghada. Canon EOS 350d, 18-55mm.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Protector by Tony Cherbas
Protector
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Orange by Tony Cherbas
Orange
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Sepia officinalis in the night of the Mediterranean sea. by Ferdinando Meli
Sepia officinalis in the night of the Mediterranean sea.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 27, 2011
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date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Grouper by Stan Flachs
Grouper
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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"Looking High" (Candy Crab) by William Loke
"Looking High" (Candy Crab)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Scorpionfish watching me :D by Mário Monteiro
Scorpionfish watching me :D
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Peacock flounder checks out its reflection. by Arun Madisetti
Peacock flounder checks out its reflection.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Beautiful smile by Abimael Márquez
Beautiful smile
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Puerto Rico
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The business end of a Moses Sole. by Paul Colley
The business end of a Moses Sole.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 26, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Egypt
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