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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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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp in his fluffy home! by Lisa Hinderlider
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp in his fluffy home!
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Stargazer at night with snoot, Lembeh, Indonesia. by Michael Gallagher
Stargazer at night with snoot, Lembeh, Indonesia.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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head shot, G12 + diffuser and internal flash by Jun Tagama
head shot, G12 + diffuser and internal flash
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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stonefish by Afflitti Gianluca
stonefish
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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... and then I want a big rock coral garden, 100 kids, an... by Suzan Meldonian
... and then I want a big rock coral garden, 100 kids, and....and...
Uh oh!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Flamboyant hunting by Glenn Carballo
Flamboyant hunting
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Apogon hatching :-D by Daniel Strub
Apogon hatching big grin
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Scorpion fish on Molasses reef, Key Larg,Fl by Joe Quinn
Scorpion fish on Molasses reef, Key Larg,Fl
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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blue is cool--Sealife DC-1000 by Richard Campbell
blue is cool--Sealife DC-1000
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Inquiring eyes. (conch) by Larissa Roorda
Inquiring eyes. (conch)
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Sepia officinalis. by Ferdinando Meli
Sepia officinalis.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Seppia by Fabiana Farci
Seppia
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Inside a bottle by Budy Lukman
Inside a bottle
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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waiting for lunch by Georges Boudron
waiting for lunch
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Baby frog fish by Glenn Carballo
Baby frog fish
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Close up of a tubeworm by Lütfi Tanrıöver
Close up of a tubeworm
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Black Anglerfish. Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour by Doug Anderson
Black Anglerfish. Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Face to face with this Lezard Fish... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
Face to face with this Lezard Fish... :O)...
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Yellow Trumpet Fish by Jagwang Koo
Yellow Trumpet Fish
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a lesson in isolation from the background
55 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Yawning FangBlenny by Jagwang Koo
Yawning FangBlenny
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36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blenny playing peek-a boo in the fluff. by Suzan Meldonian
Blenny playing peek-a boo in the fluff.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Cardinalfish brooding eggs: 60mm lens with +3 diopter. by Paul Colley
Cardinalfish brooding eggs: 60mm lens with +3 diopter.
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47 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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close portrait of a clownfish :-D by Daniel Strub
close portrait of a clownfish big grin
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Limnea in lake Neuchâtel :-D by Daniel Strub
Limnea in lake Neuchâtel big grin
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Something is in my EAR! by Brian Law
Something is in my EAR!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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bottled up by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
bottled up
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Hi there! by Suzan Meldonian
Hi there!
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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