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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
tiny Crab in sponge by Kent Keller
tiny Crab in sponge
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Trinidad and Tobago
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Brittle Star inside a sponge. by Chuck Williams
Brittle Star inside a sponge.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Scorpaena scrofa by Ferdinando Meli
Scorpaena scrofa
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Small Hermit Crab Mauritius by Jean-Yves Bignoux
Small Hermit Crab Mauritius
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Ribbon Eel close up by Budy Lukman
Ribbon Eel close up
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Close encounter with a Flounder by Abimael Márquez
Close encounter with a Flounder
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Scorpaena scrofa (very big!) by Ferdinando Meli
Scorpaena scrofa (very big!)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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resting on the reef... by Georges Boudron
resting on the reef...
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Longsnout Seahorse Hippocampus reidi Utila Honduras C.A. by John Roach
Longsnout Seahorse Hippocampus reidi Utila Honduras C.A.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Eel portrait by Sangut Santoso
Eel portrait
42 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Flounder by Abimael Márquez
Flounder
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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. by Roman Vyroubal
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Czech Republic
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Eye of Parupneus macronema. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Eye of Parupneus macronema.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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galatea by Afflitti Gianluca
galatea
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Little symbiotic Schrimp in Lembeh Strait... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
Little symbiotic Schrimp in Lembeh Strait... :O)...
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Lighting of the blue spotted stingray was difficult and l... by Paz Maria De Vera-Santos
Lighting of the blue spotted stingray was difficult and limited to the foreground since it was hiding in a crevice.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Blue ring flatworm - everyone else was watching the Hamme... by Steve Laycock
Blue ring flatworm - everyone else was watching the Hammerheads :-)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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goby fish by Andy Lau
goby fish
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hermit Crab up close and personal... by Budy Lukman
Hermit Crab up close and personal...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Diadema Sea Urchin D700 105mm+ 2XTC by Martin Dulon Barre
Diadema Sea Urchin D700 105mm+ 2XTC
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf United Arab Emirates
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Basket star beauty at night. by Lisa Hinderlider
Basket star beauty at night.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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canon 350D 60mm lens by Andy Lau
canon 350D 60mm lens
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Giant moray eel by Gabriele Pastonchi
Giant moray eel
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Tiny Neopetrolisthes Oshimai on anemone by Alex Varani
Tiny Neopetrolisthes Oshimai on anemone
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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boxfish by Afflitti Gianluca
boxfish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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If Picasso shot a topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) it woul... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
If Picasso shot a topknot (Zeugopterus punctatus) it would look something like this. Shot using Canon EOS 350D in Ikelite housing, Canon 100mm macro and two Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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a Pair of Coleman Shrimp - Under Laha Jetty - Ambon by Budy Lukman
a Pair of Coleman Shrimp - Under Laha Jetty - Ambon
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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