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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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Who's a pretty boy then.....well certainly not this starg... by Jackie Campbell
Who's a pretty boy then.....well certainly not this stargazer smile Stargazers really look like they belong on the set of a horror movie. Shutter lag on the compact meant that I missed the wide open mouth but got the tongue still extended.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Periclemenes sp. on anemone by Alex Varani
Periclemenes sp. on anemone
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Climb!!! by Brian Law
Climb!!!
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Flower in the Muck by Tony Cherbas
Flower in the Muck
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Neon Goby Utila Honduras C.A. by John Roach
Neon Goby Utila Honduras C.A.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Flowers Ascidian - Pycnoclavella detorta - Seescheide by Jörg Menge
Flowers
Ascidian - Pycnoclavella detorta - Seescheide
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Prostaeceraeus giesbrechtii (underwater worm) by Ferdinando Meli
Prostaeceraeus giesbrechtii (underwater worm)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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octopus' eye by Fortunato Lodari
octopus' eye
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Octopus eye @ crash Boat beach Puerto Rico; Sealife DC120... by Carlos Pérez
Octopus eye @ crash Boat beach Puerto Rico; Sealife DC1200 16x macro manual set
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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SCORPION FIRE WORM FACE, @ CRASH BOAT BEACH AGUADILLA PUE... by Carlos Pérez
SCORPION FIRE WORM FACE, @ CRASH BOAT BEACH AGUADILLA PUERTO RICO. SEALIFE DC1200 MACRO 16X MANUAL SET
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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giant basket star close-up... one of my favorite night ti... by Jp Zegarra
giant basket star close-up... one of my favorite night time creatures... Nikon d300 105 mm 2 DS160 strobes manual set
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A close up of a tunicate or sea squirt. by Steve De Neef
A close up of a tunicate or sea squirt.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Squat lobster. Loch Hourn, Scotland. by Mark Thomas
Squat lobster.
Loch Hourn, Scotland.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of the Hebrides United Kingdom
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Mimic Octopus Dancing by Bagus Lesmana
Mimic Octopus Dancing
shortlistedShortlisted!
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Goby on whip coral by Alex Varani
Goby on whip coral
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sertella septentrionalis by Ferdinando Meli
Sertella septentrionalis
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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The most beautiful anemone that I have ever seen. It's al... by Gary Coulter
The most beautiful anemone that I have ever seen. It's almost as though there is an internal light source!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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Coral Crab by Abimael Márquez
Coral Crab
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Sea anemone in shallow water near Kalamata by Wiljo Jonsson
Sea anemone in shallow water near Kalamata
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Greece
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Little symbiotique Goby... In the water's of Lembeh Strai... by Michel Lonfat
Little symbiotique Goby... In the water's of Lembeh Strait... :O)...
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Splendid Toad fish-Cozumel by Lisa Hinderlider
Splendid Toad fish-Cozumel
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Young pearch :-D by Daniel Strub
Young pearch big grin
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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The ghost Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo Ari Atoll. ... by Marchione Giacomo
The ghost
Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo
Ari Atoll. Maldives
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Creep by Els Van Den Borre
Creep
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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False clown by Rory Ferguson
False clown
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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shrimp symbiont by Afflitti Gianluca
shrimp symbiont
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Malaysia
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Was busy focusing on getting a good shot of the nudi bran... by Brian Law
Was busy focusing on getting a good shot of the nudi branch and didn't notice a hitchhiker onboard. Only upon reviewing my pictures back on the boat did i notice this little guy well hidden between it's hosts!
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date posted posted: Monday, May 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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