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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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Close look by Rico Besserdich
Close look
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date posted posted: Monday, February 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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shot with nikon D70s with 105mm macro by Simon Gardener
shot with nikon D70s with 105mm macro
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Weever a small shot almost completely covered with sand. by Alessandro Pagano
Weever a small shot almost completely covered with sand.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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i'm waiting... by Marco Maccarelli
i'm waiting...
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A morray eel off of Tofo, MZ, with a cleaner fish in it's... by Justin Carmack
A morray eel off of Tofo, MZ, with a cleaner fish in it's mouth
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Hey pic me :) by Graeme Cole
Hey pic me smile
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Thailand 2011 by Lütfi Tanrıöver
Thailand 2011
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Cute Little Pygmy Sea Horse. by Adam Hannon
Cute Little Pygmy Sea Horse.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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dont touch sealife dc1000 by Richard Campbell
dont touch sealife dc1000
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Reef squid at night, Komodo by Michael Gallagher
Reef squid at night, Komodo
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Octopus playing with a shell spotted a few metres off the... by Eurion Leonard-Pugh
Octopus playing with a shell spotted a few metres off the beach. Taken with a Canon G9 in Canon housing.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Grenada
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Nap time ... by Raoul Caprez
Nap time ...
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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pulau sepa seahorse by Heru Suryoko
pulau sepa seahorse
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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banded boxer shrimp, Manado by Chinchin Law
banded boxer shrimp, Manado
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"The queen is not amused" ;-) by Rico Besserdich
"The queen is not amused" ;-)
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nice portrait Rico
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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dance -- Sealife DC1000 by Richard Campbell
dance -- Sealife DC1000
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Polka Dotted Feather Duster by Suzan Meldonian
Polka Dotted Feather Duster
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date posted posted: Friday, February 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Locked on the prey and ready for ambush! I think I was a ... by Vladimir Levantovsky
Locked on the prey and ready for ambush! I think I was a sidekick - my dive light made the night hunt *very easy* for this lionfish.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Palau
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Eye of the Pike. Pike close up taken at Wraysbury Lake, ... by Nick Blake
Eye of the Pike.
Pike close up taken at Wraysbury Lake, Middlesex.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United Kingdom
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eyes by Marco Maccarelli
eyes
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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In summertime the short snouted seahorse can be found in ... by Silvia Waajen
In summertime the short snouted seahorse can be found in the Oosterschelde but it is a rare species.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Cyclocoeloma tuberculata by Mathieu Foulquié
Cyclocoeloma tuberculata
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date posted posted: Friday, February 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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clownfish by Marco Maccarelli
clownfish
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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taken at the bay of sabang, mindoro island in january 201... by Harald Schottner
taken at the bay of sabang, mindoro island in january 2011. done with canon eos 5 d with makro 100L in a hugyfot-housing, two ikelite substrobes 160 ds. settings except focus all manualy done
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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true colors..sealife DC1000. by Richard Campbell
true colors..sealife DC1000.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Caribbean Reef Octopus by Suzan Meldonian
Caribbean Reef Octopus
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Leopard Wrasse by Mark Hoevenaars
Leopard Wrasse
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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