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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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A gobbie trying to swallow his prey :-D by Daniel Strub
A gobbie trying to swallow his prey big grin
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: France
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Giant chiton by Yakout Hegazy
Giant chiton
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Yellow submarine :-) (Stephanolepsis hispidus) by Raoul Caprez
Yellow submarine :-) (Stephanolepsis hispidus)
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date posted posted: Monday, November 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Cape Verde
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Murena helena by Alex Varani
Murena helena
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Leaf Scorpionfish. by Roine Gabrielsson
Leaf Scorpionfish.
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Seahorse ,hippocampus by José Augusto Silva
Seahorse ,hippocampus
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Clown fishes on anemone by Vittorio Durante
Clown fishes on anemone
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hermit crab, taken on a night dive with only internal fla... by Andrew Paul Cunliffe
Hermit crab, taken on a night dive with only internal flash in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Arlequin crab by Jorge Sorial
Arlequin crab
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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This soft coral remind me of a Chinese tapestry - Saudi A... by Patrick Tutt
This soft coral remind me of a Chinese tapestry - Saudi Arabia - Canon S90 with hand torch light.
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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portrait of a lion fish by Olivier Notz
portrait of a lion fish
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Bulletheard parrotfish-Red sea-depth - 1-25 m by Yakout Hegazy
Bulletheard parrotfish-Red sea-depth - 1-25 m
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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:-( (Scorpaena sp) by Raoul Caprez
:-( (Scorpaena sp)
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Spirastrella cunctatrix. by Ferdinando Meli
Spirastrella cunctatrix.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Spirobranche canon g11 & macro lens by Durand Gerald
Spirobranche canon g11 & macro lens
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Scorpionfish by Henry Jager
Scorpionfish
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Red Sea anemonefish by Yakout Hegazy
Red Sea anemonefish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hoplophrys oatesi by Alex Varani
Hoplophrys oatesi
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Fuji point and shoot, hard coral and polyps by Katie Hollamby
Fuji point and shoot, hard coral and polyps
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hinge-back shrimp. Tulamben, Bali by Doug Anderson
Hinge-back shrimp. Tulamben, Bali
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Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging

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keeping it simple is difficult!
48 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Macro of octopus by Vittorio Durante
Macro of octopus
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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fire coral&Half-and-half chromis by Yakout Hegazy
fire coral&Half-and-half chromis
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Morena Verde in Cabo Pulmo, BCS, Mexico by Thierry Lannoy
Morena Verde in Cabo Pulmo, BCS, Mexico
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Seastar on night dive - Saudi Arabia - Canon S90 with han... by Patrick Tutt
Seastar on night dive - Saudi Arabia - Canon S90 with hand torch light
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2010

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Editor's Comment
nice abstract crop - with texture added by side lighting
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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North cyprus 2009 by Timucin Ucar
North cyprus 2009
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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octopus looking ,taken with d700 nikon and 105 nikon lens by José Augusto Silva
octopus looking ,taken with d700 nikon and 105 nikon lens
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A beautiful Palinurus elephas. by Ferdinando Meli
A beautiful Palinurus elephas.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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