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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
Trying to Escape by Nadya Kulagina
Trying to Escape
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Tail for background (Murenae melanotis) by Raoul Caprez
Tail for background (Murenae melanotis)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Cape Verde
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A close view to a sea-anemone. by Rico Besserdich
A close view to a sea-anemone.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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A different smile, Aguadilla, PR. by Abimael Márquez
A different smile, Aguadilla, PR.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Eyes Canon G9 YS110 strobe Close up lens by Serhat Tasgedik
Eyes
Canon G9 YS110 strobe Close up lens
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Hairdresser by Victor Amor
Hairdresser
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Curious... D300+60 mm with +4 dioptre close-up filter. Cr... by Mehmet Demirkan
Curious... D300+60 mm with +4 dioptre close-up filter. Cropped.
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It's hard to get a good clean shot - keeping it simple is difficult!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Flying Flatworm by Rico Besserdich
Flying Flatworm
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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The Color is Red by Edy Sutanto
The Color is Red
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Peacock-Worm ( sabella sabella ) closeup by Rico Besserdich
Peacock-Worm ( sabella sabella ) closeup
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Nudibranch by Torresan Patrick
Nudibranch
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Eye to eye by Stuart Ganz
Eye to eye
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Rockfish close-up. Mediterenean sea of Turkey. by Rico Besserdich
Rockfish close-up. Mediterenean sea of Turkey.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Mimic octopus by Aleksandr Marinicev
Mimic octopus
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Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Wanna kiss?? by Johannetta Gordijn
Wanna kiss??
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands Antilles
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A soft coral crab with either eggs or a parasite. This wa... by Steve De Neef
A soft coral crab with either eggs or a parasite. This was a big version for this kind of crab.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Canon G-10, Ikelite housing, strobes and dome. by Bill Arle
Canon G-10, Ikelite housing, strobes and dome.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Antennarius nummifer by Raoul Caprez
Antennarius nummifer
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic Cape Verde
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Banded Coral Shrimp seen in Grand Cayman August 2010. Ph... by Bonnie Conley
Banded Coral Shrimp seen in Grand Cayman August 2010. Photo taken with a Canon SD 550.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A whip coral goby lit up with a snoot. by Steve De Neef
A whip coral goby lit up with a snoot.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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crocodilefish eye - Kapalai by Chinchin Law
crocodilefish eye - Kapalai
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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clownfish in anemone by Christa Van Den Driessche
clownfish in anemone
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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saron sp. by Alex Varani
saron sp.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Flat worm going to the surface. by Alex Klingen
Flat worm going to the surface.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Anguilla
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Xenocrab Nikon D200, 60 micro , twin strobo Moal boal by Marchione Giacomo
Xenocrab
Nikon D200, 60 micro , twin strobo
Moal boal
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Peacock-Worm closeup by Rico Besserdich
Peacock-Worm closeup
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Hey, good lookin' :-)) by Rico Besserdich
Hey, good lookin' :-))
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 28, 2010
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