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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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Porcelan Crab by Barbara Schilling
Porcelan Crab
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Feather duster. by Andres L-M_larraz
Feather duster.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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The beautiful eye of a Bullhead, one of my favorite Fresh... by Michel Lonfat
The beautiful eye of a Bullhead, one of my favorite FreshWater Fish... Que du bonheur... :O)...
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Lionfish, San Juan, PR. by Abimael Márquez
Lionfish, San Juan, PR.
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date posted posted: Monday, October 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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My new friend. by Alex Klingen
My new friend.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Anguilla
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You have such beautiful eyes :-)) by Rico Besserdich
You have such beautiful eyes :-))
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Spine-cheek Anemone fish, Manado by Chinchin Law
Spine-cheek Anemone fish, Manado
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Shrimp - CANON 40D, 60mm makro lens, +2 diopter. by Rico Besserdich
Shrimp - CANON 40D, 60mm makro lens, +2 diopter.
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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"Take my picture!" On a liveaboard, a non-photographer ke... by Richard Witmer
"Take my picture!" On a liveaboard, a non-photographer kept asking me to take his photo on one of the dives. I tried to explain that I was using a 105mm! I finally took his photo so he would stop bugging me! Don't bother smiling!!! :D
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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UV excited coral. First attempts at using uv filters. I... by Jackie Campbell
UV excited coral.
First attempts at using uv filters.
I only have a single strobe so used a torch with a filter with the strobe.
Canon S90, fisheye LED 500 torch, Inon D2000 strobe and UV filter set smile
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date posted posted: Friday, October 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Sea cucumber in coral by Christa Van Den Driessche
Sea cucumber in coral
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date posted posted: Friday, October 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Belgium
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Beautiful medusa, Cotylorhiza tuberculata by Veronika Matějková
Beautiful medusa, Cotylorhiza tuberculata
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date posted posted: Friday, October 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Spain
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Haouse Reef Paradise, Tulamben - Bali by M Faizal Chandra Bayu
Haouse Reef Paradise, Tulamben - Bali
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date posted posted: Friday, October 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Crab by Jagwang Koo
Crab
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Stonefish Lembeh by Aleksandr Marinicev
Stonefish
Lembeh
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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trapezia rufopunctata with eggs by Alex Varani
trapezia rufopunctata with eggs
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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My after work dive : A very very curious Perch looking at... by Michel Lonfat
My after work dive : A very very curious Perch looking at her/his reflection in my Dom. No croping... but as always : Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Seraya - Tulamben, Bali by M Faizal Chandra Bayu
Seraya - Tulamben, Bali
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Cotylorhiza tuberculata/ Fried egg jelly!!!! by Andres L-M_larraz
Cotylorhiza tuberculata/ Fried egg jelly!!!!
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Spiny Devil or Bearded Ghou by Aleksandr Marinicev
Spiny Devil or Bearded Ghou
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010
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Editor's Comment
we had a rhino fish win last year that was very like this - ugly!
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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cotylorhiza tuberculata/ Fried egg jelly!!!! by Andres L-M_larraz
cotylorhiza tuberculata/ Fried egg jelly!!!!
55 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Clam detail - Komodo, Indonesia. Finally a clam which did... by Michael Gallagher
Clam detail - Komodo, Indonesia. Finally a clam which didn't close up tight as I approached!!
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I thought this was an eye shot at first. I like that 'you need a second glance' type of shot
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Honeycomb moray getting a cleaning. Seraya. Olympus E330,... by Christian Nielsen
Honeycomb moray getting a cleaning. Seraya. Olympus E330, 50mm macro, 2 Ikelite DS125 strobes.
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perfect cropping Christian
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ghosts Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo Lembeh strait by Marchione Giacomo
Ghosts
Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo
Lembeh strait
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Not a great picture, but a beautiful scene
crab havin dinner by Dave Baxter
crab havin dinner
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Timor Sea East Timor
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Protula sp. by Alex Varani
Protula sp.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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