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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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Gymnotorax Javanicus with shrimp by Alex Varani
Gymnotorax Javanicus with shrimp
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ocotpus Eye by Matt Sullivan
Ocotpus Eye
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date posted posted: Monday, September 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Don't stare at me like that, I'm shy! by Daniel Wernli
Don't stare at me like that, I'm shy!
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date posted posted: Monday, September 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Blue spotted Sting Ray by Yasser Badr
Blue spotted Sting Ray
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date posted posted: Monday, September 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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finally after 45 minutes.. something interesting, pegasus... by Jun Lao
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finally after 45 minutes.. something interesting, pegasus pair
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date posted posted: Monday, September 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Scorpion eye by Alberto Tozzi
Scorpion eye
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Gotcha!!! This shot was taken very quickly, as that guy s... by Scuba Tech
Gotcha!!! This shot was taken very quickly, as that guy suddenly appeared in front of my lens! August 2010, Red Sea, Canon - Sea&Sea kit, no strobes at all! A red color correction filter was attached on the lens. This is my first entry. Enjoy it!
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A beautiful Scorpaena scrofa. by Ferdinando Meli
A beautiful Scorpaena scrofa.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Crayfish (Palinurus elephas). by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Crayfish (Palinurus elephas).
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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ornate elysia by Chinchin Law
ornate elysia
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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The Eye of Caroline observing a small Fresh Water Jelly F... by Michel Lonfat
The Eye of Caroline observing a small Fresh Water Jelly Fish... C'est que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Snapper Eel by Matt Sullivan
Snapper Eel
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date posted posted: Friday, September 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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The harlequinn shrimps are inhabitants of the interesting... by Christian Nielsen
The harlequinn shrimps are inhabitants of the interesting divesite, Seraya near Tulamben. Olympus E330, 50mm macro, Nexus wetlens, 2 Ikelite DS125 strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, September 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Turtle close up..... shot with a Nikonos RS, 50 mm macro ... by Alan G. Miller
Turtle close up..... shot with a Nikonos RS, 50 mm macro and 2 Ikelite SS 200's with Kodachrome 64
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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..some fish :) by Veronika Matějková
..some fish smile
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Croatia
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Amphiprion by Rafal Raszewski
Amphiprion
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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Scorpionfish by Abimael Márquez
Scorpionfish
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
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Beautiful Porcelain Crab in it's anemone in Lembeh Strait... by Michel Lonfat
Beautiful Porcelain Crab in it's anemone in Lembeh Strait... Que du bonheur... ;O)...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Found this mantis shrimp in Tinggo, Olanggo Island, Cebu.... by Oliver Ko
Found this mantis shrimp in Tinggo, Olanggo Island, Cebu. Canon 450D with Sea & Sea Housing, 100mm macro lens with one Inon Z-240 strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Crab close by Karl Hodgkins
Crab close
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Gesticulating squid.. by Sven Tramaux
Gesticulating squid..
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Lionfish by Abimael Márquez
Lionfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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orang otan crab those hairs really make it difficult to f... by Rory Ferguson
orang otan crab those hairs really make it difficult to focus !!!
D300s with 105 lens, single D.2000 strobe iso 800 shutter 100 f.22 any hints or advice welcomed
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Clown snake eel lurking in the sand near Tulamben, Bali. ... by Michael Gallagher
Clown snake eel lurking in the sand near Tulamben, Bali. Shot lit by narrow torch beam rather than strobes.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The man on the scene :-)) by Rico Besserdich
The man on the scene :-))
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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North Cyprus / İskele by Timucin Ucar
North Cyprus / İskele
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Solenostomus paradoxus in Dauin :-D by Daniel Strub
Solenostomus paradoxus in Dauin big grin
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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