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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
hello...squinty eyes u sleepy already? : ) durban hingebe... by Chinchin Law
hello...squinty eyes u sleepy already? : ) durban hingebeak shrimp
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date posted posted: Monday, August 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Beautiful fish. Love the coloring. Grand Cayman. by Patrick Reardon
Beautiful fish. Love the coloring. Grand Cayman.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Beaded Sea Anemone with tiny Maldives Anemonefish Guira... by Jo Rix
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Beaded Sea Anemone with tiny Maldives Anemonefish
Guiradoo North dive site South Male atoll July 2010
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Reeftop Pipefish by Chinchin Law
Reeftop Pipefish
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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a very shy fish on cleaning station by Olivier Notz
a very shy fish on cleaning station
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Up and down: Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo Lembeh 2010 by Marchione Giacomo
Up and down: Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo
Lembeh 2010
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Just to show what the female slingjaw wrasse can do... by Dray Van Beeck
Just to show what the female slingjaw wrasse can do...
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anemone fish by Pietro Formis
Anemone fish
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date posted posted: Friday, August 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Eye of the flounder. 1/250 s , F: 3,5. 60mm macro lens wi... by Rico Besserdich
Eye of the flounder. 1/250 s , F: 3,5. 60mm macro lens with + 10 diopter, CANON 40D, 2 Sea&Sea strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Grouper... by Dray Van Beeck
Grouper...
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date posted posted: Friday, August 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Another big smile for the camera by Michael Schlenk
Another big smile for the camera
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Close-up of a whiplash gobie :-D, f22 @ 1/60, 100mm EF by Daniel Strub
Close-up of a whiplash gobie :-D, f22 @ 1/60, 100mm EF
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Maldives
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Nassau Grouper by Abimael Márquez
Nassau Grouper
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Close encounter with this nassau grouper by Abimael Márquez
Close encounter with this nassau grouper
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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A young pike in a small pond :-D by Daniel Strub
A young pike in a small pond big grin
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Taken by Nikon D200 105mm lens. by Ah Chan Fong Ming
Taken by Nikon D200 105mm lens.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Midas Blennie. Made of Gold by Andrew Kemp
Midas Blennie. Made of Gold
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Best of friends, most of the time!! A pair of white eyed ... by Michael Gallagher
Best of friends, most of the time!! A pair of white eyed moray eels, Komodo, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Close-up of a nurse shark and King Crab. Taken at Shark R... by Eurion Leonard-Pugh
Close-up of a nurse shark and King Crab. Taken at Shark Reef, Grenada, WI with Canon G9 and Canon housing.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Grenada
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MOR by Nejdet Demirtas
MOR
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Face to face, Frogfish by Abimael Márquez
Face to face, Frogfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Frogfish, (stacked lens) by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish, (stacked lens)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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That's close ! Head of a "caretta caretta" sea-turtle. CA... by Rico Besserdich
That's close ! Head of a "caretta caretta" sea-turtle. CANON 40D + 60mm macro lens. Ike DS-125 strobe. No crop.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Taken by Nikon D200. at Anilao by Ah Chan Fong Ming
Taken by Nikon D200. at Anilao
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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The eye of the beholder, octopus that is. by Juan Torres
The eye of the beholder, octopus that is.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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At Vieques, Puerto Rico by Juan Torres
At Vieques, Puerto Rico
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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fingers by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
fingers
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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