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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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Sea cucumber poking it's head up on a reef. Nikonos V 28... by Marylin Batt
Sea cucumber poking it's head up on a reef. Nikonos V 28mm
lense Ikelight strobe. Lalati Fiji in Beqa lagoon
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Flamingo tongue eating away. by Alex Klingen
Flamingo tongue eating away.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Anguilla
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Porcupine - snug as a bug by Gerri Tomlinson
Porcupine - snug as a bug
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A sea Turtle by Eric Walker
A sea Turtle
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date posted posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand ... by Patrick Tutt
Nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand torch light
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Litle geometric moray in Marsa Egla - Egypt - Canon S90 w... by Patrick Tutt
Litle geometric moray in Marsa Egla - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand torch light
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I'm always happiest bimbling over the bottom searching fo... by John Hill
I'm always happiest bimbling over the bottom searching for something interesting... a common seahorse found in the Perhentian Islands at 20m.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Close up small crab, made during nightdive at housereef o... by Rene Brandenburg
Close up small crab, made during nightdive at housereef of Zabargad Resort
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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coral banded shrimp by Trent Hebrlee
coral banded shrimp
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Small Cuttlefish in a nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt ... by Patrick Tutt
Small Cuttlefish in a nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand torch light
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Frogfish It is probably Antennarius multiocellatus. Ta... by Carlos G. Munoz
Frogfish
It is probably Antennarius multiocellatus. Taken in Taganga Bay near Santa Marta city (in the Colombian Caribbean) on April 2010. Taken with a Canon G7 and no artificial light.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Colombia
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Harlequin Shrimps at Richelieu Rock at about 15m by Andrew Bentham
Harlequin Shrimps at Richelieu Rock at about 15m
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Honeycomb moray eel portrait - shot taken in the Maldives by Michael Gallagher
Honeycomb moray eel portrait - shot taken in the Maldives
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Sabellidae (feather duster worm) by Andres L-M_larraz
Sabellidae (feather duster worm)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand ... by Patrick Tutt
Nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand torch light
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Three is a crowd when there is love in the water :-) by Andrew Kemp
Three is a crowd when there is love in the water :-)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Flashing Blue Rings.... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Flashing Blue Rings....
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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A juvenile Spade Fish off of FT.Lauderdale Fl. by Patrick Smith
A juvenile Spade Fish off of FT.Lauderdale Fl.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic United States
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A resting Basket Starfish .Taken off Boyonton Beach, Fl. by Patrick Smith
A resting Basket Starfish .Taken off Boyonton Beach, Fl.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic United States
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Spiny starfish by Tony Makin
Spiny starfish
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Coral Grouper taken on Fihalhohi House Reef, Maldives by Gerri Tomlinson
Coral Grouper taken on Fihalhohi House Reef, Maldives
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Pufferfish, Byron Bay, taken with a demo Canon 7D by Catherine Marshall
Pufferfish, Byron Bay, taken with a demo Canon 7D
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Clownfish by Steffen Binke
Clownfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Triggerfish at night in the Egyptian Red Sea - playing ar... by Michael Gallagher
Triggerfish at night in the Egyptian Red Sea - playing around with composition a bit...
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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picture taken in the afternoon against the water surface by Olivier Notz
picture taken in the afternoon against the water surface
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The picture of Gobius niger was taken in may during the s... by Silvia Waajen
The picture of Gobius niger was taken in may during the start of the breeding season. After laying the eggs, the female disapears. The male stays with the aggs till they hatch.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Fihalhohi, Nov 2008. Watching you watching me.... by Gerri Tomlinson
Fihalhohi, Nov 2008.
Watching you watching me....
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date posted posted: Friday, July 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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