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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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Emperor Shrimp - Periclimenes imperator by Eunjae Im
Emperor Shrimp - Periclimenes imperator
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date posted posted: Friday, June 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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My friend Frogy by Abimael Márquez
My friend Frogy
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date posted posted: Friday, June 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A couple of frogfish, note the female in front to give bi... by Abimael Márquez
A couple of frogfish, note the female in front to give birth, the male is back (right).
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date posted posted: Friday, June 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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sunset dive, saw this cute blue ring~ by Tommy Liu
sunset dive, saw this cute blue ring~
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date posted posted: Friday, June 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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My first hairy blenny lol by Durand Gerald
My first hairy blenny lol
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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I love to get in close and explore the abstract patterns ... by Paul Duxfield
I love to get in close and explore the abstract patterns and symmetry in nature.Underwater there is always something pretty to shoot.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Frogfish-2010 by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish-2010
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Baby seahorse by Jacques Vieira
Baby seahorse
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Madagascar
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Eagle ray portrait - Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia by Michael Gallagher
Eagle ray portrait - Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Thankyou little blennie for finally popping up (and smili... by John Hill
Thankyou little blennie for finally popping up (and smiling). G10
+ UCL 165 + a little patience...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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squid by Jagwang Koo
squid
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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Gnathophyllum elegans by Antonio Franco
Gnathophyllum elegans
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Picture of a male hornkvabbe, living on the mast of a shi... by Harald Fauske
Picture of a male hornkvabbe, living on the mast of a shipwreck, canon 50d, sigma 17-70
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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underwater composition by Johannetta Gordijn
underwater composition
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date posted posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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My third Triated Frogfish, 2010 by Abimael Márquez
My third Triated Frogfish, 2010
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date posted posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Pearch :-) by Daniel Strub
Pearch :-)
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date posted posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Spirographis by Raoul Caprez
Spirographis
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date posted posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Mimic by Reidar Opem
Mimic
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date posted posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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croco eye by Patrick Neumann
croco eye
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Scorpion Fish in Bonaire by Susan Beerman
Scorpion Fish in Bonaire
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Velvet swimming crab and lunch. Taken in or around 1989... by Arun Madisetti
Velvet swimming crab and lunch.
Taken in or around 1989 at the George Site, Menai Strait. North Wales. Nikonos V, SB103,Ektachrome, OceanOptics close up lens
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Hippocampus Guttulatus by Antonio Franco
Hippocampus Guttulatus
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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I've always liked the way goat fish use their barbels to ... by John Hill
I've always liked the way goat fish use their barbels to find prey. This one had his permanently out as if he was resting his head on them and let me come in unusually close.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Close up of a pike's tail :-D by Daniel Strub
Close up of a pike's tail big grin
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Say Cheese!!! by Jovin Lim
Say Cheese!!!
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Cheeklined splendor wrasse. This fish was always at the s... by Olivier Notz
Cheeklined splendor wrasse. This fish was always at the same place and observed us carefully until we left his area
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) by Brian Mayes
Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata)
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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