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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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anemone on night dive by Bob Jeannetti
anemone on night dive
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date posted posted: Friday, June 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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More Photos: www.jornari.com by Jorn Ari
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date posted posted: Friday, June 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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date posted posted: Friday, June 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Parrot fish portrait. Difficult to photograph during the... by Jackie Campbell
Parrot fish portrait.
Difficult to photograph during the day, parrot fish make great subjects as night falls and they begin to settle for the night. This one was photographed on the wreck of the Umbria at the start of a night dive.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Arrow Crab by Julian Cohen
Arrow Crab
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands (British)
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Bamboo shark under a rock. 1st time trying strobe and m... by Shi Boon Wong
Bamboo shark under a rock.
1st time trying strobe and macro lens.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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nice coral sea fan by Tony Ronald
nice coral sea fan
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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I love the fractal patterns in nature, these feather star... by Paul Duxfield
I love the fractal patterns in nature, these feather star arms at the macro scale, echo the patterns we see all around us, from the very tiny seen here all the way up to the spiral shape of the galaxy we all live in, sorry got a bit hippy there!
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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White Spotted Filefish, Mona Island, shot on Kodachrome 6... by Alan G. Miller
White Spotted Filefish, Mona Island, shot on Kodachrome 64 with a Nikonos RS, 50mm and 2 Ikelite SS-200 strobes.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Close up of a very patient Bigeye on a Red Sea reef by Paul Colley
Close up of a very patient Bigeye on a Red Sea reef
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The pink transparency of Periclemenes holthuisi by Mario Toldo
The pink transparency of Periclemenes holthuisi
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Dangerous... by Sergiy Glushchenko
Dangerous...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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fight on the reef by Dingo Dango
fight on the reef
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Italy
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Smile by Loay Rayyan
Smile
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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Business end of Barracuda !! Apparently, whilst I was ta... by Jackie Campbell
Business end of Barracuda !!
Apparently, whilst I was taking this guys portrait photo, another Barracuda was hovering just behind my head......checking out the finished shot !!!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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I know they are a little cliched,but they can be quite a ... by Paul Duxfield
I know they are a little cliched,but they can be quite a challenge, testing the camera focussing abilities to the max. I cant resist shooting them though and this is my personal favourite so far....
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Sometimes the most mundane looking creatures can reward y... by Paul Duxfield
Sometimes the most mundane looking creatures can reward you.This is the interior of a sea urchin, and to me it looked very alien,if you saw it in a Sci-Fi movie you would be impressed that someone had even imagined it!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Anemone crab by Peter Foulds
Anemone crab
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Madagascar
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Christmas tree worms by Bob Jeannetti
Christmas tree worms
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Weedy Sea Dragon by Joe Daniels
Weedy Sea Dragon
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Xeno crab in blue water by Jackson Wong
Xeno crab in blue water
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Canon 7D, 100mm Macro, Ikelite Housing. This Lizard Fish ... by Paul Duxfield
Canon 7D, 100mm Macro, Ikelite Housing. This Lizard Fish was happy for me to get close enough with the 100mm lens, to catch his portrait. I took a few different compositions, but this was my favourite.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Picture taken with a Canon G9 and a Inon UCL 165 macro le... by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken with a Canon G9 and a Inon UCL 165 macro lens. Cap d'Agde
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Une salpe qui dans le courant qui transporte une petite c... by Sabine Boulad
Une salpe qui dans le courant qui transporte une petite crevette
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Sharp tail eel making his way around the coral heads.... by Lisa Hinderlider
Sharp tail eel making his way around the coral heads....
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Mantis shrimp was difficult to get a clear shot current w... by Peter Foulds
Mantis shrimp was difficult to get a clear shot current was surging causing the sand to be turned up.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Saint Lucia
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What kind of clam is this? by Bob Jeannetti
What kind of clam is this?
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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