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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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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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Christmas tree worms all lit up! Taken with a SeaLife DC... by Mark Reasor
Christmas tree worms all lit up! Taken with a SeaLife DC800 underwater camera and digital proflash.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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A Octopus. I use a Olympus 6000 point and shoot camera wi... by Eric Walker
A Octopus. I use a Olympus 6000 point and shoot camera with no strobe. The only thing that I do on editing the photo is add color that is filtered out. ( red,yellow,and blue). I sometimes crop the pictures.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hellooo ! Picture taken in the Cap d'Agde by Raoul Caprez
Hellooo !
Picture taken in the Cap d'Agde
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Say Aaaaaaaaaahhh!!! A trio of Batfish lining up for a cl... by Michael Gallagher
Say Aaaaaaaaaahhh!!! A trio of Batfish lining up for a clean at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Unicornfish on a cleaning station by Paul Colley
Unicornfish on a cleaning station
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 29, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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mantis shrimp - the bugger charged me !!! so I took his p... by Dave Baxter
mantis shrimp - the bugger charged me !!! so I took his picture !!
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date posted posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Cuttle Fish - Padang Bai, Bali Canon S 90 + SB 105 by Andy Chan
Cuttle Fish - Padang Bai, Bali
Canon S 90 + SB 105
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date posted posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Shrimp on a whip coral at Alcoy Dive Point, Cebu by Daniel Strub
Shrimp on a whip coral at Alcoy Dive Point, Cebu
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date posted posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This scorpionfish was crawling along the walls of the ree... by Mert Gokalp
This scorpionfish was crawling along the walls of the reef. I was manage to capture him while its wings are open beautifully.
This is actually a picture taken paralel to the wall. So it was swimming upside down but in this picture it looks diff...
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date posted posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Hawkfish by Peter Foulds
Hawkfish
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date posted posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Madagascar
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Under the palmtree (or Spirographe) by Raoul Caprez
Under the palmtree (or Spirographe)
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Angel fish, Mona Islands, Nikonos RS, 50mm and 2 ikelite ... by Alan G. Miller
Angel fish, Mona Islands, Nikonos RS, 50mm and 2 ikelite SS-200's
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Baby Octopus. DX1G / YS100a w/ stacking diopters. No crop... by Kay Wilson
Baby Octopus. DX1G / YS100a w/ stacking diopters. No cropping
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Peppermint Shrimp, DX1G / YS100a , no cropping by Kay Wilson
Peppermint Shrimp, DX1G / YS100a , no cropping
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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This image of a Split Crown Feather Duster was taken duri... by Steven Anderson
This image of a Split Crown Feather Duster was taken during a dive at Paradise Reef off Cozumel in April.
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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No smile for the camera ... by Raoul Caprez
No smile for the camera ...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Triptic, Culebra, PR. by Abimael Márquez
Triptic, Culebra, PR.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Pygmy Seahorse by Jackson Wong
Pygmy Seahorse
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Shrimp Guts by Sharon English
Shrimp Guts
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Loggerhead turtle portrait, taken today at Julian Rocks, ... by Michael Gallagher
Loggerhead turtle portrait, taken today at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay as part of the Sundive Photo Shoot Out 2010
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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2 by Peter Foulds
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Madagascar
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