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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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Mimic Octopus posing for a portrait,no cropping-Lembeh by Richard Goluch
Mimic Octopus posing for a portrait,no cropping-Lembeh
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Striped Anglerfish, Lillipilli by Doug Anderson
Striped Anglerfish, Lillipilli
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this one is well worth a zoom to appreciate it fully
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"Hummmmmm.... who's behind the camera... ????" - beautifu... by Michel Lonfat
"Hummmmmm.... who's behind the camera... ????" - beautiful encounter in the Red Sea... As always : Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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BLUESPOTTED STINGRAY by Adolfo Maciocco
BLUESPOTTED STINGRAY
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Golden Trevally phographed near the wreck of the Dunraven. by Paul Colley
Golden Trevally phographed near the wreck of the Dunraven.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Picture taken during a night dive in Thailand. by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken during a night dive in Thailand.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Diving is wonderfull! a magic moment with this "Dancing Q... by Durand Gerald
Diving is wonderfull! a magic moment with this "Dancing Queen"...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Yellow mouthed moray eel by Charles Wright
Yellow mouthed moray eel
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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus) at La Jolla Shores. by David Andrew
Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus) at La Jolla Shores.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Scorpionfish portrait by Sharon English
Scorpionfish portrait
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Don't you see me!,I am the queen of the reef !!! by Durand Gerald
Don't you see me!,I am the queen of the reef !!!
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Cluster of Christmas tree worms on coral. DC 1000 with si... by Robert Michaelson
Cluster of Christmas tree worms on coral. DC 1000 with single strobe
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Two Navanax inermis Mating by David Andrew
Two Navanax inermis Mating
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Portrait of a Whiespotted grouper. by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of a Whiespotted grouper.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Feather Star on Gorgonian by Alberto Romeo
Feather Star on Gorgonian
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Coral Grouper Portrait. by Adolfo Maciocco
Coral Grouper Portrait.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pygoplites diacanthus taken in Embudu (Maldives) by Raoul Caprez
Pygoplites diacanthus taken in Embudu (Maldives)
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Orange-mouth Thorny Oyster by Olivier Notz
Orange-mouth Thorny Oyster
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Pipefish Portrait. by Sharon English
Pipefish Portrait.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Big-eye portrait by Larissa Roorda
Big-eye portrait
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Fan-bellied Leatherjacket, Shiprock by Doug Anderson
Fan-bellied Leatherjacket, Shiprock
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Grouper during night dive by Pietro Formis
Grouper during night dive
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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CONE HEAD> by Andres L-M_larraz
CONE HEAD>
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Red Sea Coral Grouper by Sean Cooper
Red Sea Coral Grouper
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Cornetfish. Image taken on a night dive in one of the ho... by Paul Colley
Cornetfish. Image taken on a night dive in one of the holds of the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Murdered... Believe me, that is not what a diver want to... by Dave Benz
Murdered...
Believe me, that is not what a diver want to see during a night dive. Sometimes the live under water is not as funny as we everytime believe in...
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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