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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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Art of Nature. I like the patterns you find in the open ... by Christian Nielsen
Art of Nature.
I like the patterns you find in the open Giant Clams.
This photo is taken around the lovely divesites of Nusa Penida.
Olympus E330, 35mm Macro, 2 Ikelite DS125 Strobes.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Orange Ball Corallimorph, commonly known as a Orangeball ... by Rene Oude Avenhuis
Orange Ball Corallimorph, commonly known as a Orangeball Anamone, picture shot during nightdive in 10ft of water, with a Canon S60 powershot
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Aruba
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Durban shrimps dance around Moray by Aleksandr Marinicev
Durban shrimps dance around Moray
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Skittish little things! by Pete Devereux
Skittish little things!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Coral Rock Cod getting some cleaning done. by Charles Wright
Coral Rock Cod getting some cleaning done.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Juvenile ribbon eel. by Charles Wright
Juvenile ribbon eel.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Indonesia
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In the middle of its transformation..... by Bernard Maglana
In the middle of its transformation.....
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Coral and Fish by Fatih Sökmen
Coral and Fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Coral trout on the Great Barrier Reef, single strobe port... by Michael Gallagher
Coral trout on the Great Barrier Reef, single strobe portrait
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Tasseled scorpionfish by J. Daniel Horovatin
Tasseled scorpionfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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playing with dept of field and light ... f.4.0 1/60 by Daniel Strub
playing with dept of field and light ... f.4.0 1/60
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Baby, Aguadilla by Abimael Márquez
Baby, Aguadilla
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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octopus vulgaris.Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob by Carlos Ernesto
octopus vulgaris.Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A bluespotted coral grouper behind a red gorgonian by Alberto Romeo
A bluespotted coral grouper behind a red gorgonian
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Nice smile ! by Raoul Caprez
Nice smile !
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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This should be an old one....lol! by Bernard Maglana
This should be an old one....lol!
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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A very small juvenile Frogfish from Anilao, Philippines. by Chad Ordelheide
A very small juvenile Frogfish from Anilao, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This ghost pipefish is brooding eggs in his pouch. Tulam... by Tammy Gibbs
This ghost pipefish is brooding eggs in his pouch. Tulamben, Bali.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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5D by Jagwang Koo
5D
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Last week night dive in Geneva lake - Face to face with t... by Michel Lonfat
Last week night dive in Geneva lake - Face to face with this little Bullhead, freshwater sculpin. Just love the eyes they have. One of my favorite fresh water fish with the King Pike... Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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a. pictus "psychedelicus" :-D ... found in Dauin. By comp... by Daniel Strub
a. pictus "psychedelicus" big grin ... found in Dauin. By comparing with the size of the sandcorns you can imagine how big the "guy" was ...
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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serranus scriba by Miro Polensek
serranus scriba
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Can't remember where I took this, nor when I took it (las... by Sean Cooper
Can't remember where I took this, nor when I took it (last six months) but, as usual, it was taken with a Canon G10 and an Epoque strobe - Enjoy!
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Another night dive cameo using only torch light by Pete Devereux
Another night dive cameo using only torch light
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Painted Frogfish[ Antennarius Pictus-pink phase] showing ... by Richard Goluch
Painted Frogfish[ Antennarius Pictus-pink phase] showing the lure- Lembeh Strait-Canon 50 D 100 mm macro
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Pike blenny, shot in the Tobago Cays Marine Park, right u... by Kay Wilson
Pike blenny, shot in the Tobago Cays Marine Park, right under the catamaran which was our dive base on a sail and dive trip of the 32 islands that make up St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Some animals show their beauty when you see them in close... by John De Jong
Some animals show their beauty when you see them in close up. These picture of an Asterias rubens I made yesterday, the water is around 6° Celcius now.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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