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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
Experimented with black and white for this photo, to take... by Bill Arle
Experimented with black and white for this photo, to take advantage of the texture of the coral. Big Island, Hawaii. Olympus SP 350 and Inon wide angle lens.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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twosome cooperation by Jan Maringka
twosome cooperation
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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As if waiting for the photographer - Egypte - Lumix FX01 by Patrick Tutt
As if waiting for the photographer - Egypte - Lumix FX01
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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old bugger moray @ Nusa pendia by Dave Baxter
old bugger moray @ Nusa pendia
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Portrait of an Octopus vulgaris in a night dive by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of an Octopus vulgaris in a night dive
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"Mami" - Portrait image of Mimic Octopus by David Henshaw
"Mami" - Portrait image of Mimic Octopus
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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blenny on hard coral by Jan Maringka
blenny on hard coral
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Picture of an Arothron taken during a night dive in Sharm... by Raoul Caprez
Picture of an Arothron taken during a night dive in Sharm El Sheikh with a Canon G9 and a DS125 Ikelite Strobe.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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Two Bargabanti pigmee seahorses wondering what kind of ca... by Rob De Vries
Two Bargabanti pigmee seahorses wondering what kind of camera I am using.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Clown Fish in Daedalus reef - Lumix FX01 by Patrick Tutt
Clown Fish in Daedalus reef - Lumix FX01
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Mannequin shrimp with baby mannequin shrimp at side. by John Miller
Mannequin shrimp with baby mannequin shrimp at side.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. by Bill Arle
Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Face to face with a Heniochus intermedius of the Red Sea. by Raoul Caprez
Face to face with a Heniochus intermedius of the Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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Painted frogfish by Vladimir Levantovsky
Painted frogfish
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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I see you by Abimael Márquez
I see you
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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anemonefish, taken at dogtooth pinnacle with a Nikonos V ... by Alan G. Miller
anemonefish, taken at dogtooth pinnacle with a Nikonos V 35 mm lens and close up set up, Nikonos SB 105 on Kodachrome 64 and as usual I have done no cropping.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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taken on a rainy day at bunaken,manado,indonesia,10 m dep... by Jan Maringka
taken on a rainy day at bunaken,manado,indonesia,10 m depth,nikon d 300 in sea and sea housing,single strobe(ys duo ttl
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Blenny, Parablennius gattorugine. Calanques de Cassis. Ca... by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Blenny, Parablennius gattorugine. Calanques de Cassis. Canon G10 & Inon D2000.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. Olympus SP350 and Inon wid... by Bill Arle
Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. Olympus SP350 and Inon wide angle lens.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Canon 5D Mark2 Sea&Sea Housing with YS-250 by Jagwang Koo
Canon 5D Mark2
Sea&Sea Housing with YS-250
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Moray Eel,cleaned by cleaner shrimp by Jan Maringka
Moray Eel,cleaned by cleaner shrimp
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The magic of an anemone at nigth - Lumix Fx01 by Patrick Tutt
The magic of an anemone at nigth - Lumix Fx01
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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PAINTED COMBER... It was taken in Turkey.... Thanks... by Lütfi Tanrıöver
PAINTED COMBER...
It was taken in Turkey....
Thanks...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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A gorgonian full of Crystal Ascidia (Clavellina sp.) by Alberto Romeo
A gorgonian full of Crystal Ascidia (Clavellina sp.)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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use canon G9. by Ah Chan
by: Ah Chan
use canon G9.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malaysia
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"Crinoid" A different take on a common subject. Malapascu... by Debi Henshaw
"Crinoid" A different take on a common subject. Malapascua, Philippines
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009

Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
we like a different take!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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