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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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Yummy! This is good... by Jorge Sorial
Yummy! This is good...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Sad looking Rhinopias :-( Rhino Rock's, Komodo. Olympus... by Christian Nielsen
Sad looking Rhinopias :-(
Rhino Rock's, Komodo.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Dog tooth pinnacle, Nikonos V 35 mm with 1:2 extension tu... by Alan G. Miller
Dog tooth pinnacle, Nikonos V 35 mm with 1:2 extension tube and Nikonos SB 105, shot on Kodachrome 64 with no cropping just like all my photography.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Small sea cucumber fiding Canon 350D/Sigma 70mm by Yves Antoniazzo
Small sea cucumber fiding Canon 350D/Sigma 70mm
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Lion Fish by Loay Rayyan
Lion Fish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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sepia officinalis by Antonio Franco
sepia officinalis
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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I am ugly ;-) Special creature, this Stargazer. Photo sh... by Christian Nielsen
I am ugly ;-)
Special creature, this Stargazer. Photo shot on a nightdive in Komodo.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro, Single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Crocodile Fish by Loay Rayyan
Crocodile Fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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This image is of a Social Feather Duster found off the is... by Steven Anderson
This image is of a Social Feather Duster found off the island of Cozumel. The detail and colors attract my lens and I.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Close up of a lion fish in Utila by Susan Beerman
Close up of a lion fish in Utila
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Leach's Spider Crab, Menai Straits North Wales Nikon D80... by Alan Fryer
Leach's Spider Crab, Menai Straits North Wales
Nikon D80 60mm
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date posted posted: Monday, November 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Seated comfortably for evening meal fuji S5 pro/105 VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Seated comfortably for evening meal fuji S5 pro/105 VR
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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small wonder by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
small wonder
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Poisson faucon à long nez, dans son corail noir. by André Bruchez
Poisson faucon à long nez, dans son corail noir.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) without his tentacles mayb... by Alberto Romeo
A jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) without his tentacles maybe eated by a turtle....
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Hi !!! by Raoul Caprez
Hi !!!
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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YUCATAN SHRIMP... by Durand Gerald
YUCATAN SHRIMP...
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Trinidad and Tobago
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Kas 2009 by Timucin Ucar
Kas 2009
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Olympus 7070 Patima Housing with YS-110 2ea by Jagwang Koo
Olympus 7070
Patima Housing with YS-110 2ea
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Moray eel. Canon G10 & Inon D2000. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Moray eel. Canon G10 & Inon D2000.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Home sweet home Fuji S5 pro/ 105 VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Home sweet home Fuji S5 pro/ 105 VR
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Curious fish on deep wreck in the Gulf of Mexico by Anna Peteranecz
Curious fish on deep wreck in the Gulf of Mexico
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Coleman shrimp family Nikon D200 , 60 micro, twin strobo... by Marchione Giacomo
Coleman shrimp family
Nikon D200 , 60 micro, twin strobo
Bima bay 2009
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sagartia troglodytes is so common in our waters, that mos... by John De Jong
Sagartia troglodytes is so common in our waters, that most divers don’t even look at it. That’s a pity, because if you see them in close up you will discover the beauty of this animal.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Sleeping time ! Picture of an Arothron taken during a ni... by Raoul Caprez
Sleeping time !
Picture of an Arothron taken during a night dive in Sharm El Sheikh.
shortlistedShortlisted!
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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sea worm by Abdullah Samman
sea worm
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Parrotfish portrait, taken at night in the Maldives by Michael Gallagher
Parrotfish portrait, taken at night in the Maldives
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

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Editor's Comment
This is a common subject but very few have this color contrast
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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