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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
Squat anemone shrimp by Robin Wilson
Squat anemone shrimp
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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KAS by Timucin Ucar
KAS
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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canon ixus 90, manual setting by Andy Eagrove
canon ixus 90, manual setting
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Harlequin Shrimp, Seraya by Doug Anderson
Harlequin Shrimp, Seraya
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Maybe could have stood a squarer crop but well worth a zoom
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A night dive in the Swan River "Perth" using a Canon 50 D... by Glenn Storey
A night dive in the Swan River "Perth" using a Canon 50 D with a 60mm lens in a Aquatica housing and a Z240 Inon strobe. Went looking for seahorses, ended up seeing eye to eye and playing with a Eagle Ray.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 1, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Home sweet home. Porcelain Crab in his host Anemone in K... by Christian Nielsen
Home sweet home.
Porcelain Crab in his host Anemone in Komodo.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Flying Gurnard on a night dive in Komodo. Olympus E330, ... by Christian Nielsen
Flying Gurnard on a night dive in Komodo.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Squid by Girts Kravalis
Squid
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Grouper with a Friend by Loay Rayyan
Grouper with a Friend
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Palestine Territory, occupied
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Kas 2009 by Timucin Ucar
Kas 2009
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Moses Sole. Canon G9, Ikelite strobe - f5.6, 1/200, ISO80 by James Dawson
Moses Sole. Canon G9, Ikelite strobe - f5.6, 1/200, ISO80
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Cleaning Time by Ed Wood
by: Ed Wood
Cleaning Time
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Spawning Goby - Do not Disturb!!! Soft coral goby guardi... by Jovin Lim
Spawning Goby - Do not Disturb!!!
Soft coral goby guarding her eggs on tunicate
Dive site: Seraya, Bali
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The lady in Red We found this colourful frogfish on a ni... by Christian Nielsen
The lady in Red
We found this colourful frogfish on a night dive in Horseshoe Bay, Rinca Island.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Close-up of the weird Rhinopias. Olympus E330, 50mm Macr... by Christian Nielsen
Close-up of the weird Rhinopias.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro and single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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The eye of a small-spotted catshark, photographed at the ... by Christian Skauge
The eye of a small-spotted catshark, photographed at the house reef of Scuba Dive West, Renvyle, Ireland. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Ireland
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Nikon d50 and 60mm macro strobe: YS 110 This photo shot... by Timucin Ucar
Nikon d50 and 60mm macro
strobe: YS 110
This photo shots from KAS
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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ANENOME by Andres L-M_larraz
ANENOME
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Out of the shadows. Photo shot with strobe placed to the... by Christian Nielsen
Out of the shadows.
Photo shot with strobe placed to the side to create this atmosphere. Taken on a nightdive in Egypt.
Olympus E330, 35mm Macro, Single Ikelite Ds125 Strobe
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Closeee, Crash Boat, Aguadilla by Abimael Márquez
Closeee, Crash Boat, Aguadilla
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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"Hitchhiker on Fire" (Periclimenes colemani- Coleman shrimp) by Jovin Lim
"Hitchhiker on Fire" (Periclimenes colemani- Coleman shrimp)
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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seahorse reflection by Dave Baxter
seahorse reflection
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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His mother loves him! by Debi Henshaw
His mother loves him!
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Gorgeous pink paddleflap Rhinopias in Lembeh! by Soren Egeberg
Gorgeous pink paddleflap Rhinopias in Lembeh!
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Small little fish hiding in the coral reef of xphua. by Philippe Duval
Small little fish hiding in the coral reef of xphua.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Face of a friendly Moray. Used flash from side to create... by Christian Nielsen
Face of a friendly Moray.
Used flash from side to create the dark side of the animal.
Olympus E330, 14-54mm and single Ikelite DS125 strobe.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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waiting a few minutes,and I get it ! by Frederic Bauwens
waiting a few minutes,and I get it !
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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