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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
Yawning froggie on nitedive at Jahir, Lembeh Straits by Soren Egeberg
Yawning froggie on nitedive at Jahir, Lembeh Straits
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Anemone by José Carvalho
Anemone
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Scorpionfish by Robert Michaelson
Scorpionfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Crab Killer! Watch-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9rNj... by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Crab Killer! Watch-> click here
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date posted posted: Monday, October 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Yellow goby in the sand. by José Carvalho
Yellow goby in the sand.
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date posted posted: Monday, October 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Abstract color on a Sabella Spallanzani "wheel" . Capo Noli by Ugo Gaggeri
Abstract color on a Sabella Spallanzani "wheel" . Capo Noli
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date posted posted: Monday, October 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Fantasmagoric colors of bicolors Gorgonian (paramuricea c... by Francesco Pacienza
Fantasmagoric colors of bicolors Gorgonian (paramuricea clavata. Taken with Nikon D60 with Nikkor 18-55VR in Easydive Leo housing. Two strobes: Nikon Sb-105 and Sea&Sea Ys300.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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tending my garden by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
tending my garden
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Body armor Marginatus -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H... by Jun Lao
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Moon jelly central portion detail - full frame by Alan Lyall
Moon jelly central portion detail - full frame
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A beautiful and serene marriage of colours - sponge / ane... by José Carvalho
A beautiful and serene marriage of colours - sponge / anemona tentacles.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A "quiet" Paracirrhites forsteri taken with my Canon G9 i... by Raoul Caprez
A "quiet" Paracirrhites forsteri taken with my Canon G9 in Dahab.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The Loch Ness Monster? ...no, just a small curious pipef... by Andrea Lughi
The Loch Ness Monster? ...no, just a small curious pipefish!
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I like the fantastic pattern on the Puffer Fish. Art in ... by Christian Nielsen
I like the fantastic pattern on the Puffer Fish. Art in nature.
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro and a single Ikelite DS125 Flash.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Pipefish by Antoine Desbordes
Pipefish
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) France
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Coral detail by Birgul Erken
Coral detail
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Indonesia
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Small Octopus by Sergiy Glushchenko
Small Octopus
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A banded boxer shrimp by Andrea Lughi
A banded boxer shrimp
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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This image is Knobby Coral, the color and texture were in... by Steven Anderson
This image is Knobby Coral, the color and texture were interesting and caught my eye from a distance. This image was taken during a dive off Roatan.
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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another seahorse - trying to eye me off by Dave Baxter
another seahorse - trying to eye me off
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Snail taking a peek. by Alejandro Rivera
Snail taking a peek.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Shrek Lovely giant frogfish on the North side of Nusa Pe... by Christian Nielsen
Shrek
Lovely giant frogfish on the North side of Nusa Penida.
Olympus E330, 14-54mm, 1 Ikelite DS125 flash
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Little white froggie hangout in the coral. by Soren Egeberg
Little white froggie hangout in the coral.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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No trout pout here, only my sweet lips. :-) by Brian Mayes
No trout pout here, only my sweet lips. :-)
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Harlequin shrimp by Erika Antoniazzo
Harlequin shrimp
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) United Kingdom
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Red sea octopus face by Vitaly Vinogradov
Red sea octopus face
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date posted posted: Friday, October 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anyone got a really big tub of butter? by Patti Furlano
Anyone got a really big tub of butter?
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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