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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
This picture was shot during night by using Canon 5D MK I... by Vincent Toh
This picture was shot during night by using Canon 5D MK II with Canon 100mm micro lens
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date posted posted: Monday, October 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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coral crab.. I really don't know what is it called. I rea... by Janice Chan
coral crab.. I really don't know what is it called. I really like the colours and its about 1.5 cm in size
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date posted posted: Monday, October 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Flying gurnard by Vittorio Durante
Flying gurnard
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Gobi in a "muckdive", in Cascais, Portugal. by José Carvalho
Gobi in a "muckdive", in Cascais, Portugal.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Warm welcome (feather duster worm). Anilao Philippines by Jun Tagama
Warm welcome (feather duster worm). Anilao Philippines
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea United Kingdom
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Nudi by Andy Hamnett
Nudi
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Portrait of a Little Dragonfish - Pegasus Seamoth (Eurype... by David Henshaw
Portrait of a Little Dragonfish - Pegasus Seamoth (Eurypegasus draconis)
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Top shell on kelp by Simon Toomer
Top shell on kelp
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Commensal Shrimp on Anemone by Caroline Istas
Commensal Shrimp on Anemone
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Eyes under the sand. Capo Noli. by Ugo Gaggeri
Eyes under the sand. Capo Noli.
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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The kiss - a peck on the cheek for the great soapfish fro... by Alan Lyall
The kiss - a peck on the cheek for the great soapfish from a golden tail moray... full frame
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Decorator crab out for a night stroll, wearing his finest... by Soren Egeberg
Decorator crab out for a night stroll, wearing his finest fireurchin hat!
Just another funky day in Lembeh.......
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Mediterranean Sea Horse with parasite by Julian Cohen
Mediterranean Sea Horse with parasite
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Almost ready to pop Fuji S5 pro/60mm by Yves Antoniazzo
Almost ready to pop Fuji S5 pro/60mm
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Carpet Anemone Shrimp - SE Sulawesi by Walt Hill
Carpet Anemone Shrimp - SE Sulawesi
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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anemone, clownfish, coral hind, red sea by Carol Cox
anemone, clownfish, coral hind, red sea
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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A very old crab that blended well with the coral head he ... by Veronica Main
A very old crab that blended well with the coral head he hid within, shot with a Sealife DC800 no external strobe.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Spotted cleaner shrimp, with transparent body allows you ... by Vladimir Levantovsky
Spotted cleaner shrimp, with transparent body allows you to see the pink eggs inside. Canon XSi with EF 100mm USM macro lens, Ikelite housing and dual DS-125 strobes.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Palau
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SOFT CORAL. by Andres L-M_larraz
SOFT CORAL.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Christmas Tree! by Andres L-M_larraz
Christmas Tree!
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hermit crab. Saint-Florent bay, Corsica. Canon G9. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Hermit crab. Saint-Florent bay, Corsica. Canon G9.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Balinese Lionfish in Amed by Soren Egeberg
Balinese Lionfish in Amed
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Brittlestars on a gorgonian by Erika Antoniazzo
Brittlestars on a gorgonian
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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This shot was taken during a muck diving at Bunaken. It w... by Janice Chan
This shot was taken during a muck diving at Bunaken. It was at 17m. I stood by there a good 10 mins to catch him yawn.
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Sandperche with paresite on the face Fuji S5 pro/105 VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Sandperche with paresite on the face Fuji S5 pro/105 VR
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Protect our seas, the trash wastebasket by Abimael Márquez
Protect our seas, the trash wastebasket
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Time for cleaning ..... This image of a Pederson Shrimp w... by Steven Anderson
Time for cleaning ..... This image of a Pederson Shrimp was taken while diving in Cozumel.
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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