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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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Triton devours blue starfish. Prince John housereef. by Chris Krambeck
Triton devours blue starfish.
Prince John housereef.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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, by Francisco F Kyle
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Green Razorfish on the Big Coral Knoll off the beach in F... by Michael Kovach
Green Razorfish on the Big Coral Knoll off the beach in Fort Lauderdale.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Harlequin Shrimp. Taken in Playas del Coco in Northern Co... by Leonardo Parias
Harlequin Shrimp. Taken in Playas del Coco in Northern Costa Rica. One of the first pictures i took back in May 2011.
F 8
Exposure 1/2000
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
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frog by Georges Boudron
frog
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Red Scorpion Fish by Jonathan Sala
Red Scorpion Fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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. by Francisco F Kyle
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Clown frogfish fishing. by J. Daniel Horovatin
Clown frogfish fishing.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Sand Diver on the Big Coral Knoll off the beach in Fort L... by Michael Kovach
Sand Diver on the Big Coral Knoll off the beach in Fort Lauderdale.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Crinoid Shrimp Canon G12 (Ikelite housing) 1/250s | f8 ... by John Clifford
Crinoid Shrimp
Canon G12 (Ikelite housing)
1/250s | f8 | ISO 100
ND filter, -2 EV, Spot metering
Twin DS 161 (positioned just off the side of the front port)
+10 Subsee diopter
Sola 600 focus light
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sibuyan Sea Philippines
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t'as de beaux yeux tu sais! by Nadia Tagnaouti
t'as de beaux yeux tu sais!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Iam hangry by Ladislav Nogacek
Iam hangry
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Frogfish by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Moray Eel by Iyad Suleyman
Moray Eel
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Red by Pietro Cremone
Red
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Tang with shrimp by Pietro Cremone
Tang with shrimp
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Yellow-band angelfish by Anna Bilyk
Yellow-band angelfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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I'm a coral, believe me! by Chris Krambeck
I'm a coral, believe me!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Alerta by Francisco F Kyle
Alerta
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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lucertola con parassiti by Salvatore Ianniello
lucertola con parassiti
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp and friend found living in a rusti... by J. Daniel Horovatin
Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp and friend found living in a rusting pipe.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Aruba
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Came across this Yellowhead Jawfish with his mouthful of ... by J. Daniel Horovatin
Came across this Yellowhead Jawfish with his mouthful of eggs and was able to revisit him on his next egg cycle (8 days after a full or new moon). Actually take off of Bonaire which is not included in the above choice of countries???
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Aruba
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Long nose Hawk fish resting on a sea fan - the Instructor... by Janet Mccrudden
Long nose Hawk fish resting on a sea fan - the Instructor said that these are quite rare...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Batfish face by Beate Seiler
Batfish face
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Octo in the bottle Part II by Carlos Pérez
Octo in the bottle Part II
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Autumn littoral rock garden (Paxos) with two Acetabulari... by Chris Krambeck
Autumn littoral rock garden (Paxos)
with two Acetabularia.
The left one already lost his cap
after releasing cysts.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Greece
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Scorpion fish with beautiful red accents against the whit... by Marylin Batt
Scorpion fish with beautiful red accents against the white sand
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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