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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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Cerianthus gas flame by Mathieu Foulquié
Cerianthus gas flame
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Da face by Mathieu Foulquié
Da face
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Lauriea siagiani on sponge by Alex Varani
Lauriea siagiani on sponge
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date posted posted: Friday, February 24, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Rhinopias frondosa by William Loke
Rhinopias frondosa
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Saw it, I saw, we look. by Abimael Márquez
Saw it, I saw, we look.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Coney Portrait by Lisa Hinderlider
Coney Portrait
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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MOUTH Detail of a mouth Disc Anemone but what exac... by Jörg Menge
MOUTH
Detail of a mouth
Disc Anemone but what exactly ?
Cheers Jörg
Detail, ein Mund einer Scheibenanemone.Leider kann ich nicht mehr sagen welche es genau war ??
Disc Anemone - Scheibenanemone
Philippinen 2011
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Decorator Crab, Cyclocoeloma tuberculata walking on the s... by Carlos Rodriguez
Decorator Crab, Cyclocoeloma tuberculata walking on the sandy bottom, maybe looking for something to eat.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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mantis gullet by Mathieu Foulquié
mantis gullet
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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scorpena sp by Carlos Ernesto
scorpena sp
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Papilloculiceps longiceps - face to face to crocodilefish - by Alex Varani
Papilloculiceps longiceps - face to face to crocodilefish -
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Banded Shrimp by Marylin Batt
Banded Shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Sad Mouth :( by Christine Hamilton
Sad Mouth frown
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Solomon islands
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nemo s home ! by Helmy Hashim
nemo s home !
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Scorpaena scrofa, a specimen of scorpion fish, picture ta... by Antonio Colacino
Scorpaena scrofa, a specimen of scorpion fish, picture taken with 50mm sigma macro lens, canon 350d, two strobes Ikelite DS125, day time.
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46 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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2/202012 Night Dive: Sand Diver in business as usual, dep... by Carlos Rodriguez
2/202012 Night Dive: Sand Diver in business as usual, depth 28 feet.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Lionfish by Stéphane Primatesta
Lionfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Common Christmas Tree Worn shot with a home made "snoot" ... by Larry Polster
Common Christmas Tree Worn shot with a home made "snoot" with 1" diameter opening for the strobe light on subject. D300-60mm, DS-160
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Virgin Islands U.S.
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Seaweed Blenny on peach colored sponge and yellow hydroid... by Suzan Meldonian
Seaweed Blenny on peach colored sponge and yellow hydroid bulbs
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hawaiian Day Octopus by Marty Wakat
Hawaiian Day Octopus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Hawaiian Day Octopus by Marty Wakat
Hawaiian Day Octopus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Seahorse Northeast Coast Taiwan by Mickle Huang
Seahorse
Northeast Coast Taiwan
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: East China Sea Taiwan
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hippocampus by Walter Bassi
hippocampus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Baby Moray hiding in the coral by Stephan Attwood
Baby Moray hiding in the coral
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Taken at Phil Foster Park under the Blue Heron Bridge in ... by David Long
Taken at Phil Foster Park under the Blue Heron Bridge in West Palm Beach, Florida
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic United States
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Seahorse by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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trying to square the circle with this ascidians choir by Mathieu Foulquié
trying to square the circle with this ascidians choir
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
One of the very few cases where a square crop works. The fisheye-lens effect boosts the composition as well. Sometimes, the simpliest things can become the greatest models :-)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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