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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
Octopus vulgaris.Olympus c-7070 and Ys strob by Carlos Ernesto
Octopus vulgaris.Olympus c-7070 and Ys strob
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Hymenocera elegans - couple - by Alex Varani
Hymenocera elegans - couple -
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Black and white beauty.... by Jackie Campbell
Black and white beauty....
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Midnight Snapper. Tulamben, Bali by Doug Anderson
Midnight Snapper. Tulamben, Bali
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Nice eel in the shadow... by Durand Gerald
Nice eel in the shadow...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Antigua & Barbuda
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MARTHASTERIAS GLACIALIS. by Ferdinando Meli
MARTHASTERIAS GLACIALIS.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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This Flamboyant Cuttlefish was not very flamboyant so I d... by Tony Cherbas
This Flamboyant Cuttlefish was not very flamboyant so I decided to get creative with lighting.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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camera shy by Bernard Maglana
camera shy
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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parablennius yellow by Afflitti Gianluca
parablennius yellow
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Juvenile Cuttlefish, Byron Bay, Australia by Michael Gallagher
Juvenile Cuttlefish, Byron Bay, Australia
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44 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Echinaster sepositos. Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob by Carlos Ernesto
Echinaster sepositos. Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strob
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Frog Fish by Jagwang Koo
Frog Fish
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Dental Work"...Abbotts Moray by Mark Gray
"Dental Work"...Abbotts Moray
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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GPF... by Budy Lukman
GPF...
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Lionfish Head at Cleaning reef waiting for cleaning by Melriansyah Df
Lionfish Head at Cleaning reef waiting for cleaning
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Zebra Crab by Tony Cherbas
Zebra Crab
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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"The Beauty in our Bay" Leafy Sea Dragon profile at Tumb... by Jamie Coote
"The Beauty in our Bay"
Leafy Sea Dragon profile at Tumby Bay jetty.SA
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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boxfish by Dray Van Beeck
boxfish
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Porcelain Crab by Tony Cherbas
Porcelain Crab
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Octopus vulgaris. Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strb by Carlos Ernesto
Octopus vulgaris. Olympus c-7070 and Ys-60 strb
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Bat-fish cleaning in black and white by Alex Varani
Bat-fish cleaning in black and white
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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face.........calliactis parasitica by Afflitti Gianluca
face.........calliactis parasitica
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Close up of thorny seahorse with back-lilt snooted. by Melvin Lee
Close up of thorny seahorse with back-lilt snooted.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2011

Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
an unusual but effective treatment of this subject Melvin!
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Waiting to Exhale by Suzan Meldonian
Waiting to Exhale
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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The face Nikon D200, 60 micro , twin strobo Lembeh strait by Marchione Giacomo
The face
Nikon D200, 60 micro , twin strobo
Lembeh strait
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51 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Grouper found hiding under the stern of the wreck Kingston by Paul Colley
Grouper found hiding under the stern of the wreck Kingston
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Longspine cockatoo waspfish hiding in the sand. Canon S9... by Jackie Campbell
Longspine cockatoo waspfish hiding in the sand.
Canon S90, close up lens and dual Inon strobes.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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