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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
Dasyatis pastinaca by Alessandro Pagano
Dasyatis pastinaca
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Anemone closeup by Rico Besserdich
Anemone closeup
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Huge pike in a pond close to home (f20, 1/60, 60mm, singl... by Daniel Strub
Huge pike in a pond close to home (f20, 1/60, 60mm, single strobe on manual) big grin
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Switzerland
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Batfish by Abimael Márquez
Batfish
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date posted posted: Monday, August 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Batfish by Abimael Márquez
Batfish
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date posted posted: Monday, August 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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stretchy strectcy!!! im reaching!!! (clown frogfish) is o... by Chinchin Law
stretchy strectcy!!! im reaching!!! (clown frogfish) is only abt 2 & half cm so tiny...really super cute, never get bored looking at them : )
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date posted posted: Monday, August 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Spring time by Alexander Nikolaev
Spring time
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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GROPPE by Jörg Menge
GROPPE
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Germany
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Pipefish by Simon Mittag
Pipefish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Pez sponge, Antennarius nummifer, is located on rocky sub... by Hugo Masaryk
Pez sponge, Antennarius nummifer, is located on rocky substrates in small hollows, crevices or caves, which is often associated with sponges which acquires its color. An appendix is provided as a filament, which resembles a small crustacean and used
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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A Hermodice carunculata in the Mediterranean sea by Ferdinando Meli
A Hermodice carunculata in the Mediterranean sea
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Rabitfish closeup ( Nightdive ). CANON 40D with Ike housi... by Rico Besserdich
Rabitfish closeup ( Nightdive ). CANON 40D with Ike housing, 60mm macro lens & 2 x sea&sea YS110@
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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A beautiful Melibe sp. in the Mediterranean sea. by Ferdinando Meli
A beautiful Melibe sp. in the Mediterranean sea.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"Ground Control" . Shot in Egypt, November 2009 by Rico Besserdich
"Ground Control" . Shot in Egypt, November 2009
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Close up of Armored Ghost Pipefish ... by Jacques Vieira
Close up of Armored Ghost Pipefish ...
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Madagascar
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"Big eyed fish" grooming. Canon T1i in Ikelite housing wi... by Vladimir Levantovsky
"Big eyed fish" grooming. Canon T1i in Ikelite housing with DS-125 strobe overhead
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Oscarella lobularis & Halocynthia papillosa in the medite... by Ferdinando Meli
Oscarella lobularis & Halocynthia papillosa in the mediterranean sea.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Triated Frogfish #6, I see six frogfish in one diving by Abimael Márquez
Triated Frogfish #6, I see six frogfish in one diving
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Family (frog-3,4,5) by Abimael Márquez
Family (frog-3,4,5)
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A Dardanus arrosor in the Mediterranean sea. by Ferdinando Meli
A Dardanus arrosor in the Mediterranean sea.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Close up eyes hermit crab. Picture taken in front the coa... by Bruno Magnus
Close up eyes hermit crab. Picture taken in front the coast of Tamariu, Spain.
Spotted the hermit crab a the end of a beautiful dive at depth of 12 mtr.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Frogfish-2 by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish-2
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Frogfish-1 by Abimael Márquez
Frogfish-1
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A beautiful Mullus surmuletus in the Mediterrnean sea. by Ferdinando Meli
A beautiful Mullus surmuletus in the Mediterrnean sea.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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yawning trumpetfish by Els Van Den Borre
yawning trumpetfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Cleaning Schrimp... Que du bonheur... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
Cleaning Schrimp... Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Scrawled Cowfish natural light by Herbert Dubois
Scrawled Cowfish natural light
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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