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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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blue, blue, blue.... by Ahmet Yay
blue, blue, blue....
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Nurse Shark, Nikon D80 With 18-55mm. Shoot f/10 at 1/60 s... by Pedro Padilla
Nurse Shark, Nikon D80 With 18-55mm. Shoot f/10 at 1/60 sec. ISO 100. I Strobe.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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fish pushups by Sharon English
fish pushups
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Giant moray by Sean Cooper
Giant moray
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Crab and softcoral pattern. by Dray Van Beeck
Crab and softcoral pattern.
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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mimic by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
mimic
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Cuttle fish. This image was taken at Sarangani Bay , D70S... by Shauming Lo
Cuttle fish. This image was taken at Sarangani Bay , D70S, Sealux housing.
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Portrait of a Blackspotted Pufferfish (Arothon nigropunct... by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of a Blackspotted Pufferfish (Arothon nigropunctatus).
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Clownfish ( Anphiprion sandaracinos ) and his Anemone by Alberto Romeo
Clownfish ( Anphiprion sandaracinos ) and his Anemone
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Cuttle Fish by Tony Ronald
Cuttle Fish
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Fangtooth moray defending its territory by Jorge Sorial
Fangtooth moray defending its territory
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Fireworm in the seabed close to the shipwreck "El Condesi... by Jorge Sorial
Fireworm in the seabed close to the shipwreck "El Condesito" in Tenerife
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Kemer 2008 by Timucin Ucar
Kemer 2008
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Detail of a White-Spotted Pufferfish by Carol Cox
Detail of a White-Spotted Pufferfish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Leaf fish in Malaysia by Raoul Caprez
Leaf fish in Malaysia
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Message in a bubble.... by Sharon English
Message in a bubble....
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Acabaria biserialis by Nadya Kulagina
Acabaria biserialis
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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...that seriously, Vieques by Abimael Márquez
...that seriously, Vieques
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
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date posted posted: Friday, April 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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"Fireworks' mushroom" :-) by Raoul Caprez
"Fireworks' mushroom" :-)
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date posted posted: Friday, April 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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giga strombus... by Durand Gerald
giga strombus...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Black & White Lion Fish. by Alberto Romeo
Black & White Lion Fish.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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"Hands" by Debi Henshaw
"Hands"
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Mimic Octopus posing for a portrait,no cropping-Lembeh by Richard Goluch
Mimic Octopus posing for a portrait,no cropping-Lembeh
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Striped Anglerfish, Lillipilli by Doug Anderson
Striped Anglerfish, Lillipilli
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Editor's Comment
this one is well worth a zoom to appreciate it fully
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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"Hummmmmm.... who's behind the camera... ????" - beautifu... by Michel Lonfat
"Hummmmmm.... who's behind the camera... ????" - beautiful encounter in the Red Sea... As always : Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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BLUESPOTTED STINGRAY by Adolfo Maciocco
BLUESPOTTED STINGRAY
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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