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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
Suckers... by Alan Lyall
Suckers...
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Open Wide" by Debi Henshaw
"Open Wide"
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 4, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Bernard l'Ermite shooté à Gozo by André Bruchez
Bernard l'Ermite shooté à Gozo
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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9 Armed Sea Star-Rare find in Riviera Beach, FL at the Bl... by Joel Sarver
9 Armed Sea Star-Rare find in Riviera Beach, FL at the Blue Heron Bridge location
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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SAROZ-GELİBOLU ÇANAKKALE by Nejdet Demirtas
SAROZ-GELİBOLU
ÇANAKKALE
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Side by side with the shark. Photo made with compact sony... by Edson Acioli
Side by side with the shark. Photo made with compact sony w5, without accessory lens, plus two external flash (YS-110 and YS-120).
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Brazil
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Orange Ball Corallimorph found on Night dive at Half Moon... by Lisa Hinderlider
Orange Ball Corallimorph found on Night dive at Half Moon Bay Utila, Honduras.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 2, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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crevette associée dans une anémone by André Bruchez
crevette associée dans une anémone
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Tridacna, giant clams of the South Pacific, are luminous,... by Gladys Engler
Tridacna, giant clams of the South Pacific, are luminous, fascinating creatures and seem to glow underwater. I shot this macro image with a Nikonos V, 28mm lens, Aquatica extension tubes, and SB105 Speedlight.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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met de sealife dc1000 bij kijkuit grevelingen by Jan De Vries
met de sealife dc1000 bij kijkuit grevelingen
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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A close study of a scorpion fish taken with a Canon 5D, S... by Chad Engle
A close study of a scorpion fish taken with a Canon 5D, Sigma EX Macro lens - 105 mm - F/2.8, Ikelite housing and strobes. Taken at the Boulders, Puerto Galera, Philippines on a night dive.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 1, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Blue Devil hiding under coral overhang by James Tewes
Blue Devil hiding under coral overhang
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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TAKEN IN ROATAN ABOARD THE UTILA AGGRESSOR WITH A 12MG OL... by Charlie Foreman
TAKEN IN ROATAN ABOARD THE UTILA AGGRESSOR WITH A 12MG OLYMPUS CAMERA IN A LIGHTS AND MOTION HOUSING JUST BEFORE SUN-DOWN
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Banded Coral Shrimp Macro Shot in the Caribbean on a nigh... by Bill Lamp'l
Banded Coral Shrimp Macro Shot in the Caribbean on a night dive. Showing detail of its claw and color pattern. Shot with a Canon Eos 5d Mark II camera with Subal Housing and Dual Inon Strobes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Dominican Republic
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A Cleaning Schrimp - Encounter during a night dive... Que... by Michel Lonfat
A Cleaning Schrimp - Encounter during a night dive... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Red octopus at the bronze mermaid statue in Powell River,... by Mathew Connell
Red octopus at the bronze mermaid statue in Powell River, BC.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Photograph of a Moray Eel in Tenerife, Canary Islands. by Jorge Sorial
Photograph of a Moray Eel in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
sometimes a symetrical crop works well
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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... by Cem Gazivekili
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shortlistedShortlisted!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Malaysia
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grevelingen bij kijkuit op 08-11-09 by Jan De Vries
grevelingen bij kijkuit op 08-11-09
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Two bannerfish float peacefully in the South Pacific blue... by Aj Hiller
Two bannerfish float peacefully in the South Pacific blue waters off Fiji; Nikon D2X, 105mm micro-Nikkor, two Inon Z-240 strobes, Aquatica housing
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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I took this while on a boat dive out of Panama City Flori... by John Grady
I took this while on a boat dive out of Panama City Florida. It was my daughter's first boat dive and her scuba certification final dive so I was mostly taking photos of her... but took a few of the fish and got this one.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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Giant manta; Nikon D2X with 105mm micro-Nikkor, two Inon ... by Aj Hiller
Giant manta; Nikon D2X with 105mm micro-Nikkor, two Inon Z-240 strobes, Aquatica Housing
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Koro Sea Fiji
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Above the Wreck of Dori, in Azores Island of S.Miguel by Nuno Perez
Above the Wreck of Dori, in Azores Island of S.Miguel
52 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Spirographe (Canon G 10 + strobe) by Daniel Petitmermet
Spirographe (Canon G 10 + strobe)
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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This is a picture of a baby lionfish taken in Marsa Alam ... by Brian Weidmann
This is a picture of a baby lionfish taken in Marsa Alam Egypt.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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"Green Fingers" by Debi Henshaw
"Green Fingers"
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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fidler crab on poalem beach goa by Beccy Johnson
fidler crab on poalem beach goa
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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