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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
A Nudibranch reaching for food...lovely! by Paul Ories
A Nudibranch reaching for food...lovely!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A Yellow box fish pouts for the camera while seemingly su... by Tyrone Almeida
A Yellow box fish pouts for the camera while seemingly sucking up sediment from a wooden plank
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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This ribbon eel was a nice surprise near the then of our ... by John Martin Burck
This ribbon eel was a nice surprise near the then of our dive.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific New Caledonia
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Batfish nearby the shipwreck C-50 Rivapalacio located in ... by Juan Cortes
Batfish nearby the shipwreck C-50 Rivapalacio located in Veracruz, Mexico. It's not easy to find since the fish hides in the sand or shaded spots under the wreck. I was lucky to be the first diver to go down and the batfish was not hidding yet
Canon
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Konik by Radim Fort
Konik
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Pterapogon kauderni - Banggai cardinalfish by Paolo Rossi
Pterapogon kauderni - Banggai cardinalfish
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Small marine insect - can anybody ID? Image taken about 1... by Bill Van Eyk
Small marine insect - can anybody ID? Image taken about 1 meter deep.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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juvenile Sea Robin by Suzan Meldonian
juvenile Sea Robin
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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MERRY CHRISTMAS Masked spinefoot Palau by Mickle Huang
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Masked spinefoot
Palau
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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Lionfish. So common, so beautiful by Erich Reboucas
Lionfish.
So common, so beautiful
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Holiday Rhinopias from Anilao Philippines by Yagit Diver
Holiday Rhinopias from Anilao Philippines
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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eyebrows by Johnny Chiou
eyebrows
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Taiwan
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Unidentified cowrie / opisthobranch shot Raja Ampat by Larry Polster
Unidentified cowrie / opisthobranch shot Raja Ampat
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Scorpaenopsis oxycephala - Tasseled scorpionfish by Paolo Rossi
Scorpaenopsis oxycephala - Tasseled scorpionfish
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Black and White by Abimael Márquez
Black and White
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Green-eyed sole by Leah Sindel
Green-eyed sole
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ablabys macracanthus - Spiny cockatoo Three on a row!! by Paolo Rossi
Ablabys macracanthus - Spiny cockatoo
Three on a row!!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Underwater Santa!? Maybe not, but at least he's red with ... by Michael Gallagher
Underwater Santa!? Maybe not, but at least he's red with a white beard!! Merry Christmas to all on uwp.com!! (ps he's a shaggy frogfish...)
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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FLAT Flatworm - Pseudobiceros bedfordi - Eleganter Str... by Jörg Menge
FLAT
Flatworm - Pseudobiceros bedfordi - Eleganter Strudelwurm - Plattwurm
60mm
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Lionfish fencing with antennae - this pair seemed to be t... by Leah Sindel
Lionfish fencing with antennae - this pair seemed to be trying to rid themselves of parasites (?) on antennae.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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small goby with eggs.... by Paolo Rossi
small goby with eggs....
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Blenny by Suzan Meldonian
Blenny
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Anemona by Paul Andres Gonzalez
Anemona
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Argentine Sea Argentina
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shrimp by Amir Stern
shrimp
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Fish bone... by Charly Kotnik
Fish bone...
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sargassum in the ocean by Doris Vierkoetter
Sargassum in the ocean
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54 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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just one of the many beautiful sea creatures by Anton Conradie
just one of the many beautiful sea creatures
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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