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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
Hermit crab at Sodwana Bay Souh Africa by Francois De Beer
Hermit crab at Sodwana Bay Souh Africa
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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Giant jellyfish or Lion's mane jellyfish can be very big ... by Wiljo Jonsson
Giant jellyfish or Lion's mane jellyfish can be very big and painful.
Cyanea capillata
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: North Sea Sweden
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this shot was quite something ,i shot 20 shots that day ,... by Jean-Yves Bignoux
this shot was quite something ,i shot 20 shots that day ,first time with this subject ever ,got 5 shots at diffrent apetures ,and i think i got one right
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Lettuce Sea Slug. Like cheap talk in Bonaire. by John Roach
Lettuce Sea Slug. Like cheap talk in Bonaire.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Close up of a bearded fireworm by Jorge Sorial
Close up of a bearded fireworm
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Red scorpion fish posing in a colorful background. by Jorge Sorial
Red scorpion fish posing in a colorful background.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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in the eyes by Mathieu Foulquié
in the eyes
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Octopus in Natural Light by Tony Cherbas
Octopus in Natural Light
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Guam
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old subject YET never easy to frame right as it moves so ... by Adriano Trapani
old subject YET never easy to frame right as it moves so erratically!!!
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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A watchful eye of a Barracuda taken during a dive off Coz... by Steven Anderson
A watchful eye of a Barracuda taken during a dive off Cozumel. The eye always has constant contact while their mouths are wide open.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Muraena helena (Mediterranean moray) by Marco Faimali
Muraena helena (Mediterranean moray)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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juvenile up close by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
juvenile up close
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Blue Ring Dinner Time! by Lisa English
Blue Ring Dinner Time!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Lobster portrait, night dive, Cocos Island off the coast ... by Michael Gallagher
Lobster portrait, night dive, Cocos Island off the coast of Costa Rica
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
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Eye of a Juvenile Cuttlefish by Tony Cherbas
Eye of a Juvenile Cuttlefish
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Wrasse - Natural light compact camera, no strobes, no fla... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Wrasse - Natural light compact camera, no strobes, no flash, no additional lenses, no cropping, no PS / LR editing...
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Strawberry Anenomes cover the wreckage of the Ruby E. by Matthew Fischbach
Strawberry Anenomes cover the wreckage of the Ruby E.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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The Deep! by Suzan Meldonian
The Deep!
shortlistedShortlisted!
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Image of Derasa clam with encrustations taken with Sea & ... by Lisa Hinderlider
Image of Derasa clam with encrustations taken with Sea & Sea MMIIEX w/1:3 macro frame & Ys-50 strobe. Taken a few years ago.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Mantis shrimp from Puerto Galera by John Paul Avila
Mantis shrimp from Puerto Galera
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Crinoid by Tony Cherbas
Crinoid
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Cantic by Lisa English
Cantic
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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in labor by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
in labor
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Pink anemone taken with an Olympus 5060 on a dive site ne... by Anna Wright
Pink anemone taken with an Olympus 5060 on a dive site near Moofushi
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Under water abstract art. by Charly Kotnik
Under water abstract art.
47 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 17, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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One Eyed Monster? No, it's a wobbegong shark's eye and s... by Tony Cherbas
One Eyed Monster? No, it's a wobbegong shark's eye and spiracle.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Indian Clownfish by Mari Lasco
Indian Clownfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 16, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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