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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
Sweating! Climbing is hard work! by Lisa English
Sweating! Climbing is hard work!
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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Don't touch me! Bearded Fire Worm Hermodice carunculata by John Roach
Don't touch me! Bearded Fire Worm
Hermodice carunculata
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Spotted Cleaner Shrimp by John Roach
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2011

Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging
55 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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beautifull eyes 8) (photo slightly croped) by Mário Monteiro
beautifull eyes 8)
(photo slightly croped)
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Turtle Pattern... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
Turtle Pattern... :O)...
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Lizardfish, Roatan( I had to wait patiently for the clean... by David Gilchrist
Lizardfish, Roatan( I had to wait patiently for the cleaner shrimp to leave.)
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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changing season by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
changing season
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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found in Dauin; D300 by Thomas Lueken
found in Dauin; D300
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mediterranean red coral_Corallium rubrum by Mathieu Foulquié
Mediterranean red coral_Corallium rubrum
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 15, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Batfish - inhaling a "lured" lunch- snap ! by Suzan Meldonian
Batfish - inhaling a "lured" lunch- snap !
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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sealife dc1000... by Richard Campbell
sealife dc1000...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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An angry Flamboyant Cuddlefish. Taken In th Lembeh Strait... by Patrick Smith
An angry Flamboyant Cuddlefish. Taken In th Lembeh Straits out of Kungkungin Bay Resort, North Sulawesi Island , Indonesia .
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Hawksbill stare - this guy came right up to my lens port ... by Michael Gallagher
Hawksbill stare - this guy came right up to my lens port and peered inside....
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Bristly puffer fish Arothron hispidus by Wiljo Jonsson
Bristly puffer fish
Arothron hispidus
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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The Dark Eye...2 by Marco Faimali
The Dark Eye...2
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Tanzania
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poisson faucon à long nez au Elphinstone by André Bruchez
poisson faucon à long nez au Elphinstone
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Red Scorpionfish - Perfect Camuflage... by Mário Monteiro
Red Scorpionfish - Perfect Camuflage...
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Roar! by Lisa English
Roar!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Flatworm on a Tunicate by Tony Cherbas
Flatworm on a Tunicate
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Through a Glass Shrimp by Tony Cherbas
Through a Glass Shrimp
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Yawning frog by Erich Reboucas
Yawning frog
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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"In da face" . Head of a young scorpionfish in a tight fr... by Rico Besserdich
"In da face" . Head of a young scorpionfish in a tight frame. 60mm makro lens with +2 closeup lens attached. F11, 1/125 sc. ISO 200
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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tiny tadpole in a pond by Mathieu Foulquié
tiny tadpole in a pond
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: France
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Peak-aboo mantis by Lisa English
Peak-aboo mantis
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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These two Downey Blennies were foolin around like two kit... by Suzan Meldonian
These two Downey Blennies were foolin around like two kittens with a ball of yarn- they snuggled and giggled for over 30 minutes, despite my presence- only looking up at me now & then as if to say.. "is she still here??!!"
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Longnose seahorse I couldn't get in position for a profil... by Robert Michaelson
Longnose seahorse I couldn't get in position for a profile but head-on worked.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Cuttlefish against the blue sea by Jorge Sorial
Cuttlefish against the blue sea
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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