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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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Apogon Aureus hatching eggs. have a close look, you can s... by Daniel Strub
Apogon Aureus hatching eggs. have a close look, you can see the eyes of the unborn ... hard to catch face to face ...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. Olympus SP350 and Inon wid... by Bill Arle
Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. Olympus SP350 and Inon wide angle lens.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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Cleaner fish at work on the gills of a large pufferfish by J. Daniel Horovatin
Cleaner fish at work on the gills of a large pufferfish
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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mixed up world by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
mixed up world
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Probus (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus) Long-snout Pipefish by David Henshaw
Probus (Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus) Long-snout Pipefish
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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found in Lembeh; D200 by Thomas Lueken
found in Lembeh; D200
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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This green turtle we saw swimming in the distance so we s... by James Davies
This green turtle we saw swimming in the distance so we swam over to it and followed it for about ten minutes so managed to get a few pics of our happy traveller.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Cook islands
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dinner time!! by Andrew Macleod
dinner time!!
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Taken on a night dive in the Red Sea. by Carol Cox
Taken on a night dive in the Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Pipe Fish in Coral by Terry Dunbar
Pipe Fish in Coral
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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... by Cem Gazivekili
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Mayes (Antennarius maculatus) Clown Frogfish by David Henshaw
Mayes (Antennarius maculatus) Clown Frogfish
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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Common subject that I find hard to shoot. So why not wait... by Christian Nielsen
Common subject that I find hard to shoot. So why not wait for him to sleep ?
Could Picasso do better ? (the fish pattern).
Olympus E330, 50mm Macro, single Ikelite DS125 Strobe.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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long nose hawk fish on hard coral by Jan Maringka
long nose hawk fish on hard coral
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Pterois taken with a Canon G9, a single DS125 Ikelite str... by Raoul Caprez
Pterois taken with a Canon G9, a single DS125 Ikelite strobe and a special filter.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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Experimented with black and white for this photo, to take... by Bill Arle
Experimented with black and white for this photo, to take advantage of the texture of the coral. Big Island, Hawaii. Olympus SP 350 and Inon wide angle lens.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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twosome cooperation by Jan Maringka
twosome cooperation
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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As if waiting for the photographer - Egypte - Lumix FX01 by Patrick Tutt
As if waiting for the photographer - Egypte - Lumix FX01
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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old bugger moray @ Nusa pendia by Dave Baxter
old bugger moray @ Nusa pendia
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Portrait of an Octopus vulgaris in a night dive by Alberto Romeo
Portrait of an Octopus vulgaris in a night dive
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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"Mami" - Portrait image of Mimic Octopus by David Henshaw
"Mami" - Portrait image of Mimic Octopus
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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blenny on hard coral by Jan Maringka
blenny on hard coral
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Picture of an Arothron taken during a night dive in Sharm... by Raoul Caprez
Picture of an Arothron taken during a night dive in Sharm El Sheikh with a Canon G9 and a DS125 Ikelite Strobe.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Egypt
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Two Bargabanti pigmee seahorses wondering what kind of ca... by Rob De Vries
Two Bargabanti pigmee seahorses wondering what kind of camera I am using.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Clown Fish in Daedalus reef - Lumix FX01 by Patrick Tutt
Clown Fish in Daedalus reef - Lumix FX01
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Mannequin shrimp with baby mannequin shrimp at side. by John Miller
Mannequin shrimp with baby mannequin shrimp at side.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA. by Bill Arle
Hood Canal, Puget Sound, USA.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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