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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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SINGING Shrimp Goby Seraya Bali by Mickle Huang
SINGING
Shrimp Goby
Seraya Bali
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Octopus in a bottle! Taken between the artificial reefs ... by Phil Davison
Octopus in a bottle! Taken between the artificial reefs on Mabul Island near Sipadan. Canon S90 in a FIX housing, INON strobe
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45 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Spotted Snake Eel by Abimael Márquez
Spotted Snake Eel
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Blue-Spotted Urchin, very rare in the Hawaiian Islands. ... by Kerry Stevenson
Blue-Spotted Urchin, very rare in the Hawaiian Islands. Taken on the Mahi Shipwreck at 95 feet. Nikon Coolpix L22 in Ikelite Housing. ISO 80, f5.5, 1/60, In-camera flash.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Experimenting with fibre optic snoots I managed to find a... by Paul Flandinette
Experimenting with fibre optic snoots I managed to find a grey moray docile enough to allow me to place the snoots on either side of its head, creating this unusual lighting effect as if lighting from the inside out
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
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Ghosts Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo Dumaguete 2011 by Marchione Giacomo
Ghosts
Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo
Dumaguete 2011
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41 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Canon 50D + 100 L by Marco Maccarelli
Canon 50D + 100 L
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Just a tube worm... by Alp Baranok
Just a tube worm...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Red pencil sea urchin ( echinometra mathaei ) by Charly Kotnik
Red pencil sea urchin ( echinometra mathaei )
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Close up and personal with my first wobbegong. Taken with... by Mona Dienhart
Close up and personal with my first wobbegong. Taken with a 60mm macro lens :-)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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fishes also sometimes suffers... :-( / oriental sweetli... by Boris Pamikov
fishes also sometimes suffers... :-(
/ oriental sweetlip & cleaner wrasse in Maamigili Beyru - South Ari Atoll
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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Spiro.... by Anthony Smith
Spiro....
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Whitespotted Filefish by Abimael Márquez
Whitespotted Filefish
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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grouch by Roman Vyroubal
grouch
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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FLAGFIN SHRIMP GOBY Seraya Bali by Mickle Huang
FLAGFIN SHRIMP GOBY
Seraya Bali
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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mediterranean cowrie_Neosimnia spelta by Mathieu Foulquié
mediterranean cowrie_Neosimnia spelta
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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"Couple for life" by Isabella Maffei
"Couple for life"
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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platax by Afflitti Gianluca
platax
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Bubble Gum Shrimp, colorful, unusual, little guy by Larry Polster
Bubble Gum Shrimp, colorful, unusual, little guy
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Yellow mouth moray. Also named jewelled or starry moray. ... by Mike Dickson
Yellow mouth moray. Also named jewelled or starry moray. (L: Gymnothorax nudivomer).
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman Oman
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The Eye... :O)... by Michel Lonfat
The Eye... :O)...
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Batwing Coral Crab, nigth dive. by Abimael Márquez
Batwing Coral Crab, nigth dive.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Snooted Seahorse. My first Snoot. 210 mm Less than 25% crop by Ximena Olds
Snooted Seahorse. My first Snoot. 210 mm Less than 25% crop
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Jellyfish (Catostylus tagi) by Susana Martins
Jellyfish (Catostylus tagi)
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Nemo fishes by Anthony Smith
Nemo fishes
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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:) / Anemone fish / Maldives Clown Digga Thila - South ... by Boris Pamikov
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/ Anemone fish / Maldives Clown
Digga Thila - South Ari Atoll
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Black Frogfish by Suzan Meldonian
Black Frogfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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