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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - swimming

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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Taken at Horsea Island, Portsmouth, U.K.
Takem in Bahamas with Canon 20D 100mm lens and dual strobes.
Fish fry near Koh Tao, Thailand. Taken using Olympus C2000Z & PT10 housing.
Jelly Fish in Panama City Florida taken with a Canon 20D 100mm lens and dual strobes.
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a classic jelly shot with negative space behind
Face-to-face with a Cabezon at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
Spanish Dancer, Hexabranchus sanguineus - nudibranch, camera Canon EOS 3, Fuji Velvia 50 ISO - scaned, flash Mega Color Subtronic, housing BS Kinetics, place: Sabang Beach, Puerto Galera, Philippines, night dive
Turtle Face
Picture was taken during the day while the turtle was feeding, low aperture and fast, on the Fernando de Noronha Island, northeast of Brazil. Used MMII macro 2T.
Clown fish, Phillipines 2004. Taken with Canon EOS 10D with 100mm Macro
Panamic fanged blenny slightly ascent to the fish and focussing manually
This Lion fish was attacking my camera and I had to keep swimmong backwards.
Perhentian Island, Malaysia.
C-5050 with macro lens.
Dwarf Lionfish
Lembeh straits, Indonesia
Olympus C-5050
"I see me in your lensport" Nikon F80, 60mm macro, Subal housing. Moray at the Mokahinau Island New Zealand.
I'm pretty sure these are baby lobsters...Found them in a sponge in Cozumel. The biggest one wasnt more than a quarter inch.
Parrotfish in Cozumel.
Juvenile French Angel @ night beneath Town Pier, Bonaire with Olympus C4000 @ISO 100, Ikelite DS-125 strobe @ TTL
Butterfly fish in Cozumel. I guess he thought he was an ostrich hiding with his eyes so he couldnt see me.
This little hawkfish is making a valiant effort to defend his home.
Lembeh Straits, C-5050.
Blue ringed octopus.
Perhentian, Malaysia, C-5050 with macro lens.
The shy Queen Angle makes for a great portrait if you canget one to cooperate with you. Taken in the Bahamas with Canon 20D and dual strobes.
Taken in Cozumel on a night dive.
Sea Turtle in Cozumel.
Queen Angel in Cozumel.
Ratfish photographed in Puget Sound, Washington at a depth of 65 feet.
Large gray angelfish profile. Taken in Cozumel.
Garabaldi; Santa Cruz Island, Calif.
California State Marine Fish
Always One in Every Bunch. Taken while snorkling at Atlantis Beach Nassau. Used Sony DSC-P100 digital camera and underwater housing. No strobe. I liked how the one was going his own way from the school.
curious clown fish, red sea, EOS Digital Rebel, Ikelite Substrobe 100A
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