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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)
Octopus. Bonaire. I saw something floating by on a nightdive on descent. It turns out it was this little fellow. He was the size of a fingernail.
f100 / 105mm , twin strobe.KBR Indonesia.
What are you looking at? Taken in the Bahamas with Canon 20D and dual DS125's
Wire coral goby. Taken in Mabul with Nikon D70 and 105 lens.

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Not an original subject, but well executed nevertheless
Shot near Cabo San Lucas in Sea of Cortez.
Bluestriped Grunts fighting.

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Nice behavior shot
Box Puffer sharing a hole with a moray. Kona, HI
Lionfish.
Lembeh straights. C-5050 with external strobe.
How does he keep his teeth so white? Taken with Canon 20D 100mm lens and dual strobes
It's about the color! Amphiprion percula with purple Stichodactyla gigantea taken in Mabul with Nikon D70 and 105 lens.
Tiger Grouper with Goby. Bonaire.
Flower Island, Thailand. Giant or Yellow Margin Moray hiding behind a clam waiting for a cleaning.
Lionfish: Off the German WW II Sub U-352 off the coast of North Carolina.
Great Barrier Reef Australia. c5060 tetra housing
Tomato Anemone Fish, Redang Island, Malaysia.
Goby on coral. One of the few who put up with my Nikon SLR and 6Omm being shoved in its face.
red sea creature-eilat, israel
Spiny Lobster.
Prismatic light falling on a Lion Fish. Taken inside the lagoon at Arorangi, Rarotonga. Olympus C4040 zoom
A turtle ruins a perfectly bland shot of a piece of coral.
Nudibranch, Bali, Nikon F100, 105mm lens
Pink Anemonefish, Bali, F100 and 60mm micro lens.
Juvenile Smooth Trunkfish. Bonaire.
Barracuda. Bonaire.
Honeycomb Cowfish. Bonaire.
Extending its suckers in search of new ground underneath in Perhentian Island, Malaysia. C-5050 and Inon macro lens.
Bigeye. Bonaire.
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