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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)
Tang, Safaga - Egypt, Nikon F50 w/ Sunpak flash
Dumaguette House Reef
Night dive at Key Largo... 60mm macro with Nikon D100 and Sea and Sea Housing
The Temple - Red Sea the ideal training school for photographers
Big murene, Hurghada, egypt. May 2003. Olympus 5050 with PT-015 housing and Sea and Sea 90DX flashlite.
Leaf me alone, Fiji 9/03 aboard the Fiji Aggressor II
Boo! / Taken while snorkelling in Boca Raton, FL (depth of aprox 10 feet, with a Nikon D100, Sea & Sea Housing and YS-60)
Grand Catman Opympus 4040 Terta Housing 2 strobes and wet swap macro
Very confident in despite its nature this boxfish has been following me during the whole night dive in the Red Sea
Wakatobi reef at night - and suddendly a small pigmy seahorse freely gliding in the water A special sight never to be missed
Lucky shot of a seahorse on Bonaire, taken with Sea and Sea MM II with a macro lens 1:2
Wrap-around - Taken while snorkelling in Boca Raton, FL.... The constant change of colours was just beautiful....
French Angel, Florida, Nikon F4 Aquatica housing 105mm
Pink anemonefish photographed on the Sankisan Maru in Truk. An example of how lush the marine life is in, on, and around these wrecks. Equipment: housed N90s, 105mm lens, Ikelite Substrobe 200.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2003

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We get thousands of clownfish shots but this one sticks out. Good composition makes any subject. Here it's a frame within a frame (purple of anemone) and the fish lined up.
angelfish, bonaire, MM 11 macro 1:3
Solo swimmer in Sulawesi night dive this solenostomus paradoxus was really an exciting discovery
Red Sea Anemonefish taken with Nikon Coolpix 5000 in a subul housing
Mar Mediterraneo - Nikonos III - macro 1:1
Taken on a Canon Ixus digital at Lembeh Straits
Robust Ornate Ghost Pipe Fish, Sulawesi. Taken on a canon ixus 300, without a strobe so changed the colour in photoshop.
Cleanershrimp on Spanish Dancer, nightdive in Puerto Galera, Philippines
Parrot Fish in Key Largo taken at night on the wreck Benwood
Ganga Island, Sulawesi. Had to duck dive whilst snorkling to get this shot, so i feel i got lucky. Sorted out the colours in adobe photoshop
Yellow trumpet fish, dive site=1000 steps on Bonaire, Nikon RS 50mm, slight up angle for blue background
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2003

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A pipefish shot that sticks out. Nice diagonal, and color contrast.
Line Fish, Red Sea-Saudi Arabi, F90x , Nikon 35mm
Taken in Jacksonville Florida with a Canon 10D in a UK Germany Housing.
These wrasses were oblivious to my presence while fighting over territory.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2003
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A keenly observed behavior shot
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