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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)
Getting close to this dragonet was a challenge because it would turn its back on me. I had to wait for at least an hour until it became comfortable with my presence.
The fish are very common but sadly so is this setting, we need more moorings to preserve our reefs. The day had big surge conditions, I held onto the anchor chain with my knees and waited for the stationary moment between surges. Sony cybershot DSCP9.
Turtle on Flinders Reef, Australia
Clownfish, Ribbon Reef # 9 GBR Australia
On a Cozumel night dive, this Sharp Tipped Eel posed for me and my Motor Marine II. I used a 2 to 1 lens, with YS60 and YS30 strobes.
Goby on a sea whip. Taken at Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
Spine cheek anemonefish; Walindi, PNG - Housed Nikon F, 55mm Auto micro Nikkor lens
Scorpion Fish. South Point, Pulau Sipadan.
Flying Gurnard, Crocodile Avenue, Pulau Mabul. Caught it resting on the sandy bottom during a night dive.
Barred Butterfly Fish and Goat Fish in the Grotto, Saipan, N. Mariana Islands. Reefmaster 1.3 megapixel digital camera, 16X lens, and one SL960 external strobe.
Sea Snake, Cebu Sea, Housed Nikon F, 55mm Auto Micro Nikkor Lens
Queen Angel, Little Cayman Island; Housed Nikon F, 55mm Auto Micro Nikkor Lens
Zebra Lion Fish Canon Powershot S40 on macro no flash
Trumpetfish NMI
Comet
Gray Angelfish at 35 feet in Roatan. Taken with housed Canon A-40
Turtle in Cave - Saipan
Pair of gray angelfish swim towards a squirrelfish. Taken at 35 feet in Puerto Rico with a Canon A-20.
This queen parrotfish photo was taken in Grand Cayman at 50 feet with a housed Canon A-40.
This Gray Angelfish photo was taken at about 50 feet in the waters off of Puerto Rico
Conger Eel; Roatan; Housed Nikon F, 55mm Auto Micro Nikkor Lens
White-belly damsel. The is a huge shutter delay on my digital camera, so I had some luck (Ras Mohammed, Egypt).
Scorpionfish/Trumpetfish; Roatan; Housed Nikon F, 55 Auto Micro Nikkor Lens
Puffers are dangerous? Housed Nikon 8008S off the Big Island of Hawaii
Love story, Black Sea, Nikonos V, 35mm, macro 1:3
False anemonefish in anemone tentacles. Manado. Nikon F90x with ringflash
Agua Viva em Arraial do Cabo-RJ - Brasil, Nikonos V com Tubo de Extensão 1:1
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