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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)
Egypt Red Sea - Koraalduivel
Clark's Clownfish. Similan Islands, Thailand. Fuji S1 Pro in Ikelite housing, with Ikelite SS-50 strobe and Nikon 60mm macro lens
Black Sea Blenny. Nikonos V 28 mm lens, macro 1:2
White Mouth Moray Eel taken at Ulua Beach, Maui.
Portrait of a sleeping fish at night. Nikonos V 35 mm with close- up outfit.
Dog fish on a night dive Argarten Reef Scotland Using a MM2EX & YS60 Strobe
A Nice Butter Fish - Loch Long- Scotland - MM2EX YS60 Strobe and macro lens
Parrot fish face, night dive at Similan Island , Thailand. Sony Cybershot P5 no flash, lit with hand held Kowalski dimmer diving light .
Squid feedind at night. Taken at Piti Channel, Guam. Housed Nikon F-100
Box Puffer fish on a night dive. This guy let get right up and touch him lightly with the macro frame. He swam off, stopped and let me do it again. Taken near the "Ski area" wreck - walk in dive, Island of Kwajalein.
Buterfly Fish, taken in Tengah Island, Karimunjawa Marine National Park-Indonesia, Using Sealife Reefmaster RC Automatic U/W Camera with Fuji Superia ISO 100 print film
Anemone and Clownfish, taken on the reef of Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands; Anemone was "flying" in the surge while I took up a wait and see position to try and catch the clownfish. Taken with Sea & Sea MMIIEX with Macro lens and frame.
Squirrel fish taken in Saba using a Subal housed Nikon D1x
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) taken in Baleal, Portugal, with a Bonica Seaking Snapper with macro set and neo strobe
Moray Eel, St. Lucia, Drift dive at the Pitons with Sea and Sea MMIIEX 1:3 macro
Blue Spotted Ray.Taken on a MM2EX & YS60ttl Strobe. Red Sea Jan 2002.
Clown Fish at Temple in the Red Sea. Taken on a MM2EX & YS60ttl Strobe and 3T (1:3) Macro Lens
I took this photo in Greece, with a Sony DSC-P5 digital camera.
Taken at night with Canon G2 at about 30 ft.
The fairy basslet, taken with a Nikon F100 and 60mm Micro Nikkor
medusa and fish,Sagres-south Portugal,F90x with 18-35zoom lens,2 strobes
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2002

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Editor's Comment
Fantastic behavior shot, nicely observed, and well executed
A jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca) swimming in São Lourenço bay, Santa Maria Island, Azores. Taken with a Bonica Seaking Snapper with 1:6 macro at 2 metres depth.
Smiling Murena
Viper Moray -Saipan
Starpuffer-Saipan
Hitchhiking jellyfish, Poor Knights Islands (New Zealand) drifting at night

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Editor's Comment
Now here's an unusual shot, well done Rees
Cabazon in hiding, Vancouver Is. BC, SS MMII, 2:1
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