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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)
Crocodile fish in the shallows.
Sharks bay. D200,60mm.
Toothy cople C5050
Small noucternal crab, taken aboard the Bilikiki March 2006, Sony digital
vidio/3mp camera on close up
turtle in nith diving
A colourful box fish.
My little Princess! from twilight/night dive in Bonaire. Obviously before the little darling had gone to bed! Canon A70 with integral strobe.
My buddy Flo with a Common Lionfish, Garang Heng, Phi Phi Islands
Jellyfish - Nikon F50, 60mm. Isle of Man
Giant morays gill vent. D200,60mm.
Pose for the camera! Pic taken in Perhentian Island, Malaysia
It's Friday !! How about a manicure from a teeny weeny shrimp ? He was living on a bright yellow tube worm you can see in the background. About 7mm long. Cute.
Spotted drum fish, Curacao
A very delicate hermit crab.
D200,60mm.
Cube Trunkfish - Red sea, D70s, 60mm
Squid watching you
Clarkes Anemonefish, taken at Mana Island Fiji
This batfish was curiously swimming around me during safety stop. Taken at Fish Haven @ Perhentian Island, Malaysia
Making eye contact with your subject is essential.
Green turtle, Olympus 3040, SB 105 strobe.
Have you ever seen a Trumpet Fish so close up? It was a lucky and speedy shot. Taken by Nikonos V with 1-2 extention tube and framer.
'Gun Barrel' Urchin in Tube sponge. Cozumel, Mexico. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor. Enjoy!
A tiny (1 cm) juvenile Highhat. This is one of the toughest photos I've ever taken. I wasn't sure if it was a Highhat or a Spotted Drum, but Paul Humann ID'ed it for me. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.

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Great natural history shot Jim. One for the photo library!
Western Blue Devil, taken at African Reef, Geraldton. They are a magnificent blue.
Bared Hamlet-"Give me a break" Mahahaul, Mex. DC500 Sealife
Sand tile fish, although for some reason I have always been told they are called slippery dicks!!! I love the colour of the scales over their gills
My 100th post !! Wow, time flies.. this is my all-time favourite... a tiny juvenile cuttlefish pretending to be a coral polyp. E900.
Lion fish trying to sneak away low down on the reef.....South Ari Atoll, Maldives.
A slightly different view of a Parrot fish. D200,60mm.
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