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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - not 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 NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
red dots
Playing tag between spikes. Periclimenes colemani (Colema... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Playing tag between spikes. Periclimenes colemani (Coleman's shrimp) and Zbrida adamsii (crab) on Asthenosoma varium (sea urchin). (f/8, 1/60, ISO-200, 33mm, UCL165). - Els
Goby
nouse
Seahorse and shrimp
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Seahorse and his baby
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Paring Blue rings
Y-arms
Seahorse (wide angle)
Strings
an egg-bearing octopus
hide and seek
rx100+fantasea housing
Hermit crab hiding out in a tidepool at Devereux Beach in Isla Vista, California
Taken on TG-6 with Sola 1200 video light on PT-059 Housing
Sea horse family and shrimp
Seahorse and his baby
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Hipocampus, Pygmy Seahorse on coral fan. Taken off Anilao, Phillipines. Nikon D850, f25, 1/320th, ISO 640, 105mm
Blue striped Fang blenny
Who’s there?
Cucumber Art.
Detail of a Sea Cucumber. Malapascua, Visayan Sea.
Olympus TG-4 with INON strobe. ISO 200, Aperture f/6.3, Shutterspeed 1/200.
Frog fish
Golden seahorse - Hippocampus fuscus
In 1 lake I dive quite a lot in winter, there are frogs found under water. I really like that. The frogs are found at 16-20m depth. And the special thing is that you can see that the waterpressure makes the frogs flat. But they are still alive.
Carpilius convexus (variable coral crab) (f/5.6, 1/80, IS... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Carpilius convexus (variable coral crab) (f/5.6, 1/80, ISO-200, 50mm). - Erik
Milk conch With Marelux soft
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Small crab on corals in the Red sea. If you just swim over these corals you will not see the small crabs. You have to look really carefull and then you see them.
The cleaning shrimp Cuapetes sp. saying "Hi" and smiling ... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
The cleaning shrimp Cuapetes sp. saying "Hi" and smiling into the camera. (f/9, 1/100, ISO-500, 50mm, UCL-165). - Erik
proportion
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