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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)

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Octopus eye , taken with Canon G100 and UCL165 by Beate Seiler
Octopus eye , taken with Canon G100 and UCL165
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Coconut Octopus by Jagwang Koo
Coconut Octopus
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Warty Frogfish.Nikon F100,60mm,f27,1/180,YS-120&Z-240,RDP3. by Allen Lee
Warty Frogfish.Nikon F100,60mm,f27,1/180,YS-120&Z-240,RDP3.
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Taiwan
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My first attempt at snootery. I turned the strobes all th... by Suzan Meldonian
My first attempt at snootery. I turned the strobes all the way out so that the edge of the beam would be the only lighting.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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He wanted his picture taken ( either that or he thought h... by John Roach
He wanted his picture taken ( either that or he thought he was invisible). Epinephelus cruentatus / Graysby / Nikon D80 Macro 60mm
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date posted posted: Friday, March 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A small snail gliding over the eggs of an European bullhe... by Daniel Strub
A small snail gliding over the eggs of an European bullhead (cottus gobio) - found our last Wednesday's dive with buddy Sven big grin
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date posted posted: Friday, March 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Switzerland
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Blacktip grouper by Beate Seiler
Blacktip grouper
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date posted posted: Friday, March 11, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A well combed Orang-Utan crab on the sand of Lembeh Strai... by Michel Lonfat
A well combed Orang-Utan crab on the sand of Lembeh Strait... :O)...
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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...Just happy to be here.... ( Leopard Sea Robin) by Suzan Meldonian
...Just happy to be here.... ( Leopard Sea Robin)
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Brown Octopus . . .looks like a costume piece for ... :) by Suzan Meldonian
Brown Octopus . . .looks like a costume piece for ... smile
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Stonefish by Elizabeth Ehrlich
Stonefish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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hello... by André Bruchez
hello...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Just a black hole. :) by Roland Bach
Just a black hole. smile
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Flounder by Beate Seiler
Flounder
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Lionfish taken with Canon G10 and UCL165 by Beate Seiler
Lionfish taken with Canon G10 and UCL165
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Matoti- beautiuful, but deadly by Eric Fly
Matoti- beautiuful, but deadly
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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My book says, that this is an so called "Strawberry Worm"... by Rico Besserdich
My book says, that this is an so called "Strawberry Worm". Strange critter ! It's body is around 3cm small, the tentacles are around 20 cm long. After more than 3500 dives that was the first time I ever saw this animal.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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pigmy..... by Afflitti Gianluca
pigmy.....
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Deep water Atlantic Scolymia coral by Stephen Hamedl
Deep water Atlantic Scolymia coral
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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... you talkin' to me? by Suzan Meldonian
... you talkin' to me?
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Flounder face by Larissa Roorda
Flounder face
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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goby on bubble coral by Eunjae Im
goby on bubble coral
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mushroom Scorpion Fish. We say in Bonaire " the dives not... by John Roach
Mushroom Scorpion Fish. We say in Bonaire " the dives not over until we craw out of the water. This guys EYE caught my eye when I was in about 8 feet of water. Nikon D80 sea and sea 60mm macro.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Wire Coral Goby by Mark Hoevenaars
Wire Coral Goby
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Porcelain Crab Toofer!! A tiny juvenile porcelain crab ri... by Michael Gallagher
Porcelain Crab Toofer!! A tiny juvenile porcelain crab rides atop an adult of the same species. Shot taken in Komodo, Indonesia.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Mantis shrimp by Beate Seiler
Mantis shrimp
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Coleman shrimp , taken with Canon G10 and UCL165 by Beate Seiler
Coleman shrimp , taken with Canon G10 and UCL165
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
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