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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)
Alice in Wonderland
or...
(a fireworm emerges from the Kingdom of hydroids)
Hello
Sea flowers :-)
Small Blenny peering from his tubular home in Timor-Leste.
Red and purple... smile
I have put it in the non-swimming because he just lay there posing for me while I snapped away with my camara for 2 minutes. He was a 1.5 meter Angel Shark in only 10meters of water and Picture was taken on a casio z85 with internal flash set on soft
Corallimorph sp, Roatan, Honduras
SeaLife DC1000
Goby
Moray eel portrait I. (Siderea grisea)
'The Guardian'- Blenny on Sponge, Roatan-SeaLife DC 1000, single strobe
Bobtail Squid.Nikon F100,60mm,f27,1/125,Inon Z-240,RVP100.
Once in B&W (Hymenocera elegans)
Spiral Tube Worm , taken with Canon G10 and UCL165
A couple of Bristle Worms entwined at Blue Heron Bridge. Taken with an Olympus Evolt E-300 and Inon Z-240 strobe.
aaaaaah, home at last! This is where my little friend ended up after trying on about 6 or 7 shells, good fit.
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Egg of mayfly in shallow water.
Midsommarfjärden (Midsummer Bay)
The face of a leaf scorpion fish , taken with Canon G10 and UCL165
Coral Banded Shrimp
...mmm. Nope, this one is toooooo big. A little hermit crab- hunting for a new home.
scay dude
Porcelain crab trolling for a snack
"A close look" :-))
Napoleon Snake Eel , taken with Canon G10 and UCL165
Moray eel (Echidna nebulosa)
Entangled.... smile Flabellina at Demre...
A pair of Pygmy SeaHorses
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish eggs - just about to hatch
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