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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)
Greenmark hermit on Leather star (Pagurus caurinus, Dermasterias imbricata)
Dont know what this is. Couldn't find it in any of the books. Beautiful coloring. Looks like a small stonefish/scorpionfish by its coloring. Shark nosed goby visible for size comparison. Help welcomed on ID'ing it. Grand Cayman.
Sea eel chillin'
Rhynchocinetes durbanensis
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parasite feeding on a hawkfish...
"The Eye"
Eye of the whitespotted puffer.
stone fish
The Flamingo Trio seen August 2010. Photo taken with a Canon SD 550.
2 gobies on a whip coral. Very first shot of the vacation!!
Viva la Crinoid!
"Cirque du Soleil". That's what this shrimp reminds me of. Night dive in Palau. Update: Per Brian Mayes, this is a Marble Shrimp. Thanks, Brian!!
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Common octopus.
Seahorse spotted on the Veronica L wreck, Grenada WI. Taken with a Canon G9 with canon housing.
Blenny. As shot yesterday during my early morning dive in Kas/Antalya (Turkey). 1/90 s, F 11, ISO 200. CANON 40D, 60mm makro lens, 2 x sea&sea ys110@ strobes.
The red leaf:Wakatobi2010
Nikon D200, 60 micro,twin strobo
A Mullus surmuletus in the mediterranean sea.
Flamengo Tongue shot with a Nikonos RS and 50mm Macro and 2 Ikelite SS200 strobes.
Flamengo Tongues
Tiger
Anemone seen in Grand Cayman August 2010. Photo taken with a Canon SD 550
"the eye of the urchin". No, that's not the eye of the Diadem Sea-Urchin. I have no idea, what this is ;-) CANON 40D, 60mm makro lens, 2 x sea&sea strobe. Shot last week in Kas/Antalya - Turkey.
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Taken at Philippines Anilao. 105mm lens.
A Octopus vulgaris in the Mediterranean sea.
Taken off of Apo Island ,in the Sulu Sea ,Philipines.
Mr. Red Eye
Noticed this "hydra" atop a coral. Don't know what it is.
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