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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)
lembeh strait nikon d2x 60mm macro
Citron goby
Nikon d2x 60mm macro
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We found this beauty in Horseshoe Bay, Rinca Island. It was shot with a 50mm macro with 1 flash.
We found this little frogfish on 20 meters of water. A little patience a he was looking into the lens. A perfect subject for the 50mm macro lens.
Crossroads
Bubble Coral Shrimp with eggs.
The Egyptian version of Nemo :-)
Sharm el Sheikh
The Aequipecten opercularis shows his eyes only when you come with less light, and not to close. When there is any danger he will close himself (herself) and you see only the outside. These picture is made in the Oosterschelde, with less visibility.
Marbled Shrimp (Saron marmoratus)
Message in a bottle by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Message in a bottle
Blenny having a look at me.. - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
"Head On"
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Flamingo Tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) traveling "by foot" on a sandy bottom. Canon XSi + EF 100mm Macro lens in Ikelite housing.
Under the Sealandbridge the air of the divers makes a mirror to the ceiling. You get weird effects when anemones stick out of the mirror.

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a well spotted reflection
harlekin
Juvenile Crocodile Fish
Octocorallia Polyps, Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
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two on the fashion runway
Red Sea mimic blenny
Porcelaincrab in Amed, Bali
Peeping blenney.
Common prawn. North Wales. D3, 105mm.
Picture taken with a Sony T33 in Cozumel.
Porcellanella picta-macro 100 mm
Seahorse
Bearded scorpionfish. Canon 40D, Sigma 50mm macro.
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