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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)
Tiny shrimp spotted in a small crack in the coral at Pearl Point, Bandar Khayran, Muscat Oman.
Photo taken in manual mode.
Camera: Sea & Sea DX1G
Black goby male trying to look as big and bad as possible while he is protecting his eggs (look carefully below/behing and you'll see them).
Hermit crab on a night dive at Wakatobi House reef , taken with Conon S70 and CloseUp lens , Inon Z240
Soft Coral Crab in Anilao...lots of photographers behind me wanted a shot of this guy! Canon G10, 2x Inon UCL165, Sea and Sea YS110a and YS27DX
shrimp with eggs,nikond2x 60mm macro
Whip Coral Goby (Bryaninops yongei) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
In a different interpretation...
Moray in Anilao. Canon G10, Inon closeup lenses, Sea and Sea 110 alpha and YS27DX Strobes!
Eyes of the conch. Culebra, PR
Orange Stripe Goby showing off its beauty...
found in Lembeh; D200
Helcogramma striata. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia.
Horse
Pipefish head!
In Fiddle Garden, Sharm El Sheikh.
Red Sea Pipefish
Grand Rotana house reef, Sharm el S
Hairy Squat Lobster. Taken next to the USAT Liberty wreck in Tulamben, Indonesia. Lighting was done by angling strobes down the channel of the barrel sponge from each direction. G9/Ikelite DS160s/stacked Inon UCL165s.
Bubble coral shrimp , taken with Canon S70 and 2x UCL 165
Xeno Crab, Tulamben
I agree, those giant clams really are suggestive.
Orangutan crab (Achaeus japonicus) - (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
Taylors Eel - another angle of this shy eel. Full Frame D200, 60mm +2 diopter.
Coral Garden,Talikud Island, Davao
shrimp and squat lobster in featherstar
taken with Sony T3 point n press
Two tiger shrimps of Anilao. Canon G10
Crab on coral.
Let the sun shine in ! smile I have encountered this tube worm in Kabatepe during my weekend dive trip. Requires looots of patience. Nikon 60mm Macro in a Sea&Sea Housing + YS-110 with TTL converter.
Olympus C 8080
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