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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)
Frogfish hiding along the wall at Cabilao Island.
Porcelain crab. Lembeh. D200, 60mm.
Banded sea snake portrait (Laticauda colubrina) - Moyo island, Indonesia (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Small Purple star fish. Nikonos V 1:2 extension tube
Gumpy on whip coral, face to face, no cropping. Canon G10, S2000 strobe, double stack macro lens
Small gobie on a coral :-)
I "think" this is a bearded ghoul. Taken in Lembeh with a Sea and Sea DX-1G
Octopus while snorkeling. Safaga.
Hairy squat lobster on a barrel sponge.
Snake eel with partner shrimp, Lembeh
clown fish taken in Raja Ampat.
Nudibranchs - Discodoris atromaculata
Vegetarian Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina)! Subject approx 3cm (1.2 inches). Taken with Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing on Manual (inc focus) with Ikelite DS51 substrobe using stacked INON UCL165AD lenses. This image has not been cropped.
harlequin pair
Baby Manthis Shrimp....
yawing Frogfish, Anilao taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot
robust sea squirt, Island 9 reef Similan national park
2009/5/2..in Kenting,Taiwan....casio z-1000
found in Lembeh; D200
I had never before or after seen a giant clam with these fluorescent colours, is it ill?
I see you!
Canon G10, s200 strobe
Boxing crab in Bunaken National Park, Sulawesi. Taken with a Sea and Sea DX-1G.
Yet another macro subject from the waters of Mabul. Usually found in small crevices in the shallow reefs. I love these critters smile
centre of a tube worm
a couple of scorpionfish.
Face to face with a Speckled sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma). Canon G10 & Inon D2000 strobe.
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