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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)
Clown frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) in Panglao, Bohol.
nikon d2x 60mm macro,manado
Candy Crab off Batangas, Philippines. Casio Exilim
shortlistedShortlisted!
Long Nosed Hawkfish
Small commensal shrimp on a sea cucumber. Fast moving little things. He ducked into a gap, hiding him from my full strobe.
Scorpion fish. Night dive. Galapagos. D200, 60mm.
Blue harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans)
shortlistedShortlisted!
Fishs
Burbot, taken on a night dive with Sven. Great dive.
Unexpected creature met eye-to-eye on a no-name boat wreck just a few hundred yards away from the Grimaldi Forum
Painted frogfish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
Snake eel blenny
Squat Anemone Shrimp (Thor amboinensis) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
This cute pygmy was perfectly framed in its own little heart - all say Arhhhh!
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
super framing, like the square crop too
Heart Urchin-Skeleton-Bonaire
Spotted Moray saying Hi!
Zanzibar Shrimp on Whip Coral.Cropped.
Big-eared radix, night dive, 5°C water temp ... great viz ... great dive in Lake Geneva
Periclemenes on Anemone with Clowns in the background...
Pillar Coral
Blue Ribbon Eel
Pygmy Seahouse (to 2 cm)
short-snout Hawk fish.
Red Sea combtooth blenny - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm; single DS-125
taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot housing
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
the right moment
Hello neighbor II, taken at Wakatobi with Canon S70 and Double ClosUp Lens
The little giant
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