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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)
Look at the camera.
Shrimp (Palaemonella pottsi) on a feather star. Nikon D300, 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
Corals - Astroides calycularis
Sand in a Shell
yawning hairy frogfish, canon 20D, canon EF 100mm macro ikelite housing and strobes
Salvador Dahli: that´s what what I thought when I saw these eggs of Buccinum undatum covered by Ophiotrix fragilis
An octopus in an overhang, taken at Cross roads reef in Port Elizabeth South Africa. Sony W800
These Shrimp are very neutral colored during the day. They appear like your old glow in the dark toys. However at night, when hit with strobes, they light up as if they have their own bio-luminescence.
Spotted cleaner shrimp - Bonaire - Canon EOS350D, EF-S 60mm
mando,paguro crab nikon d2x 60mm macro
Whiskered Pipefish taken with a Canon G9.
Sea Urchin, Lembeh Straits
D300, 60mm AF-S
Corals - Dendronephthya Sp.
Hippocampus bargibanti - Pygmy seahorse, Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm, Ikelite, 2xDS125
Pin cushion shrimp
Thai frogie, so far the cutess I've seen of is type Fuji S5 pro/105 VR
Tiny crab. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
red-mouthed goby/ Canon G9, strobe inon d2000, macro-lens
Christmas tree worm - one of many colours ...
"Crinoid on Coral" Canon A650IS with macro zoom. Taken in the lovely area of Badian Island, Cebu.
Nudibranch, taken at Thudufushi, maldives, with Sea&Sea dx8000 compact digital
Pontohi Hippocampus pygmy seahorse in Lembeh Straits.
D300, 60mm Macro AF-S, YS-110a
another macro of coral life. Casio Exilim
A tiny (5mm) Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus Pontohi)clings by its tail to this seafan.
Blennie & Diver
Sea anemone. The photo was taken in Grand Cayman in December 2008 on an Olympus 790 SW with the built in flash. The photograph was shot at f 5.0 at 1/125 of a second. The focal length was 20 mm.
Decorated Warbonett. Port Hardy, B.C. Canada
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