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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)
Hippocampus Denise ( who was Denise?) If you look closely you can see other little creatures......
found in Spain; D200
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp in Giant Anemone at Playa Kalki, Curacao. Size is about 1 inch. Camera Sea&Sea DX-1G and Sea&Sea Y110 strobe on digital TTL; settings Macro, Manual with shutter at 1/125 sec, F-stop f/11, ISO 80, focal length 15.3mm; cropped.
Manta Shrimp shot in Lembeh, using Olympus cw8080 and Fantasea light.
face to face / Canon G9, in-strobe
happy crab is smyling
you're not supposed to be here! lionfish in the Bahamas.
This (little blenny in a beer can) photo was shot in Marmara Sea of İstanbul - Turkey. The location (yassi ada) is a remote island only 1 hr. boat trip away from the mainland. The underwater fauna is a must sea (macro life basically). Nikon D80.
Flat Worm at night. Sony T-120 with Halcyon canister light diffused with Pringles can lid.
Vermocane (Hermodice carunculata) while eating a Redstar (Echinaster sepositus). Taken with Nikon D60 in Easydive housing, with strobes.
Harlequin Shrimp from Bali in Full View. Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro
First time for me to see this critter and there were 4 of them on the slender hydroid. I liked the "pearly" eyes
Blenny up close and personal. Picture taken on the second reef off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
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Lizard Fish in Molikini Crater, Maui Hawaii. Taken with Olympus C8080 camera.
Smallest painted frog I've ever seen, note finger nail in pic for reference, Dumageute, Philippines, D300, 105VR
a nice little crab in a hole... well ... in a sponge!
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a secret world
Mantis Shrimp in it's shell - Puri Jati, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000, UCL165)
Think he got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning! Stonefish taken at Manado with Canon G9, Ikelite housing, Inon lens and strobes
Pair of coleman shrimp on fire urchin. I found out why they call them fire urchins as one of them brushed into my calf whilst taking this shot!!
nikon d2x 60mm macro,manado
Spinecheek anemonefish,Wakatobi-Teluk Waitii
Harlequin Shrimp Having Lunch. Taken at a Dive site called Seraya at Tulamben Bali. Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro
Periclimenes Shrimp on it's host anemone - Puri Jati, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000, UCL165)
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Little worlds.
warty frogfish spotted in Lembeh, Indonesia. Taken with olympus cw8080.
Seeing double?!! Taken on a night dive at Perhentian, Malaysia with Olympus SP350, Inon macro converter lens and 2 Inon strobes
Flat worm on Jena Wall in Mafia Island, Tanzania
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