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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)
Close-up of a norwegian cup coral. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
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After my previous shot with the 60mm lens i returned with the 105mm for a close up of the Giant Jawfish eggs. Nikon D2x 105mm lens Sulu Sea Sabah Borneo.
This little white frog (size of my thumbnail) had seen something in the hole and started fishing for it with his lure! I waited but nothing came out
Large crab spotted on coral during a night dive north of manado. Canon 40D, 100mm Macro, Inon Z240.
Corals - Eunicella cavolinii
Is this my best side?
Blennies off S. Carolina coast.
Split-Crown Feather Duster seen on July 2008 at Grand Cayman. Photo taken with a Canon SD550.
Giant Jawfish brooding eggs. Nikon D2x, 60mm lens manual exposure. Sulu Sea Sabah Borneo.

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Does this look like Jabba the Hut? or what!
Tiny crab found on a giant anemone off the island of Curacao.
taken with a canon a570is using an inon close up lens
Lobster.
Flamingo Tongue Nudibranch (just like saying that!) on a sea fan at about 55 ft. Sealife DC600 w/strobe. Love finding these guys - normally for me they are on branch coral, but this chap was fanning himself.
Crocodile fish, Shark cave Burma
This is a Scorpion Leaf Fish, not easy to photography, although it was sat on some coral it was swaying about quite a bit, like a leaf, hence the name. Taken with Canon 40D, 100mm Macro, Inon Z240 strobe.
flowers of the underwater world
Hermit crab on the moon ? Taken with Canon S70 and Macro lens , Inon Z240
Cute smiling Porcelain Crab (Lissoporcellana sp)..¸> <((((º> ·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> ·..Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 lenses
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Commensal shrimp (Periclimenes venustus) with eggs in Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, D2000w, UCL165)
Fishs - Pterois miles
Honeycomb moray. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50mm MACRO.
Blenny seen July 2008 at Grand Cayman. Photo taken with a Canon SD550.
Close-up of a sun starfish. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inond Z-240 strobes.
Triplefin with a 60mm lens
Banded coral shrimp - this guy was in a sponge at about 55ft. Sealife DC600 w/ strobe
Porcelain crab in Anemone (Canon G9, D2000w, UCL165)
Seahors
Oosterschelde
nikon d80, 60mm
Just another crusty but taken in realy poor vis after a big stom in Dauin D200/105 VR
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