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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)
Taken on the same shoot as last months enty - I can't decide which one I like best - you will have to let me know!! Taken at Seraya, Bali, on my Olympus 5060.
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monster from the abyss
sponge crab
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Leaf Scorpionfish
Gold-dotted Flatworm (thysanozoon) even more spectacular when free swimming. South Red Sea.
Do any of you happen to have seen my false teeth ?
I can't find them !
A smiling (well sort of ) Scaly-headed Triplefin (Karalepis stewarti). <> <> <> <> Canon G9, Inon UCL-165 macro lens
smiling blenny.. Canon A640 InonZ240
octopus
frog fish hide in sponge
Odontodactylus scyllarus, PEACOCK MANTIS SHRIMP. My first one!! What a wacky - alien creature!!
An armour of a crab. This knight seems to be untouchable.
Nikon D80,60mm, subal housing
This photo of a Flamingo Tongue was taken at the Bond Wreck located off Nassau. There were Flamingo Tongues everywhere.
Egyptian Sea Star
A huge Northern Scorpionfish (Scorpaena cardinalis) filling my frame, maybe it's time to get a wide angle lens. <> <> <> <> Canon G9
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Editor's Comment
Yes, let's make wide angle the next big thing!
nikon d2x 105mm macro
chain moray at crash boat dive site in Aguadilla,Puerto Rico
Red-Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandi) from Anilao. Nikon D200 with 60mm micro lens.
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Spotted Hawkfish (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
nokon d2x 6omm macro
juv. OGPF 60mm macro, woody diopter, full frame
Took at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Just used the bare Olympus Stylus 770 SW.
Casio EX-Z1000
This photo of a Pederson Cleaner Shrimp was taken on the Bond Wreck off Nassau. I used my DC500, 2 strobes. They are small and sometimes hard to find.
large pregnant 6 inched seahorse posing rather gracefully n looking quite elegant ..Canon 7,inon strobe with HID lighting
Moray Eel in the sea of Cortez....
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