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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)
jawfish; took a long time to come out
Peppermint Shrimp. Bonaire. Canon XTi 100mm.
Snail
Angry 7ft. Green Moray. Picture taken off the east point of Curacao, visibility +/- 40ft., depth 60ft. Camera Sony DSC-W200 in Ikelite housing with tropical filter. Settings high ISO sensitivity, no flash, no zoom, distance from Moray +/- 12 inches
More worms!!!!!!! These Feather Dusters were attached to the bow of the Prince Albert off the front of Fantasy Island in Roatan.
Canon off the beach at Lauderdale by the Sea
A curious critter. Bonaire. Canon XTi 100mm.
Mantis shrimp. Lembeh. Nikon D200. 105mm lens.
"You see my teeth ??? So don't move one inch closer!"
lizzard fish (Olympus E330, Macro lens 50mm)
Soft coral taken at Ras Umm Sid on a night dive.
I was lucky enough to find this couple of pygmies with this dark backround. Really cooperative.
Taken in Selayar, South Sulawesi, with an Olympus E-410 in Ikelite housing and single DS125 strobe.
Feather star on a night dive at Ras Umm Sid.
Sharpnose Puffer, night dive, El Escambron, Puerto Rico
Durban hinge-beak Prawns (Olympus E 330; Macro lens 50mm)
Dwaft scorpionfish - Taken with 20D F4 1/60.
My home is my castle.
This tiny octopus was hiding in this shell. I love the symetry of its arms. Taken in the Lembeh Straits, Hairball.
Taken with an Olympus E-410 in an Ikelite housing with a single DS125 strobe
Xiao Liu Qiu,TAIWAN.
CASIO EX-Z1000. 8mm. F/5.6. 1/60sec. 2007/12/31 09:57...
Chromodoris sp in False Bay, Cape Town
Picture of a Seahorse on my 2008 first dive. My camera flooded on the second.
A little shy - Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikon D100, 105mm lens, Aquactica housing and Ikelite strobes.
Crab transporting a fire urchin on its back. U/W version of Bekins. Nikon D200.
Octopus
Riviera Beach, FL
Ceriantario
Anemone. Great Barrier Reef. No colour edit
Grey moray (Gymnothorax griseus) at Middle Garden, Sharm el sheikh
Green Elysia
Octopus eye.. Xiao Liu Qiu ; TAIWAN.
CASIO EX-Z1000
8mm ; F/5.6 ; 1/60sec 2007/12/30 17:03
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