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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)
Lion fish on the U-352 off north Carolina Coast, Moorehead City. Shot with an Oly c8080
Kune's Chromodoris
Ribbon reef #10;Pixie Pinnacle
Spiny Lobster taken at The Maze, East End, Grand Cayman
Crawling Up A Hill (Olympus E330; Macro lens 50mm)
portrait of a crab on a seapen
This brittle star was climbing around the Southern Barrier Reef.
This image of a Banded Coral Shrimp was taken off COCO View Wall during a trip to Roatan in October 2007.My dive buddy Paint found him inching his way out of the sponge he made as home.
Southern Stingray, British Virgin Island
A up-close view of the Lettuce Sea Slug (Elysia crispata).
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This is really up close an personal Jim
Taken at Tenggol Island - Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens
Parrot fish
Nikon f90x with 60mm lens
Another Macro Beauty from Redang Island. Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro
Hermit Crab taken while diving an off-shore reef at Hayama, Japan. I was using a Canon A630 in an Ikelite housing and an Ikelite DS125 Substrobe.
Just dusting away! Beautiful Social Feather Dusters. I enjoy the way the flow back and forth with the current. This photo was taken in Roatan in October 2007.
Fireworm in Cerro Gordo, Puerto Rico.
Beautiful Frogfish, Crash Boat Piers, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Gracile Cup Coral; Olympus E330; Macro lens 50mm; f/8; 1/100
The Midday Watch, Frogfish surveys lunch on the Wreck
Seahorse, Crash Boat Piers, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
"Lu vavos"
Longnose hawk fish Great Barrier Reef Australia.Taken with Olympus stylus 400 (internal strobe)
Whip Coral Shrimp photographed at the Farasan Banks in Saudi Arabia. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
Shaolin Mantis from Anilao Philippines
Black eyed shrimp close up 350D/70mm + UCL
"Spider Crab" This was taken on the House Reef at Moalboal in the Philippines during a night dive on 6 November 2007. I was using a Canon A630 in an Ikelite Housing and an Ikelite DS125 Substrobe.
Fireworm - Image taken with a Nikonos RS, 50mm, extender, Fuji Velvia film, and SB103 strobe.
Camouflage; Olympus E330; Macro lens 50mm
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