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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)
resting lobster taken in mexico
Frogfish hiding near Bari Reef, Bonaire
Juvenile Filefish taken under Blue Heron Bridge in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Reef Octopus shot on a night dive off Cayman Brac
a beautiful hermit crab face to me.

sabang wreck, P.G.... by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
a beautiful hermit crab face to me.
sabang wreck, P.G. Philippines.
dive with octopusdivers.
May I present the family
Red Night Shrimp,palominito Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Whip coral goby at 9 Mile reef, Sodwana Bay. Spent nearly my whole dive trying to get this one...
toxic sea urchin /f100 and 105mm.
Scorpion fish at St. Kitt Olympus sp 350
just another face of nemo.

very hard to get this shot ... by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
just another face of nemo.
very hard to get this shot with my C7070.
gobyflirt/ Fuji E900
Star Horseshoe Worms, Florida Keys
the red sea horse.

Sabang Wreck, PG Philippines

the... by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
the red sea horse.
Sabang Wreck, PG Philippines
the water is clear. the sea horse is red!
This soft coral was overpopulated with crabs, it was funny just to watch them hiding, reappearing, dissapearing...
taken in Lembeh
black and white morey,cebu,nikon d2x 60 mm macro
Merry Christmas. Christmas Tree Worms. Nikonos V 1:1
Macro extension tubes
十字海龍.Kenting .....TAIWAN
pregnant
the most beautiful frogfish i have ever seen.

took thi... by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
the most beautiful frogfish i have ever seen.
took this shot at "hole in wall" P.G. Philippines.
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Crusty!
Scorpion Fish hiding during the day, Bari Reef, Bonaire
From Tenerife, one of a sequence of photos showing a Lizardfish catching and swallowing an Ornate Wrasse alive. The photos had to be taken in between bouts of thrashing by the Lizardfish. The whole sequence can be seen on my Flickr site.
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Another image you need a double take on. I saw the colorful fish then saw the subject was actually devouring it. Nice one Brian
two frog fish,one large one small....spot both?
Chestnut blenny taken at Sharksbay with E300 and 50mm lens.
Pencil Urchin
The eye of night by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
The eye of night
Dot to Dot, USAT Liberty Wreck. There was a pair of these nudis in the same vacinity however they were in under a ledge i could only get one in the photo.
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