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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)
Astroides calycularis (-38 mt) - Nikonos V whit macrotubes 1:2 and strobe Sea&Sea 120.
Flamingo Tounge
I was able to swim right up to this flounder on a recent night dive and got this macro shot of his eye. D70, 60 mm lens. Curacao.

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It often pays to crop your subject rather than just go for the whole
paint me a picture mr picasso
A baby (1 cm) Flame Scallop on Little Cayman. Cute little fellow.
Sguardi (Looking): Nikon D100 with 105 macro ,Two strobo. Take in Jennuary in Moal Boal , Cebù
Starfish
Chanchito from chilean fjord comau paragonia
"Sad face" (stonefish) taken at Sharksbay with E300.
Taken in Lembeh, (site: Makawide II) in Nov 2006.
Holding hands - two nudis doin' the do! Lembeh Sept. 2006
Bearded Fireworm,Bonaire, Canon 20D
Pink frog fish
Porcelain crab
time for another nudibranch, Tritonia challengeriana from Isla Carlos III (MPA, Strait of Magellan, Chile
Grand Cenote near Tulum Mexico, is really a wide angle subjuct but no marine life. Nikonos V 20mm lense
Astroides calycularis & Haliclona mediterranea (-38 mt) - Nikonos V whit macrotube 1:2 and flash Sea&Sea 120.
Been a while since we saw a nudi.... 400D in Mabul

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ooooo nice nudi
The Twins! Taken In Tulamben With Canon S80. by Ed Eng
by: Ed Eng
The Twins! Taken In Tulamben With Canon S80.
Archidoris fontaini taken in the cold fjords of patagonia
Bubble sea anemone, Entacmaea quadricolour, on a japanese coral reef(Okinawa. Olympus 5060.
Candy stripe flatworm. North Wales.
D200, 60mm.
Shrimp on anemone. Taken with D70, 105 macro, and 4 diopter add. Curacao.
pari
White Leaf fish and a yellow ascidian squirty thing... E900 plus 1 macro

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2 subjects well defined by negative space Alex
Beautiful soft coral hanging off wreck in Gulf of Acaba. Nikonos V 28mm lense,enjoy.
My what big Lips you have.Canon 20D
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