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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)
Smasher Shrimp.
Relaxing.
Love the contrast of this orange fellow with background...Tango nudibranc... Taiwan NE Coast..
I only noticed this shell because it was moving. From the top it looks very ordinary, but turn it over and you get this pretty flower.
Christmas Tree worms Coral Bay Western Australia
Polyps are amazing creatures especialy when you look at them close-up.
Anemone on fire. D2x, 50mm.
Juvenile Hermit Crab in soft coral--Beqa Lagoon, Fiji (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Nudi Ball. Sony DSC F-717 with Ikelite Housing.
Taken at Sibuan Island, East Malaysia
Ok, I know, no more Pygmy's. But just had to share this one anyway.
D2x, 105mm, 2xtc

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We're only bored with the red ones Rand! We've always got room for shots of this quality, even if it is a well worked subject
Nudibranch :Nikon F90X, velvia 50,105 macro, Two strobo TTL. Lembhe 2004
Feather star shrimp
Red Algae--San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Star Gazer.
Pearl in the sea (Vele luca, Corcula). Sony DSC F-717 with Ikelite housing and DS-50 substrobe.
Both today's and yesterday's pictures are of the same familly but they don't look much alike here is a little harlequin shrimp,enjoy the picture as they very rarely seen probally due too ther size (~1cm)and their camouflage ability.
Spot the Fish Bunaken Olympus C 4000
This picture as taken in the afternoon in Anilao Batangas
A pair of Flabellina. D70,105mm.
Kapalai, Sabah
Let the sleeping shark lie
Beautifully coloured feather star in Raja Ampat
risbecia tryoni--made in Lembeh Strait, North-Sulawesi.
Orange Frogfish. Lembeh straights.
D2x 60mm

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Keenly observed shot isolated with 'negative space'
Hairy Anenome crab Sulawesi Olympus 7070
Tiny, tiny ultra rare (could be) shrimp barely visible in an anenome in Taiwan.... wow... I'd vote for it :)Haha.. E900... macros
What a beauty.
Sony DSC F-717 with Ikelite housing.
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