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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)
Harlequin shrimps are for me, so far the best photo model. They don't move and are very good looking.
King of the Salp.
Needlefish swimming just under the surface on Jackson Reef, off Sharm el Sheikh. D200 in Sea & Sea housing.
"Watch where you are putting those feelers, you could have someone's eye out!"
Cleaner Shrimps from La Gomera in Canary Isles, using Canon A70 with internal flash
A purple blotched smasher out of its hole..... Made in Lembeh Strait, North-Sulawesi
Horned Nudibranch--San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
A flounder from Hurghada
Big Nudibranche.
Sony DSC F-717 with Ikelite housing.
Twin Bullocki's Bali Olympus 7070
Pretty fanworm Raja Ampat
Banded Shrimp macro shot yesterday in Taiwan... E900 plus two INON macro lenses
Another Balinesse beauty. Her name is Ornate Elysia.
Getting the munchies. Two nudibranchs enjoying a lunch of ascidians. Taken with Olypmus C8080
Taken at Kapalai Island, East Malaysia
Taken off the coast of North Caroina on the wreck of the Hyde.
White sandy bottom and up/down pictures don't look too good, but
this little fellow (1.5 cm) was found, and the picture taken under those conditions. Apparently it is a very rare siting, it goes by the name of Royal Cerberilla
Pugnacious Aeolid crawls over Sand Tube Worms, San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Foto is taken with a Nikon F80 and a 60mm Macro Lens.
Devonshire cup coral.60mm.
Scotland.
40 cm of beauty....fireworm at 24 meter.
pregnant pygmee seahorse in coral.
Frogfish/Kona HI
Right place at the right time.

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Editor's Comment
We love Nudi's
NUDI! Hilutungan Fish Sanctuary Cordova Cebu....
Tulamben has some very good looking nudis like this painted hypselodoris
Crown of thorns - North shore Oahu, Hawaii. 50mm macro.
Scallop with encrusting sponge. Even though the scallop can't move, it's alive and doing well.
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