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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - not swimming

19906 Entries Found: Page 35  of  738
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)
A very tiny juvenile Oyster Blenny, Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis, about the size of a pencil eraser peers out of an abandoned barnacle. It would disappear if it saw me move, then a few seconds later would peek out again, just it's eyes showing.
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Ambon Sole/Photographed with a 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia
Banded Tozeuma Shrimp/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia
Multicolor Corals at Wananavu, Fiji
Sponge/Photographed at Majahual, Costa Maya, Mexico
Rhinopias
(backlit with bluelight and snooted)
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Strangled
Brittle stars interwoven with a palmate sea fan
Azure sponge/Photographed on a fast drift dive at The Pitons, St. Lucia.
Harlequin shrimp
spiny tiger shrimp - Lembeh
Shrimp on Coral/Photograhed with a Canon 100 mm macro lens at Anilao, Philippines.
Simnia spelta
Scorpaena porcus
Back lighted
Molly Miller Blenny, Scartella cristata, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida
Juvenile Spiny Painted Lobster/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia.
Blue Ribbon Eel/Photographed with a 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia.
Blue-Ringed Octopus With Eggs/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia.
Waaierkokerworm, Sabella Povanina
Honeycomb moray, at Seraya, Bali
Seaweed Blenny, Parablennius marmoreus, Blue Heron Bridge, Florida
Rhinopias/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Anilao, Philippines
Peppermint Sea Star/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Anilao, Philippines.
Sony6500. Dinner time.
Tessellated Blenny, Hypsoblennius invemar, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida
Blackfin sand perch/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia.
A tiny baby Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris is making it's home in a discarded bottle. Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, Florida
Xenia Coral/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia.
19906 Entries Found: Page 35  of  738