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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)
Spider Crab, Cable Bay - North Wales.

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Here's a hairy biker
Always see stuff like this with the wrong lens setup it seems. D2x 105mm 2Xtc.
A small male cuttlefish shows his livery to female in a night dive. Nikon D50
Pillar Coral - An extreme B&W close-up of pillar coral. 105mm
Cuttlefish Eggs with babies inside. Very macro Olympus 7070
"Lumpy" This nudi was in the shallow's at Tulumben, a great contrast to the black volcanic sand.
Young Scorpionfish lying vertically in wait.
This photo of a Flag Cabrilla was taken in Baja California Mexico, whilst trying out a makeshift handheld Macro Lens
These Chromodoris Kunei slugs are my 2nd favourites... Taken using Dawn's Canon S70 using manual exposure with an external YS60 strobe triggered by a Matthiau Heinrich adaptor.
Dardanus Arrosor with Calliactis Parasitica taken during a night dive in Bagnara Calabra, Italy
This shrimp was not a easy shot with my Olympus 7070 fitted whith all the lenses I had with me at the time (2 Inon + 1 Epoque) and full zoom.
snake eel
I beleive this is a Tuberculous Nudibranch. ~6" long 3" wide. Found at a depth of 35' North Shore Oahu, Hawaii. A first for me.
Caught in the act!! It almost made me feel dirty trying to get a shot of these Mating Nudibranch, in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Look what I had for dinner!
Chromodoris taken at Sharksbay with Olympus E-300.
Balssia Gasti. A small shrimp (only 10-12 mm) that lives on yellow and red gorgonia and gets the same colour than its "home".
Undecorated Christmas Trees! Taken with Canon PowerShot S80. by Ed Eng
by: Ed Eng
Undecorated Christmas Trees! Taken with Canon PowerShot S80.
Transperant with eggs. Shot in Bunaken Marine park Olympus 4000 Epoque Strobe.
Stocky Hawkfish - Hawaiian name Po'opa'a. North Shore Oahu, Hawaii.
a pretty seahorse
Happy family taken at Sipadan Island, East Malaysia
Subdued cuthona. D70,105mm
kapalai,sabah.
Polka Dots!! Taken at Jim's Crack, a nudi haven. Olympus C8080
Roatan, Honduras.
A nice Harlequin Shrimp, near Tulamben, we where looking for a blue one from last year but we found this pink one instead!
This Chanchitto (piglet) lives in front of the research station in a fjord in Chilean Patagonia.
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