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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)
taken in utila with a sea & sea 5000.
leaf fish shot in kapalai,very common in this area
Varicose Phyllida - Shot off North Shore Oahu, Hawaii @ ~30'depth.
Flabellina Affinis - Lighthouse dive - Portofino reserve - Italy
Canon 20D Macro 60 mm lens
Green Lionfish shot @ ~35' depth, west shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Saturation enhanced.
Pymy Seahorse taken at Lembeh Straits nite dive. Minolta 7xi, ikelite housing
Pygmy seahorse. Kapalai,sabah,borneo.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2005

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another pygmy - but rather a nice one
Curly Xeno - Lembeh, Canon D10. First time I've seen one of these critters not hugging the whip coral
Together again. Imperial Shrimp.Shot at Mantanani Island,SABAH,BORNEO
Flabilina Verrucosa-Taken on a night dive in Barkley Sound B.C.
D70

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nice use of negative space
sea cucumber climber,indonesia
Royal Hypselodoris. Taken with D70,105mm. Kapalai,SABAH,BORNEO
midnight snack.indonesia night dive.f100 and 105
Brick anoneme taken at the Oosterschelde the Netherlands with a Nikon D70 with a 60 mm macro lens
These things stand out like bright yellow lights. They especially like walls. Kranket Wall, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Olympus C8080/PT-023.
Dahlia anemones.
Menai Straits,N.Wales.
F90X,60mm.
A Parrot fish off the flodia keys.
squid portrait, bonaire
indonesia ,f100/105/twin strobes
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2005

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worth a zoom, very detailed
Zebra eel, photographed hanging upside down in the beautiful Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Grouper at cleaning station. Little Cayman Island. D70
Hawkfish posing for the camera. Maui, Hawaii.
super camo.indonesia f100 / 105
Not to sure what this little critter is, maybe a Limpet? Shot at the Great Barrier Reef c5060, Tetra housing

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some kind of sea slug (not limpet) Id claim it as a nudibranch even if I cant see gills
Juvenile Wolfeel. Much more colorful than the adults which usually are white/grey. Port Hardy B.C.
Nikon D2x

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Unusual, and detailed - zoom me
flamboyant cuttle fish always have distinctive accuracy when they are hunting,shot in kapalai with nikon F4 and nexus housing
How it got itself so tangled up in the staghorn coral is a wonder. Mililat Passage, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Olympus C8080/PT-023.
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