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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)
Common lobster.
Porth Ysgaden, N.Wales.
F90X,60mm.
Red-Banded Coral Shrimp. Dive Site: Tear Drop @ West Palm Beach, FL. Olympus C7070 WZ w/ PT-027 Housing
Ascidian taken on the GBR with a Olympus C5050 and Inon D180 strobe
Sleeping parrot fish. Sha'Ab Rumi, Red Sea, Sudan.
Nikon Coolpix 5000, Sea&Sea housing and strobes.
"Eye of the Clam Volcano" Close up of Giant Clam taken in September 2005 in Milne Bay, PNG.
Horseshoe crab on a nightdive in Cozumel. I think this was outside of LaCeiba Hotel near the plane wreck
commansel shrimp
Tulamben - Bali
This litle dive site between the rocks and black sand , fild with crinoids, is a macro paradise
canon 20D
100 mm macro
Bumpy, the pgymy seahorse, rides again!
Canon digital rebel in Ikelite housing with 50mm compact macro lens, Ikelite 125 strobe.
Wakatobi, Indonesia

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Those pygmies are popular! Hard to spot I guess...
Peacock flounder at night, canon 20D
Swiss cow nudibranch, Menorca Spain
Night Dive, Maldives, April 2005,
D70 & Ikelite
Hermit crab & cloak anemone.
Drake's Island, Plymouth.
F90X,60mm.
Scorpionfish.
Bunaken, Indonesia.
Olympus C-5050.
This little guy posed for me for several easy macro shots in Key Largo Florida taken with a Canon 20D 100mm lens and dual strobes
Nudibranch in Menorca. Taken with digital sony DSC W12.
Nudibranch from Sabang Beach, Philippines. Slide scaned without cutting.

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Its hard to know which is the best angle for nudis. heres a nice sit up and beg side view
Shhh! He is a little shy ;-)taken with a Canon 20D 100mm lens and dual strobes
This photo was shot in Marmara SEa of İstanbul - Turkey. The location (yassi ada) is a remote island only 1 hr. boat trip away from the mainland. The underwater fauna is a must sea (macro life basically). This is a Sagarita Elegans only 2,5 cm big.
Hermit Crab - West Palm Beach
A little loving going on in the Keys!!
Key Largo, Fl Cannon s-50 single epoque 150 es strobe
Apricot sidegill slug. Nikon D100
Beautiful Nudibranch, quite big too, about 20cm!
Popoh, Indonesia. C-5050 w. single strobe.
Nudibranch blowing bubbles in Menorca Spain. Shot with the camara´s flash.
A nice little 4 ft nurse shark I found under under a ledge in Provo during the week of Aug 28, 2005. Olympus 5060 shot in macro mode.
Bad Hair Day! Taken with Canon 20D 100mm lens and dual ds125 strobes
Baby murray eal - Hin Daeng - Thailand - Camera ; Ixus 400
"Mediterranean's Coral" Scoglio del corallo-Argentario-Italy. Nikon Coolpix 5900 + fantasea Cp-7 Housing
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