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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)
Murex Laid Her Eggs, using Sea N Sea DX 1G, YS110 strobes
Colorful anemone shrimp from Anilao.
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An unusual angle rejuvenates a common subject
Blenny seeking shelter from "bubble monster", West of Eden, Similan Islands, Canon EOS 350d 18-55mm
The Mask.
Boxer Crab looks like a cheerleader with pom poms
Frog fish yawning in Lembeh Strait (North Sulawesi)
very nice serpentine by 10m in saline bay (french west indies st barth)
It's a Moray ! Canon S70
a red snapping shrimp in a corkscrew anemone at two for you dive site in parguera Puerto Rico!!
crab waiting for lunch
Leopard shark in Bida Nok, Phi Phi Islands, Canon EOS 350d 18-55mm
Steady now! Clown Frogfish, taken @ Lembeh, Indonesia.
Snake eel, Canon EOS 400D with Sea and sea housing and strobes
cowrie in punta west, mactan
Spider Crab, Lembeh Strait home of so many great muck dives!
hermit crab on a night dive. 60mm macro 350D sea and sea ys90's. full frame
Map cowrie at night
Stonefish "Don Petro" Housereef at ElQuseir , Canon S70
Fingered Dragonet. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
Hermit Crab
Another "passenger" for a sea cocumber. Lembeh Streit.
secretary blenny in a boulder star coral at two for you dive site in parguera Puerto Rico..
Mantis coming way out of it's hole in Lembeh. Olympus E300 50mm + 1.4TC.

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Editor's Comment
Quality shot, well worth a zoom
Huge mouth on this frog fish
Yellow Angel! Pygmy Seahorse. Pic taken at Lembeh, Indonesia.
Shy Guy! Taken in Perhentian Island with Canon G9 & Inon Z240 strobe. Full frame!
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