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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - 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 in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Allard's Anemonefish taken in Chuuk with Nikon N90s & 105mm lens.
Nudibranch. Similan Islands, Thailand. Sony P5 Digital with Macro attatchment.
" mmm. . What do you want ?!!" Taken @ PuortoGalera, Philippinnes. SonyP5 digital.
"no fear" this scorpion fish gides infront of me. taken in red sea, jeddah, ksa.
Fiji aboard the Aggressor
HItch hikers welcome, Turks and Caicos, Nikon N70 w/105 macro
Butterfly fish and orange sea fan taken in Palau. Housed camera w/105mm lens.
.Porcelain Anomone Crab, Milne Bay PNG D-100
Mandarin fish taken in Palau. Equipment: Nikon N90s, Aquatica housing & Substrobe 200.
Peek-a-boo! My wife peeks between two passing Yellowtail Sugeonfish. Taken near Pelican Rock, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with a Canon S230.
Following a school of Yellowtail Surgeonfish towards a school of Mexican Goatfish. Taken near Pelican Rock, Can San Lucas, Mexico with a Canon S230.
Queen Angel, Turks & Caicos, NIkon N70 w/105mm Macro
The Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi - an invader in the Black Sea, Nikonos V, 35 mm lens, close up
Southern stingray, night shot, San Salvador, Bahamas. Nikonos V, closeup, Velvia 50
Orange Anemone Fish in the current. Milne Bay PNG
Sea Raven. Gloucester,MA Nikonos V, Closeup Kit 65 feet deep

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Jellyfish Aurelia aurita, Nikonos V, Macro 1:3, Black Sea
With lots of patience I could catch the couple of robust ghost pipefishes in Secret Bay, Indonesia
Splendid Hawkfish cohabitating with anemone fish. Milne Bay PNG D-100
"hairy" Ghost Pipefish Milne Bay PNG. A rare sighting, thanks to the Mike Ball dive guides.
Junior Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo, Nikonos V, 1:3 Macro, Black Sea
Cuttle Fish: Housed Nikon F, 55mm Auto Micro Nikkor; Walindi, WNB, PNG
Juvenile squid. St. Croix
Squid taken near Lion Island with a D-100 in Light & Motion housing
"You looking at me?" Red hind peeking around azure vase sponge. Equipment: Aquatica housing, N90s w/105mm lens, & Substrobe 200.
"Touch of magic" Clown fish, Steps Reef, Ponta
Gobiusculus flavescens, shot in Baleal, Portugal, using Nikonos V, 1:3 extension tube and Ikelite 100a strobe.
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