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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Super macro

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Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters, or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Starfish shrimp (Zenopontonia soror)
I took this Whip Coral Goby at Anilao, it was resting on its coral. I used my Sony A7III, Nauticam housing, and Inon D200
Blennie the Curious -- my very first macro shot
Small Yet Fierce Crabby
Hypselodoris infucata nudibranch _March 2025
(CanonRF100,1/200,f18,iso100)
Coryphellina exoptata_February 2025
(CanonEF100,1/200,f25,iso200)
Coral crab_February 2025
(CanonEF100,1/200,f22,iso125)
Bubble coral shrimp_February 2025
(Canon EF100,1/200,f22,iso125)
The beauty of underwater macro photography (using diopters)is that you can get very close and focus on something specific like these soft coral petals that look like freshly bloomed daisies._February 2025
(CanonEF100,1/200,f22,iso200)
Samla bicolor nudibranch_February 2025
(CanonEF100,1/200,f22,iso200)
Transparent shrimp_January 2025
(CanonEF60,f25,iso100)
Hermit crab_January 2025
(Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso200)
Hermit crab_December 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
Hector's goby_December 2024
(CanonEF60,1/200,f16,iso100)
Glossodoris rufomarginata(white margin nudibranch)_Dec 2024
(CanonEF60, 1/200, f16, iso100)
Samla bicolor nudibranch. The cerata have subapical orange band.  Oral tentacles have flattened tips.  Attains 12 mm ~.  Formerly known as Flabellina bicolor.  It can easily be found in Indo-Pacific ocean_Jan 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
purple eyes
Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
PONTONIDES ANKERI
ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
taken in Oman
tiny crab that lives at the bottom of a coral
a very tiny hairy crab that lives at the bottom of a coral.
Prostheceraeus Giesbrechtii_October 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
(Canon EF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
Commensal Sponge Shrimp
Thaumastocaris streptopus
Thuridilla hopei. Often mistaken for a nudibranch, it is a sacoglossal opisthobranch without dorsal appendages. It can only be spotted with a keen eye, on the rocky seabed a few meters deep. Rarely exceeds 2cm in length.
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,i.100)
Coryphellina exoptata. I took a few to practice with the new wet diopter. And then this nudibranch is very photogenic and I really enjoy photographing it. Feb 2024
(CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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