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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)
"Sweet as Candy" (Neopetrolisthes oshimai) Unusually out on a limb in Lembeh
Porcelain Crab (Porcellanella sp.) possibly commensal with the purple sea pen.......Canon G9 with internal flash and Inon UCL-165's
"Back against the Wall" Boxer Crab, D90 with 105mm +2 diopter in the New Nauticam Housing - No Cropping :o)
shortlistedShortlisted!
Yellow Pygmy Seahorse[Hippocamcampus bargibanti]-Raja Ampat
Lembeh Pigmy Pipe Seadragon-Canon 50 D 100 mm macro + UCL 165
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aplidium conicum, no cropping

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Editor's Comment
chaos theory in nature. Very Austin Powers/Paisley!
Reddish micro face
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Nembrotha chamberlaini - No Cropping
Canon G9 + Nikonos SB 105 + 3 stack Inon UCL 165 lens + DIY adapter
shortlistedShortlisted!
Hippocampus Pontohi-Raja Ampat
Redlip Blenny , taken with Conon G10 and UCL165
Pipefish shot in Mozambique.
I found this tiny crab on a blue tube sponge at the base of the Petons ( St. Lucia) during a drift dive.
d300, dual strobes, 105mm +10 subsee diopter as shot no crop
Raja Ampat-Tentacles on the polyps-Canon 50 D 100 mm macro +Inon UCL 165 diopter
Climps (Periclimenes imperator) Nice pair of Imperial Partner Shrimps
Art Form (Chirostylus sp) Deep Sea Squat Lobster
Colman Shrimp on a Fire Urchin...Not Cropped :-)
"In the Belly of the Fire" Straight out of the camera using a 60mm with +4 diopter
Mud Crab hiding in Elks Horn Coral
found in Lembeh; d200
nudibranch abstract - cerata of phyllodesmium serrata
crinoid abstract
Porcelane crab with fans
Fire Urchin Shell less than 1 cm - Seraya Secret
Canon G9 + Nikonos SB 105 + Inon UCL 165 lens + DIY adapter
nikon 105mm + nikon 6T diopter + little crop smile
shortlistedShortlisted!
Sea Star Shrimp - Padang Bai
So tiny less than 1 cm and always hiding below sea star, takes a lot of time to shoot this stuff.
Canon G9 + Nikonos SB 105 + Inon UCL 165 lens + DIY adapter
Upside down, roll and roll...
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