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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)
christmas tree worm
Hippocampus Bargibanti!!
two tiny amphipods on a red gorgonian fan, False Bay, Cape Town
shortlistedShortlisted!
My first tooth
shortlistedShortlisted!
close up of christmas tree worm
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Seaweed Blenny
i see you by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
i see you
Little blenny in a bottle with a big smile!
Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, FL
Fire urchin shrimp
Squattie - 105mm VR +4 diopter no cropping
New (?) shrimp specie. It seemed to live only onto the gorgoniacean (Eunicella cavolinii).
Ratio about 3,5:1
"Scampi"
found in Lembeh; D200
Commensal Shrimp (Hamodactylus noumeae).....Canon G9, internal flash & Inon UCL-165's
"Spotty"
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2009

Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

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This guy has been tangoed!
shoot in norway with makromate super makro linse.
"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
shortlistedShortlisted!
aplidium conicum, no cropping

editor's comments

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
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