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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
"SPIKE" portrait study of a trumpetfish. Sides have been cropped in to frame the subject :o)
Nikon D70 60MM Macro
miniscule shrimp...
frog fish
Yellow spotted burry
Decorator crab with a funny hair do! Canon G 10
up close and personal with giant murray
two seahorses being cute at ducomi pier
Scorpionfish. Canon G10 & Inon D2000 strobe.
Nemesis. The infamous blue-banded goby... they never hold still for long. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with Dual DS51 strobes. Image taken at f/16 and 1/250 second.
2009/4/19...in Kenting...casio z-1000
PORKFISH
Clown? The colors reminded me of a clown's make up. I tried a different angle on this quite common nudi. I love their colors. Anilao, Mabini, Batangas, Canon G9
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Koura, freshwater cray. Agro bugger attacked me.
"The Mating Game" I followed these amorous cuttlefish hoping they would mate - shame I had my 60mm and +2 diopter on at the time! No Cropping :o)
Snowflake Eel from (what remains of) the Ducomi Pier
Seahorse at Ducomi pier.
Bluebelly Blenny, taken with Canon G10 and Epoque strobe. Shooting these guys is like Underwater Whack-a-mole!
Seahorse in whipcoral, not the best camouflage. Shot with an Oly 5060
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I expect he was hidden without a light on him!
A spanish shawl nudibranch at Anacapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing with Dual DS51 strobes. Image captured at f/18 and 1/250 second.
Tomato anemonefish near Siladen Island in Bunaken, Taken with a sea and sea DX-1G.
Octopus in a new home. Canon G10
Blu ring new species. Nikon D200, 60 micro, twin strobo
Manado, Popo site
Peek. A Grass Rockfish peeks up from behind a rock on the reef at Anacapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 6mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with two DS51 strobes. Taken at f/20 and 1/250 seconds.
Flamboyant Cuttlefish caught at a rare moment in mid water
Anemone in the mist
Light bulb sea squirts. North Wales. D200, 60mm.
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