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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
Finding Nimo!
tiny and shy - Denise's pygmy seahorse
I took this cuttle fish eye shot in Bodrum, Smuggler Bay. The cuttle fish has burried itself into the sand.
Murena Helena
Pygmy lion fish lying on coral.
Brilliant Beauty. A Spanish Shawl nudibranch on the kelp at Anacapa. Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with single DS50 strobe. Shot at f/22 and 1/320 second.
Thor amboinensis shrimp. Photograph taken with a Nikon D-300 and a 105mm VR lens in a Sea & Sea housing and an Inon Z240 strobe light. f22 and 1/125.
Zebra Eel............. It was taken in Jana Island \ Saudi Arabia with Olympus C8080 wz without strobes
not a great photo, but i wanted to test the round frame. Canon G10
Paddleflap Rhinopia from koh Haa 1.
Glass eye
a sailfin blenny at the forest dive site in parguera area.PUERTO RICO
taken with NikonosV with 20mm lens
Casio exilim ex z 1200
Blackstripe Dottyback
WHAT KIND OF JELLYFIS IS IT ?? PLASTIC POLLUTION !!!
THATS WHY THE TURTLES AND DOLFINS EAT IT AND DIED.
Blue Ringed Octopus. No cropping straight out of the camera! :o)
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close up look to a scarlet-striped cleaning shrimp at the forest dive site in parguera area..PUERTO RICO
Glass Shrimp with its Eggs in Belly.. Lembeh Manado using Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens
Christmas Tree Worm - Looks like it's lights are on! Nikon D70 60MM
Saw this curious pink anemone fish during a night dive in Dauin, Dumaguete.
say hello to my little friend... ;-D
Close Turtle, taken at Wakatobi with my Canon S70 and ClosUp Lens
two lizard fish and pyjama slug
Super Macro Size Stiliger Aureomarginatus. Length 4mm. WARNING! Can cause eye strain when trying to focus.
Canon G10, Inon Macro triple stack. Inon Strobe with focus lights otherwise vitually impossible to get clear shots. Fast critter too.
"I am bigger than you think!" Male mandarin fishes are very territorial. This one is flaring his fins in attempt to enlarge his appearance, as a reaction to sudden visit of another male fish. Canon XSi / EF 100mm USM macro / Ikelite housing.
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