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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - not swimming

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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Britle Stars by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Britle Stars
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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"Curious" These aren't always the most cooperative subje... by Chase Darnell
"Curious"
These aren't always the most cooperative subjects. After taking a couple of shots with just the 100mm, I decided to try the +10 Diopter. Luckily this guys was holding his ground and let me get extremely close.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Fluorescence! This is so exciting! Using Nightsea filte... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Fluorescence! This is so exciting! Using Nightsea filters to photograph, I discovered that the eyes of a banded coral shrimp fluoresce a vibrant green. I used a small aperture to focus only on the eyes. The coral it's on also fluoresced.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Porecelain Crab on Soft Coral by Marteyne Van Well
Porecelain Crab on Soft Coral
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Britle Stars by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Britle Stars
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea Qatar
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Colourful Mantis - Odontodactylus latirostris by Uwe Schmolke
Colourful Mantis - Odontodactylus latirostris
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Seahorse from "under the Bridge" by Beate Seiler
Seahorse from "under the Bridge"
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Smiling Blenny by Abimael Márquez
Smiling Blenny
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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H A I R Y . C R A B Anilao, Philippines. April 2015 P... by Irwin Ang
H A I R Y . C R A B
Anilao, Philippines. April 2015
P/S: Check out the green eyes
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Goby on Whip Coral (Whip Coral Dwarf Goby) This little G... by Marcel Waldis
Goby on Whip Coral (Whip Coral Dwarf Goby)
This little Gobi always turned away,i spend about 20-30 min. to get it face to face but at the end i just gave up and thought let's do it from behind....;)
Olympus OMD EM 1 and 60mm f 2.8
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date posted posted: Monday, August 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Grooves" A Close up of Star Coral. by Dusty Norman
"Grooves"
A Close up of Star Coral.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Fish in the Flowers" A Triple Fin Blenny in a very det... by Dusty Norman
"Fish in the Flowers"
A Triple Fin Blenny in a very detailed hiding spot.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 31, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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[:b:] Crab inside a sphere[:/b:] by Francesco Pacienza
Crab inside a sphere
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Illuminating a hawkfish from the outside of a sponge. by Adeline Wee
Illuminating a hawkfish from the outside of a sponge.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Big black eyes by Chris Miskavitch
Big black eyes
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Colorful encounter by Raoul Caprez
Colorful encounter
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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"Wide Eyed" A Secretary Blenny caught out of his hole. T... by Dusty Norman
"Wide Eyed"
A Secretary Blenny caught out of his hole. These guys are hard to catch away from their little burrows in the coral.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Care" A Red Cling Fish protecting it's eggs. by Dusty Norman
"Care"
A Red Cling Fish protecting it's eggs.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Cupcoral by Beate Seiler
Cupcoral
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"Open Wide" Banded Jawfish giving my camera a smile. by Dusty Norman
"Open Wide"
Banded Jawfish giving my camera a smile.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Smile" A Golden Tail Moray giving me his best smile. by Dusty Norman
"Smile"
A Golden Tail Moray giving me his best smile.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Leaf" A very camouflaged crab. by Dusty Norman
"Leaf"
A very camouflaged crab.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Durban Dance Shrimp, Koh Doc Mai by Tobias Reitmayr
Durban Dance Shrimp, Koh Doc Mai
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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"Social" A congregation of Black Coral Shrimp. by Dusty Norman
"Social"
A congregation of Black Coral Shrimp.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Hiding in the Flowers" This Red Cling Fish found a very... by Chase Darnell
"Hiding in the Flowers"
This Red Cling Fish found a very pretty patch of Gorgonian to cling to.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Lettuce Slug" Finding one of these Sea Slugs on a nice ... by Dusty Norman
"Lettuce Slug"
Finding one of these Sea Slugs on a nice colorful backdrop is rather rare. I was happy to take advantage of the colorful opportunity.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Black Lines" This Blackline Cyphoma is a rare find here... by Dusty Norman
"Black Lines"
This Blackline Cyphoma is a rare find here in Cayman. We frequently see Flamingo Tongues, but its always a treat to see one of the uncommon cousins.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 22, 2015
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date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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