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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)
"Hiding Out"
It is always crazy to see what these little Blenny's look like under light and a macro lens. Most of them boast some amazing color and brilliant patt;erns making them an awesome subject.
Harlequin shrimps (Hymenocera picta)
Tulamben, Bali
Reflection of an arrow-head crab
Xeno crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus)
Tulamben, Bali
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Marbled shrimp - Saron marmoratus_
N I N J A
Crinoid squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans)
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. March 2014
Disconsolate. Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus. Chaloklum, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-1160-f11-iso200-Inon D2000
scorpionfish canary island
Rhino Shrimp - Miropandalus hardingi
S P I K Y - S T Y L E
Pink hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagian)
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. March 2014
Goby on whip coral
"Drive by" - Dinner time. You eat what you catch.
Harlequin crab, Canon g12
I've been experimenting with wide apertures when shooting my macro images lately. Here, I focused on this spotted cleaner shrimp's eye, letting everything else in front and behind blur.
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~ Delicate Beauty ~
I wonder how many people, seeing one of these for the first time, would guess it to be a worm...the ocean is truly another world!
Put them up...

Subal underwater housing, Canon 5Dmk2, Canon 100m macro, Subsee +5, f32, 1/200, ISO400, Inon Z240
Cute crinoid Shrimp hiding in a feather star
A squat lobster in the soft coral
Greater pipefish Syngnathus acus under a jetty on the Swedish west coast.
Mantis shrimp with eggs
This was a cleaning station and I got lucky when both the shrimp and snapper looked at me at the same time.
Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides ankeri)
Anilao, Philippines
Elysia ornata
Hold On
Frog Fish posing for the shot - Muck diving Dumaguete with Oly OMD-EM1 with 60mm Macro and +5 diopter.
critter
First dive to cabilao, Philippines, first arlequin shrimp.
Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp
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