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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)

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Solitary by Marco Gargiulo
Solitary
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Seems like a kind of affinity. Thorny sea horse is huggin... by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Seems like a kind of affinity. Thorny sea horse is hugging the sea horse shaped hard coral.
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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All about red / Soft coral crab in Anilao, I can see thes... by James Deverich
All about red / Soft coral crab in Anilao, I can see these at work but even on holidays I can't resist to take a few snaps.
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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'Popcorn shrimp enjoys the limelight in an anemone.' Raja... by Terry Steeley
'Popcorn shrimp enjoys the limelight in an anemone.' Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Chocolate kisses and a happy shrimp Bubble coral shrimp ... by Takma Lherminier
Chocolate kisses and a happy shrimp
Bubble coral shrimp - Mayotte
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mayotte
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Xenia Shrimp (Uncropped) shot with a simple point & shoot... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Xenia Shrimp (Uncropped) shot with a simple point & shoot camera with No manual settings, 2 torches & no close-up lens used
No strobe
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Zanzibar Shrimp by James Deverich
Zanzibar Shrimp
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sea fan and goby - Mayotte No crop by Takma Lherminier
Sea fan and goby - Mayotte
No crop
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 4, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mayotte
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Peacock Flounder Sunbathing Olympus EM5, Olympus 60mm ma... by Henley Spiers
Peacock Flounder Sunbathing
Olympus EM5, Olympus 60mm macro
Nauticam housing, S&S YS-D1, Retra LSD Prime
1/250 f11 ISO 200
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 3, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Wire-coral Goby - Mayotte No crop by Takma Lherminier
Wire-coral Goby - Mayotte
No crop
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 3, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mayotte
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Dusky Jawfish peeks out of his burrow by Henley Spiers
Dusky Jawfish peeks out of his burrow
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Juvenile Painted Frogfish, Manado by Doug Anderson
Juvenile Painted Frogfish, Manado
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date posted posted: Friday, May 1, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Xenocrab. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Xenocrab.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"GHOST" by Walter Bassi
"GHOST"
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Porcelain Crab, Amed by Doug Anderson
Porcelain Crab, Amed
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Pink eye goby - Mayotte by Takma Lherminier
Pink eye goby - Mayotte
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mayotte
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Bumble bee shrimp (a.k.a striped harlequin shrimp) enjoyi... by Terry Steeley
Bumble bee shrimp (a.k.a striped harlequin shrimp) enjoying a symbiotic relationship with sea cucumber.
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Subal underwater housing, Canon 5Dmk2, Canon EF100mm macro, f18, 1/200, ISO200, Inon Z240 strobe, Subsee +5 diopter
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Hairy Frog fish portrait @ Anilao Pier by Wayne Jones
Hairy Frog fish portrait @ Anilao Pier
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3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Staring into darkness by James Deverich
Staring into darkness
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pink eye gboy - Mayotte by Takma Lherminier
Pink eye gboy - Mayotte
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mayotte
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'Are you looking at me?' Whip Coral Benny. — Subal unde... by Terry Steeley
'Are you looking at me?' Whip Coral Benny.
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Subal underwater housing, Canon 5D mk2, Canon 100mm macro, f18, 1/200, ISO200, Inon Z240 strobes, Subsee +5 diopter
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2015
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Editor's Comment
Underwater Photography is all about getting close and shooting low. This shot nails it!
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Chiaroscuro by Abimael Márquez
Chiaroscuro
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Eggs by Abimael Márquez
Eggs
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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L I M P I D Anemone shrimp (Ancylomenes holthuisi) Anil... by Irwin Ang
L I M P I D
Anemone shrimp (Ancylomenes holthuisi)
Anilao, Philippines. January 2015
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Gobie on a whip coral by Peet J Van Eeden
Gobie on a whip coral
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Envy by James Deverich
Envy
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date posted posted: Friday, April 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Seahorse by Arno Enzo
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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