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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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Simplex Shrimp / Looks like dirt till you get up close! by James Deverich
Simplex Shrimp / Looks like dirt till you get up close!
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Atlantic Longarm Octopus (Macrotritopus defilippi), St Lu... by Henley Spiers
Atlantic Longarm Octopus (Macrotritopus defilippi), St Lucia
Olympus OMD-EM5, Olympus 60mm macro lens
Nauticam housing + single S&S YS-D1
1/250 f8 ISO 200
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Super Macro by Jonny Haugstad
Super Macro
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Two / Hinged back dancing shrimp by James Deverich
Two / Hinged back dancing shrimp
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Arrowhead crab - Huenia heraldica by James Deverich
Arrowhead crab - Huenia heraldica
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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When cruising over an algae growth in secret bay this Bob... by Marc Damant
When cruising over an algae growth in secret bay this Bobtail Squid was a very pale color hiding above the bottom and changed color to this vivid array!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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making myself "BIG " Photo taken Port Stephen Australia by Herbert Schmitz
making myself "BIG " Photo taken Port Stephen Australia
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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X-mas three. Taken in Bohol, PH. by Jonny Haugstad
X-mas three. Taken in Bohol, PH.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Symbiosis of Creatures Notice the shrimps Antennae touch... by Jan Morton
Symbiosis of Creatures
Notice the shrimps Antennae touch the Goby in order to receive warnings as the shrimp is almost blind. The shrimp maintains the house and stocks it with food for the nights and the Goby keeps the shrimp safe.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Spirobranchus giganteus This was one of the most delica... by Patricia Sinclair
Spirobranchus giganteus
This was one of the most delicately coloured ones I have ever seen. Just a hint of peachy-apricot to it.
This is uncropped.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Sailfin Blenny at Capt Don's House Reef by Robert Michaelson
Sailfin Blenny at Capt Don's House Reef
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date posted posted: Friday, April 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Snooted Hairy Squat Lobster in Siquijor. by Jan Morton
Snooted Hairy Squat Lobster in Siquijor.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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this was taken in November in Bonaire...I thought the pat... by Patricia Sinclair
this was taken in November in Bonaire...I thought the pattern on this Cyphoma gibbosum was quite unusual...and the contrast to the lavender rope sponge it was on was t me, the best.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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This is uncropped. Olympus EPL-5, Nauticam housing, 60m... by Patricia Sinclair
This is uncropped.
Olympus EPL-5, Nauticam housing, 60mm macro lens (no diopter), 2 Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes,
F/18, s 1/160 and ISO 200
Peppermint Goby (Coryphopterus lipernes) size for this guy was about 1 inch.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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'Finding Nemo in Raja Ampat' — Subal underwater housing... by Terry Steeley
'Finding Nemo in Raja Ampat'
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Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx, Canon EF 100mm Macro, f11, 1/125, ISO200, Inon Z240 strobe
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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"Triple Play" - Three Juvenile Frogfish NOTE: The fish w... by Jan Morton
"Triple Play" - Three Juvenile Frogfish
NOTE: The fish were not touched in anyway to accomplish this shot. The black and orange were in situ. The brown was 1/2" out of frame and was gently urged with a probe touching only the sand.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Nudi by Jonny Haugstad
Nudi
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date posted posted: Monday, April 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Lizard Fish by James Deverich
Lizard Fish
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Orange by James Deverich
Orange
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Gorgeous hermit crab encountered on a night dive next to ... by Roxana Mclennan
Gorgeous hermit crab encountered on a night dive next to the Severance Wreck at Lady Elliott Island this Easter.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Blue Ring Octopus on Night Dive - approximately 3/4" long... by Jan Morton
Blue Ring Octopus on Night Dive - approximately 3/4" long
Olympus E-M1 with 60mm Macro + Nauticam SMC
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date posted posted: Friday, April 10, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Abstract Untitled by James Deverich
Abstract Untitled
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date posted posted: Friday, April 10, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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A fathers love! Nikon D7100 nauticam housing nikkor 60mm by Bradley Kerslake
A fathers love! Nikon D7100 nauticam housing nikkor 60mm
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Harlequin shrimp in Lembeh today by Elaine Wallace
Harlequin shrimp in Lembeh today
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 9, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Anemone Glass Shrimp, Indonesia by Stella Del Curto
Anemone Glass Shrimp, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Headshield Bubble Shell Sea Slug - Micromelo undatus Siq... by Jan Morton
Headshield Bubble Shell Sea Slug - Micromelo undatus
Siquijor Island, Philippines
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Out from the darkness....... Nikon d7100 nikkor 60mm macr... by Bradley Kerslake
Out from the darkness....... Nikon d7100 nikkor 60mm macro nauticam housing with snoot
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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