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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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Fingerprint Cyphoma by Abimael Márquez
Fingerprint Cyphoma
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Anemon crab by Gleb Tolstov
Anemon crab
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Very nice and dramatic lighting.
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Scorpion fish by Gleb Tolstov
Scorpion fish
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Clownfish by Stéphane Primatesta
Clownfish
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date posted posted: Friday, September 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea India
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Hippocampus bargibanti by Alistair Bygrave
Hippocampus bargibanti
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date posted posted: Friday, September 27, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Banded Tube-Dwelling Anemoni by Herbert Dubois
Banded Tube-Dwelling Anemoni
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Coral spawning of star coral in Grand Cayman last year. S... by Ellen Cuylaerts
Coral spawning of star coral in Grand Cayman last year. Sadly I was too sick to attend this year but it happened again yesterday! Lots of healthy corals reproducing gives a bit of hope!
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 26, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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seahorse by Giancarlo Zambelli
seahorse
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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A tube anemone retracted its tentacles as I swam past. T... by Valda Fraser
A tube anemone retracted its tentacles as I swam past. This is what I saw when I peeped inside.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Lips by Abimael Márquez
Lips
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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xenocrab,nikon D800e 105 macro,gangga island by Puddu Massimo
xenocrab,nikon D800e 105 macro,gangga island
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Great diving at Seraya, can you find number 2? by Christian Nielsen
Great diving at Seraya, can you find number 2?
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Axinella Sponge, particular by Marco Gargiulo
Axinella Sponge, particular
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Waiting for the journey by Marco Gargiulo
Waiting for the journey
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Gobies laying and fertilising eggs. by Valda Fraser
Gobies laying and fertilising eggs.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Japanese warlords helmet... ...or Zebra crab on sea urch... by Uwe Schmolke
Japanese warlords helmet...
...or Zebra crab on sea urchin?
Have fun watching.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Chilean Sea Indonesia
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Persian carpet flatworm (Psuedobiceros bedfordi). d7000, ... by Alistair Bygrave
Persian carpet flatworm (Psuedobiceros bedfordi). d7000, nikon 60mm
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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arlequin crab on sea star,nikon D800e 105macro,Gangga island by Puddu Massimo
arlequin crab on sea star,nikon D800e 105macro,Gangga island
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The star's color make it look like a rug with the crab gently sitting on it. Nice.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Porcelain crab on soft coral pink Nikon D800E, 105 micro... by Marchione Giacomo
Porcelain crab on soft coral pink
Nikon D800E, 105 micro Nikon, twin strobo
Lembeh strait
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Flamingo Tongue by Michelle Davis
Flamingo Tongue
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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colored shrimp with eggs,nikon D800e,105 macro,Gangga island by Puddu Massimo
colored shrimp with eggs,nikon D800e,105 macro,Gangga island
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Shrimp by Nonna Pokras
Shrimp
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Bubble coral shrimp Olympus EPM1, Olympus 60 mm macro, S... by Yoav Lavi
Bubble coral shrimp
Olympus EPM1, Olympus 60 mm macro, Sea@sea YS-D1.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Snubnose? Sculpin by Jeremy Axworthy
Snubnose? Sculpin
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Frogfish on the reef at Capt Don's Habitat in Bonaire. It... by Robert Michaelson
Frogfish on the reef at Capt Don's Habitat in Bonaire. It reminded me o an opera singer finishing an aria.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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mantis shrimp with eggs by Giancarlo Zambelli
mantis shrimp with eggs
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Arrow crab form "Under the Bridge" by Beate Seiler
Arrow crab form "Under the Bridge"
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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