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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)
60mm macro.
Very shy Tiger tailed sea horse spotted just as we started to go into deco.
Purple dragon nudibranch grazing on mixed encrusting life.
Galathea strigrosa
Commensal shrimp on anemone, Myanmar
Devonshire cup coral,Scotland.
Banded tube-dwelling Anemone on a night dive in Blue bay, Curacao
Cratena Peregrina, March is time for nudi in Ligurian Sea
Two of these were having an arguement about territory. Used only camera's internal strobe.
Frog fish on Curacao, playa kalki, nikon D100 light and motion housing
Flamingo Tongue Love
Nikon D100 , 105 macro, two strobo no-ttl. The Shell, Philippine , Moal Boal
Full close of another ermith crab. Macro 100+ TC2x e no cropping
I love the polyp detail of tip of this sea rod. Like a million little fingers reaching out to grab you...
Frog fish in action with a nikon D100
Argh! Tubularia indivisa is dramatically brought down by the mighty Flabellina pedata - think of it as a very tiny zebra and lion in slow motion...
Mine, all mine! Tiny spider crab standing guard over his collection of lightbulb tunicates on the Rosalie, Norfolk.
Venomous beauty...Hydrozoan!
This little guy just get a new house and was trying to take it back to his original position when I got it frozen in my CMOS sensor!! Full frame, no crop, Macro 100mm + TC 2x
It was taken with 60mm macro objective.
Cleaning time
This photo was taken at fantasy reef off the south side of Oahu, Hawaii. It was my 3rd picture with my sealife 5 megapixel camera with strobe. I was about 12 inches away.
Harlequin shrimps @ Bali, Seraya
new life,
Pygmy Portrait. D2x, 105mm, 2xteleconverter and lots of cussing.
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Editor's Comment
Absolutely the last Pygmy Seahorse to win our monthly comp! It's good to go out on a high note. No more please, even the Doc won't top this one...
Forest under the waves in the puget sound
Harlequin shrimps at the last moment. A great ending of a dive near Tofo-beach.
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