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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)
Orchid flower
Hairy encounter
Violet velvet
Tiger shrimp. Lembeh strait
Nikon D800E, 105 macro, two strobo
Yellow bean bag goby
~ Helicopter Mom ~
Blenny on eggs - False Bay, Cape Town
Canon 7DMKII, Nautical Housing, Snoot
blennies at home
Sexy Shrimp peering out at me, as if to say "Peek a boo!"
The Inimitable Gaudy Clown Crab
Skeleton SHrimp on tunicate.....
Thysanozoon nigropapillosum
Two "headed" polyclad flatworm
Hitchhiking Emperor Shrimp!
"Pink Peppermint"
I set off to photograph a peppermint shrimp, and looked inside dozens of vase sponges until I finally found this one. I used a large aperture to keep just the eyes in focus and blur the background into a soft pink.
~ Rock Steady ~
Seahorse
Reverse side of starfish.
The shadow
~ Into the light ~
Taken on Photographers reef in False Bay, Cape Town. Canon 7DMII, Nauticam, Snoot
Marginella, Blousteen dive Site, Gordon's Bay - South Africa. Canon 7dmkii, Canon 60mm macro lense, 2 x Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes.
Hotlips Spider Crab on Sinuous Sea Fan. Canon 7dmkii, Canon 60mm macro lense, 2 x YS D1 Strobes
Whip Coral Crab (Xenocarcinus)
Red Crab
Basket Star
A huge basket star rests on a sinuous sea fan at Drop Zone Dive Site in Gordon's Bay. Canon 7dmkii, Canon 60mm lense,
The "wreath"
I see you...
Schrimp
Coleman shrimps seen through a magic ball lens
Tiny Smoothskin Scorpion Fish, Ark Rock, Simon's Town South Africa. The first I've ever seen in 16 years of diving! Not often seen. Canon 7dmkii, 60mm macro lense, Retra LSD snoot
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