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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)
Full-frame macro of a feather duster. The details visible in this shot make it easy to see where the name comes from. I was very pleased with the lighting and negative-space background on this one. D100 and 105 lens.
Topshell on an elephant ear sponge -Taken at Hands Deep off S.Devon, uk - using D70s and 60mm macro
Cray Fish New Zealand
Sponge Lounger. Taken at Dili Rock wiht an Olympus C-8080.
Bullock’s Hypselodoris up very close.
Snake eel
This is a giant tip anemone closeup. I was trying to capture the moment =)
Full frame macro of a Christmas Tree worm. Backlit with strobe. Hard to get this close but, if you are patient, they pop back out and make good macro subjects. D100 and 105mm lens.
one of my favorites underwater : nudis!
this shot was taken aroun Mabul
a pair of ornate ghost pipefish; taken in shallow water, natural light; after finding the subjects, it was point and shoot, and shoot, and shoot, and shoot
Capo Mortola - Balzi Rossi
Canon Digital Ixus 700 + WP-DC70
This Club-Tipped Anemone has an abstract quality. They come in a variety of colours and patterns. Canon A70
Clown Anemone Fish and an Invisible Shrimp. Taken in front of the Amanpulo Dive shop in Pamilacan Island Philippines.
The Last few pictures using my Canon A70 before it conked out on me. Setting was cloudy, vivid and macro and flash.
pygmy seahorse
batangas, philippines
canon a70
Colonial anemone and sea squirt bouquet. Taken at Black Rock Coral Garden with an Olympus C-5050.
pipefish
Black frogfish in Sabang.... not easy to get any definition on it but I can assure you the black blob in the middle is a frogger ....zoom in and have a look.. go on.. treat yourselves .. haha
Softcoral on Elphinestone using D70 and 12-24mm lens
Taken at Sharksbay with E300.
Capo Mortola - Balzi Rossi
Canon Digital Ixus 700 + WP-DC70
Yellow frogfish
Carrying eggs. I found this spider crab past weekend in Sardina del Norte, Gran Canaria.
Mantis Shrimp - 7 Mile Reef - Sodwana Bay - South Africa
Candy-striped flatworm.
Porth Ysgaden, N. Wales.
D200,60mm.
Taken in the Kerama's Island Chain in a location called three rocks. There were several stone fish using coral heads...this one was only about 2 inches long and I finally found a hole through the coral head to get a good shot.
short back and sides any one?
Yummy
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