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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - 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 in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)

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Anthias :-D by Daniel Strub
Anthias big grin
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Up Close and Personal with Stripey in Byron Bay by Ken Thongpila
Up Close and Personal with Stripey in Byron Bay
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Crab with fire urchin on his back for predation protection. by Larry Polster
Crab with fire urchin on his back for predation protection.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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A Young Spine Cheek Anemone Fish in a Bubble Anemone Used... by Dorian Borcherds
A Young Spine Cheek Anemone Fish in a Bubble Anemone Used Nikon D70s,60 mm Micro lense and SB 105 Strobe.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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Face to face with this little Damsel Fish... Que du Bonhe... by Michel Lonfat
Face to face with this little Damsel Fish... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Landscape study of Orange Spotted Pipefish. Taken with D2... by David Henshaw
Landscape study of Orange Spotted Pipefish. Taken with D200 and 105mm lens.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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flamboyant 'torpedo' cuttlefish. Taken in Dauin. by Steve De Neef
flamboyant 'torpedo' cuttlefish. Taken in Dauin.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Squid taken during a nightdive at Siau (Sangie Islands No... by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Squid taken during a nightdive at Siau (Sangie Islands Northeast of Sulawesi) During my 6 shots it constantly changed coulrs and patterns. Manual Focus was needed. Used my 105mm f.36 at 1/100 and DS125 in 1/4
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"X marks the spot" A pair of Ornate Ghostpipefish, althou... by Debi Henshaw
"X marks the spot" A pair of Ornate Ghostpipefish, although I think the one behind is a bit of a distraction :o(
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Porcupine fish en face in Curacau. by Jon Doud
Porcupine fish en face in Curacau.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A "Barbier" - Common fish in close to the reef in the Red... by Michel Lonfat
A "Barbier" - Common fish in close to the reef in the Red Sea. Que du Bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile Barramundi. D300-60mm by Larry Polster
Juvenile Barramundi. D300-60mm
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Radial Leatherjacket, East Timor by Doug Anderson
Radial Leatherjacket, East Timor
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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Filefish by Caroline Istas
Filefish
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Little Cuttle. Aughrusmore Pier, Connemara. D3 105mm. by Mark Thomas
Little Cuttle.
Aughrusmore Pier, Connemara.
D3 105mm.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Ireland
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"Comet" this rarely seen fish is unique with the white ri... by Larry Polster
"Comet" this rarely seen fish is unique with the white ringed black spot on dorsal fin. Solitary and cryptic, they hide in crevices on outer reefs. This one shot out of his hiding place and I only got part of him in the frame before he vanished
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Landscape study of a shoal of feeding Catfish. Taken with... by David Henshaw
Landscape study of a shoal of feeding Catfish. Taken with D200 and 60mm lens.
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shoals are always tough so well done David. B&W works!
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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clownfish at san miguel tires in dauin, negros. by Steve De Neef
clownfish at san miguel tires in dauin, negros.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Cuttlefish. Plymouth. D3, 105mm. by Derek Haslam
Cuttlefish. Plymouth. D3, 105mm.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Dark boxy by Adam Skrzypczyk
Dark boxy
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Pygmy cuttlefish, Ambon Bay, Indonesia. D300-60mm by Larry Polster
Pygmy cuttlefish, Ambon Bay, Indonesia. D300-60mm
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Finally I got one of this specie... by Bernard Maglana
Finally I got one of this specie...
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Cuttle fish.Nikon F100,60mm,f27,1/125,YS-120,RVP 100. by Allen Lee
Cuttle fish.Nikon F100,60mm,f27,1/125,YS-120,RVP 100.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Asian Sea Taiwan
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cuttlefish in papua taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot by Patrick Neumann
cuttlefish in papua taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Coral Sea Papua New Guinea
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Jewel Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) on the USAT Liberty... by Richard Witmer
Jewel Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) on the USAT Liberty Wreck in Tulamben, Bali. This U.S. warship was torpedoed in WWII and is now an incredible artificial reef, housing not only coral, but hundreds of species of fish. G9/DS160s.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Squirrelfish, Tulamben by Doug Anderson
Squirrelfish, Tulamben
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ornate ghost pipefish. Shot in Raja Ampat by Charles Wright
Ornate ghost pipefish. Shot in Raja Ampat
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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