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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)
Prawn eyes.
Aughrusmore Pier, Connemara.
D200, 60mm.
Seal - Farne Islands UK - Nikon F50, 60mm, Single YS60 strobe.
Bevie of Bannerfish, Nikonos V 28mm lense
Green Moray seen at Grand Cayman this August. Taken with a Canon PowerShot SD 550 and digital strobe.
Long-spined scorpion fish.
Trefor Pier, N. Wales.
D200,60mm.
Hawkfish - Red Sea - Nikon F50, 105mm
Black Moray (Muraena muppeti)from La Gomera in the Canaries....One of your favourites Dave!.... Canon A70 with integral flash

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What eyes on this specimen!
A cuttle fish eye - taken off PLymouth Sound, S devon, UK using Nikon D70s and 60mm macro...
Ribbon Sweetlips at cleaning station...i guess. It didn't move an inch while i took this shot. Taken at Tulamben, Bali.
Trumpet Fish posing, Nikonos V 28mm
from about 30 inches
"On the Hunt" Caribbean Reef Octopus 18-20" Night Dive. After this picture he squeezed his whole body backwards into the reef through a opening about 2". Sealife DC500 Mahahaul, Mex. Dreamtime Dive Resort 06
A flattie taken off the coast of south Devon, UK... Nikon D70s and 60 mm
Broom file fish. S2pro,60mm.
Space jelly... caught some scatter on this but left it in as it looks to me like it's in outerspace... maybe I should lay of the mushrooms smile
Flatfish - Nikon F50, 105mm - Red Sea, Na'ama bay
Squid, Grand Cayman. D70, 105 mm macro, two strobes.
Hide & Seek! Pic taken in Dayang Island, Malaysia. Canon A620 with Inon D2000 strobe.
Frogfish with cleaner shrimp. Olympus 5050. aka toadfish for the non-Aussies!
Crabs Matting? Zoom in you can see another crab under.D70s,60mm. Lembeh
Tiny red scorpion fish on kelp stem.
Scotland. D200,60mm.
Clownfish - Red Sea, Naama bay - Nikon F50, 105mm
Clown peep. Been a while since a clown was on! I miss them

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We get so many clownfish so a new treatment is worth noting
Honeycomb cod and cleaner wrasse. Canon 20D, Canon 100mm macro, single Inon 220s strobe.
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You can see what he had for lunch!
Pogge(or Hooknose).
Aughrusmore Pier, Connemara.
D200,60mm.
'SAFE HAVEN' A Mantis peers warily out of its hole. Loloata Isaland, Port Moresby, PNG. D100; 55mm auto-Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
During a night dive, this baby cuttlefish was not shy at all to post infront of my Nikonos V 1:3 Framer.
Pipefish - North Wales, D70s, 60mm.
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