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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)
Night Dive in Croatia
Juvenile Sweetlips. Always in constant motion, looks like a flying butterfly before you get closer.
Which way is up???
Small Oyster Toadfish, taken on the wreck of the Indra off the North Carolina Coast. Nikonos V, SB-105, 1:2.
Fairy Basslet. Nikon D100 with 105mm lens.
Anemone and fish. The black and white of the fish make a nice contrast to the bright colors of the anemone. Turks and Caicos. D100 and 105mm lens.
brooding Yellow Head Jawfish
Whitespotted Filefish. Nikon D100 with 60mm lens.
Ringeeye Dwarfgoby and Christmas Tree Worm. Photo taken with Nikon D70 and Nikonos SB105 strobes
Taken in Palau with nikon d70 and 105 lens
banded jawfish yawning. fuji f450 (no strobe)
Tompot. North Wales. 60mm.
Foureye Butterfly Fish. Roatan, Honduras Olympus C-770
Long nose hawk fish Bali
Another common Perhentian sighting is the Clarks anemone fish.
Maldives
Yellowspot Emperors, Maldives, 2005, Nikkor 12-24mm.
This Blue Ringed angel fish was ready to feed on the sponge; so it was not troubled by my presence.
sea goddess taken with fuji f450 on macro. Strobe ds50.
Red Hind macro. I am fascinated by the eyes of fish. I particularly like "through the eye" shots. Note the strobe reflected in the eye.
Three-Spot Dascyllus, the "other" anemonefish-- Wailigi Lala, Fiji (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
and a nother yawning frog fish
A Barred Hamlet, another of my favorite little fish. Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.
'CLOWN' Found on the Pacific North Coast of California. Housed Nikon F; niko Mar III housing; 5mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Two spot goby.Anglesey. D200, 60mm.
Arabian picasso triggerfish - they are very beautiful and normally shy.
Hello in there! Curious squirrel fish checks out the lens, up close and personal. Back off Jack, yer foggin' da lens. D100 and 105 lens.
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