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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)
Fish in sea fan
Kiss Me Angel was taken at Isla Mujeres on April 2006 using a Canon PowerShot SD 550.
"Glowing clown". I tried to resist posting another clown, but this seems to be the most popular of my PNG pics. NikonD70, 105mm
Grouper taken at the MFO Pipeline site in Nuweiba with an Olympus E-300
As I got closer and closer to this cute little pufferfish I was amazed how tame it was. I'm used to fish swimming away as soon as I get close, but not this one. He really liked his picture being taken with my Olympus C-5050 camera and Inon strobe.
Pipefish hanging out in pipefish city, Yap...IXUS 750
An elusive Snake Eel taken at Mantabuan Island, East Malaysia
Frogfish taken at Mabul Island, East Malaysia; fascinating creatures!
Picture Dragonet. D70,105mm.
Kapalai,Sabah.
Fighting anemone hermit crabs at Mataking Island
Broomtail Filefish(Besenschwanzfeilenfisch) , Macro - only Eyes
a very curious porcupine fish, i wasn't able to shoot apicture of the whole fish as it came so close checking out my camera.
sony cybershot indonesia sangalaki

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Now here's how you shoot these guys without scaring them. Well done Patricia
Clown Fish
Baby Lionfish.... very cute.... Taiwan North East coast... IXUS750 and macro lens...
lionsish, sangalaki indonesia
Snake pipefish, Cornwall. 60mm.
Leafy Sea Dragon (Fetzendrachenfisch) , Australia - South Australia - Kangaroo Island
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Nice portrait Ralf
This photo was in Ras Mohamed Egypt in a place call annemone city its a red sea clownfish in a magnificent annemona
Cuttlefish portrait.
Devon.
60mm.
A pair of fire gobies, difficult to photograph as they tend to dart into their burrow.
Little cuttlefish.
Cornwall.
60mm.
Common lionfish shying away from the camera. Beautiful display of fins taken at Tioman.
A bristle worm engages the wall off Little Cayman
Taken at Mabul Island, East Malaysia
Longnose Hawkfish, (Oxycirrhites typus). This wonderful fish has a red checkerboard pattern on its white body. The nose is very long and apparently used to locate its prey. It really likes gorgonians and black corals) and nooks and crannies to hide i
Clark's Anemonefish, taken in the Similan Islands Thailand May 2006.
No photoshop, original photo.
Morae starring, Sony compact, 5mgp, flash direct, 17m
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