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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)
dolphins doing whaty they do
Chromodoris Leopardus. Taken at Tioman - not just rich in marine life, the island itself is also rich in biodiversity with plenty of endemic species to boast.
Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Similan Islands, Thailand. No photoshop etc, original photo.
Grouper being cleaned. Nikon D70, 105 lens and twin YS90 strobes.
Smile
White eyed Moray on the hunt. D2X 60mm.
If not mistaken this is a Peach or Red fin anthias (♂) Pseudanthias dispar. Taken in Sipadan with Olympus C4040.
Clownfish playing in the current! Canon 20D, Macro 60mm lense!
Here's a happy little porcupine... the reason.?. he's one of the few fish the Taiwanese don't eat... hence still alive smile
Blackside Hawkfish - Photo was taken at The Quays (Ras Mohammed) with an Olympus C60.
Male Mandarin also out on the town ... all dressed up and ready to go ... Rainbow Reef, Yap. IXUS 750, INON D2000, Epoque macro
Juvenile Drum Fish at Klein Curacao
Blankfin grouper - Photo was taken at the Quays in Ras Mohammed. I used an Olympus C60
baby butterfly fish
Girls night out! Looking for some action on Rainbow Reef, Yap. Canon IXUS 750...
This flatworm was swiming free in thomas reef near Tiran island Egypt, I close the apperture and increse the speed to get this black backround
Flutemouth Eyeball..... Red Sea, Elphinestone Reef... This one was using us as a hiding place for hunting antheas ...
Cuttlefish.
Devon. 60mm.
Just clowning around.
Honeycombed cowfish at Caracasbai site, Curacao
Spider crab in jewel anemones.
Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) taken at shallow depths of 10m in Sipadan. Found it camouflaged among the corals. Upon approaching, it started to turn bright yellow and flashing its blue rings. Amazing and lethal indeed!
Ornate ghostpipefish. I was only 2 cm from its face to take this picture and it was hard to get a good focus since it just wouldn't hold still smile
Olympus C-5050 with Inon macro lenses and Inon strobe.
Long spined scorpion fish.St Abbs.
Scotland.
Smallmouth Grunt on twilight dive. Canon A70, WP-DC700 Housing, and Internal Flash.
Cuttlefish…up close and personal.
Mantis Shrimp taken at Bali, Indonesia
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