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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)
glassfish
"Maybe if I keep still, he won't see me...."
Mating mandarin fish taken at dusk on Paradise dive site in Mabul.

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Super behavior shot Jean-Philippe. Could have cropped it closer?
Lionfish taken at Bali, Indonesia
Resting lionfish.
MEYER'S ANGEL! New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Another in my 'Fish Portraits from Around the World' series. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Blue Corner, Palau - Sweetlips
Mandarin. Picture taken at Moalboal, Cebu, Phillipines. Camera: Sea&Sea DX8000G with Nikonos SB105 strobe
Lion and antheas in coral Taken in 2005 on traditional film on a sea and sea mx10, just off El Gouna (Hurgada) I have used this as my desk top for the last 12 months. probably the only decent shot on an entire holiday!
Taken at Bali, Indonesia
Seaturtle
This was taken on a gentle drift dive on Ras Nasrani near Sharm, the porcupine puffer was hiding under a coral hoping to avoid attention, the 'snap' was taken on the wing by holding the camera under the coral as I drifted by. Original on 7m pixels.
Graceful Eaglerays
Shark up close, OK it's a dogfish.
Isle of Man.
60mm.
HANGIN' OUT! Anemonefish; Pohnpei; Housed Nikon F; 55 auto-micro Nikkor lens.
Comman Lobster, St Abbs. Scotland.
Pelagia noctiluca. Shot in Baleal using Canon 20D, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite 50 strobe, Ikelite housing.
Seahorse taken at Bali, Indonesia
Hermit crab,Farne islands. 60mm.
Read Sea Masked Butterfly Fish
at El Quseir Housereef
This sea nettle packs a nasty sting if you aren't wacthing where you are going...
I guess you know what these guys are!
Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish shot in Baleal, Portugal, using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite 100a strobe on manual.
NEMO! Clown anemonefish. Nikon F; Nikomar III houseing: 55mm auto-nikkor lens. Walindi, West New Britain Island, PNG
Lesser Octopus, St Abbs, Scotland. 60mm.
Multiband butterfly fish, Honaunau, Hawaii
Tiny weeny baby flounder off the coast of Dorset (less than an inch long)
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