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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)
Pipefish. d70, 105mm.
kapalai,sabah,malaysia.
Taken at Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
"Grumpy" the calico bass. San Diego, CA.
Ghost pipefish close-up taken in Lembeh Straits.
giant moorays
Orange Anemonefish
arceye hawkfish, oahu, hawaii
Banded pipefish photographed in Beqa Lagoon, Fiji swimming across coral - better than the drab background they seem to usually be swimming across.
French Angel portrait. Turks & Caicos
Slender File fish hiding in the soft corals. Olympus C7070
I was very lucky when I saw this harlequin shrimp climbing down the edge of a sponge to get to the arm of a starfish that was lying at the bottom of it. No, I didn't put it there, but someone else may have done so before me and I just got lucky smile
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2006
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Oooooo zoom me!
Scorpion fish resting on sea grass posidonia, Aragnon rock, blue coast, Mediterraneen sea; Taken with 105mm on F100 in Subal housing, two strobes on night dive
Taken at Mabul with my Cannon A 80. Cant believe my eyes seeing it What a nice beautiful underwater creature never seen before.
Taken at Pulau Perhentian, West Malaysia
Jawfish. Turks & Caicos
Balloon Fish.
Juvenile Yellow tailed Damsel fish
Jellyfish, Red Sea
Two colour parrotfish.KAPALAI,SABAH
Taken at Pulau Perhentian, West Malaysia
Cocoa Damselfish. Canon A95
Clown fish in tentacles.
Orangespine Unicornfish
Anemonefish, Maldives, taken with Nikonos V
The fish and the anemone are telling me to bugger off!
photo was taken under a ledge using the camera's internal flash. Location Pulau Weh Indonesia.
Hawaiian Domino Damselfish, 60mm, Big Island
Hyppocampus Denise, taken by Cabilao Island, Philippines
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