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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)
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The hardest thing to do is take a simple portrait. Well done Martin
Moray holdup in a sponge Bare Island Sydney
Catching this tiny juvenile spotted drum is almost as difficult as trying to catch a samba dancer in the middle of the carnival...!
I took this photo on a recent trip to Turks and Caicos. Olympus c-5060
Yellow box fish in very shallow water.
S2pro,105mm.
Fish soup. Maldives 2006.
Taken off the North Carolina coast on the wreck of The City of Houston.
Nassau Grouper trying unsuccessfully to swallow a Blue Tang. The divemaster told me that eventually other predators would start nipping off pieces of the Tang. I doubt if either fish survived. Nikon N90s with 60mm lens.
Freckled hawkfish on his perch.
D200, 60mm.
Roatan, Honduras.
'Toothy' eel ... this one would hurt if he got a bite out of you ...
'ONE OF BENNY'S FAVES - REDUX' Loloata Island, Port Moresby, PNG. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
"All dressed up for a night out on the reef"! A beautiful smooth trunkfish poses next to a coral formation on a 50' dive off the East End off the Cayman Islands.
Frog Fish, Southern Leyte, Philippines. Taken at night with flash, Canon A95
Longnose filefish at Phi Ley Wall, Phi Phi Island, shy little fella drove my crazy in the staghorns
Pipefish.
Babbacombe Beach.
F90X, 60mm.
Clownfish taken at Temple with Olympus SP-350
Harlequin prawn goby.
Shiny guts whip goby ... can't believe it stayed still long enough to get this close !!
Taken at Kapalai-sipadan. Evening Dive under the jetty. by Aza Zaz
by: Aza Zaz
Taken at Kapalai-sipadan. Evening Dive under the jetty.
Roatan, Honduras.
Kissing dolphins in Freeport, G.B.I. Nikonos V (20mm).
A snapped a quick shot as this passing barracuda suddenly opened it's mouth. Sea and Sea DX3000, Key Largo, Florida.
Cleaning station, Roatan, Honduras.
Ready for my close-up =)
An elusive spotted drum found some security in the company of this small nurse shark under a coral head at 60'. East End Cayman Islands. Sea Life camera.
Lactoria Comuta - (cow fish??) Taken on a night dive @ Ba... by Doy Tan
by: Doy Tan
Lactoria Comuta - (cow fish??) Taken on a night dive @ Basura, Anilao, Mabini, Batangas Philippines, depth of 5-9meters, Fujifilm F11 with Inon Z-240 external strobe
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