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Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters, or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Mosshead Warbonnet, Hood Canal Washington
The flattened shape suggests it could be a Cryptic Sponge Shrimp (Gelastocaris paronae), but G. paronae is normally found on sponges where its colour and patterns camouflage it. This shrimp is mostly transparent, so perhaps it's a juvenile.
Say AHHH! :-0
Fringed Blenny
sphere of colonial rotifers
(one and a half mm diameter)
on tree roots, Lake Plussee
Limnochares
Wrinkled water mite,
unable to swim,
hunting on the ground.
Whip coral shrimp
shortlistedShortlisted!
Happy mamma...
Emperor Shrimp
cyprea on soft coral
The crowned hairy guy...
hydra
The Eye... :O)...
Coral...
Flabellina affinis
Punta Coticcio, Isola Caprera
Fringed Blenny
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
well filled frame...and a nice small detail that each eye of that Blenny is looking to a different direction ;-)
Twinkle twinkle little star
Pipehorse shot taken with Nikon 105mm and SubSea 10X. I was able to lay in the sand and steady the lens for this difficult shot. 1/250 @ f32.
Bubble Coral Shrimp with + 10 Subsee diopter
The smile of a Parrot Fish...
On the Watch
Mediterranean Pipefish
shortlistedShortlisted!
Blenny
Ghost schrimp with eggs
Commensal shrimp with eggs
Pinky Pink eye
Parazoanthus
Punta Coticcio, Isola Caprera
Candy Crab
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia,
Nikon D 300 S, Micro 60, 1/320 ,f 6,3, iso 200 in Kinetics
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