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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Super macro

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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)
Eggs in a Pouch! Taken in Tulamben with Canon G9, Inon Z240 strobe & lenses.
Cavalluccio Pigmeo
grouper's eye
Goby, D70S, 105MM, DS160
Bull eye (European bullhead freshwater)
A Water Mite, (Hydracarina) about 2mm monster living in freshwater. They use their mandibles to pierce the skin of the prey and suck out its juices.
Pygmy sea horse near Moalboal. Casio exilim
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Very close to a nudibranch at night- the texture adds something to the image
Hannibal the cannibal, a mediterranean anemone shrimp (Periclimenes ametystheus) which seized another micro shrimp and was eating its head.
Is that a shrimp on your nose or are you just happy to see me...
Super Macro of the Eye of a Pike Fish - done with a 105mm with a WetDiopter No2 ... :O) ...
Over the top! Crinoid Shrimp. Wakatobi, SE Sulawesi. Canon 40D, Canon 100 macro & Woody's dioptre
Single coral polyp feeding. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 20D, Canon 100 macro, Tamron 2X teleconverter & Woody's dioptre
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pontohi seahorse looking a little disdainful at having their photo taken :-0
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squat Lobster
Ultra closeup of the polyp of a coral. Only sligtly adjusted for exposure. The colours are the result in a flouresent pigmentation exposed to the flash smile used 105mm at a few inches distance.
Marbled Shrimp

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a nice 'bread and butter' study of a critter in its habitat
Hermodice carunculata, Torre dell'inserraglio - Lecce - Italy, Canon G9 - Sea&Sea YS110 - macro lens selfmade
Baby in the hole
taken with g9....
I'd never seen pink skeleton shrimps before! These were tiny.
I used 105 lens with an extension tube to get this shot.
The eye of a young Crayfish... :O) ...
Whip Coral Goby portrait. Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi. Canon 20D, Canon 100 macro & Woody's dioptre
Pipefish in Eilat. Nikon D200, 105mm 4T dioptre
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Wonderful little fish from Ullastres, Costa Brava, Spain
paguro special eyes!!!!!!!!!!!
canon 400d + 60 macro canon
The first time I ever encountered the Pygmy Seahorse, I was taking a photograph but couldn't see it. What a surprise to find 4 in one frame. The uniqueness of having 4 in one frame is awesome.
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