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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)

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Not all that glitters ... Wire Coral Shrimp - Pontonid... by Stefan Follows
Not all that glitters ...
Wire Coral Shrimp - Pontonides uncigeri
Padagbai, Bali, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Fluorescent coral polyps, Lembeh Straight, Indonesia by Steve Taylor
Fluorescent coral polyps, Lembeh Straight, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Friday, March 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Tripterygion melanurus by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Tripterygion melanurus
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date posted posted: Friday, March 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Coral Hermit Crab (Paguritta Vitiate) Aka Island, Okinaw... by Iyad Suleyman
Coral Hermit Crab (Paguritta Vitiate)
Aka Island, Okinawa-Japan
Extreme Super Macro
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date posted posted: Friday, March 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Fluorescent hermit crab by Steve Taylor
Fluorescent hermit crab
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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A tiny (< 1 inch) mosshead warbonnet hiding in an empty b... by Steve Taylor
A tiny ( < 1 inch) mosshead warbonnet hiding in an empty barnacle husk. Howe Sound, BC, Canada.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Red tubeworms are typically very skittish, but this one a... by Steve Taylor
Red tubeworms are typically very skittish, but this one allowed me to get close enough for one super-macro shot before disappearing into its protective tube. Howe Sound, BC, Canada.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Crab by Iyad Suleyman
Crab
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Crustacea: Amphipoda. Size of this tiny creature is appro... by Iyad Suleyman
Crustacea: Amphipoda. Size of this tiny creature is approx. 0.5 cm.
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There's only one photographer who can shoot a creature this small and still focus spot on the eyes! Great job Iyad!
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pipefish twisting its way up an old mooring rope! by Dave Johnson
Pipefish twisting its way up an old mooring rope!
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date posted posted: Monday, March 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Blenny bloke. by Dave Johnson
Blenny bloke.
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 4, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indonesia
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Big eye shrimp. Metapenaeopsis lamellate. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Big eye shrimp. Metapenaeopsis lamellate.
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Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Fantasy Shrimp in anemona, Klein Bonaire by Alejandro Topete
Fantasy Shrimp in anemona, Klein Bonaire
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Super tiny squid Idiosepius species by Marylin Batt
Super tiny squid Idiosepius species
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Very small algae shrimp standing alone. by Marylin Batt
Very small algae shrimp standing alone.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Tripterygion delaisi by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Tripterygion delaisi
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Porcelain Crab Filter Feeding by Vasco Baselli
Porcelain Crab Filter Feeding
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Pacific Peru
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Dendrodoris limbata Rhinophores by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Dendrodoris limbata
Rhinophores
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Severn's pygmy seahorse. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Severn's pygmy seahorse.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hairy Lobster - shot with a circular blur filter fitted t... by Dave Johnson
Hairy Lobster - shot with a circular blur filter fitted to a Nautical SMC and 100mm macro lens
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 24, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Goby by Iyad Suleyman
Goby
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 23, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Dasycaris zanzibarica by Dave Johnson
Dasycaris zanzibarica
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 22, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indonesia
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"Golden Fluorescence" - I've been working on an article o... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Golden Fluorescence" - I've been working on an article on daytime fluoresence. Sneak peek: A golden roughhead blenny, photographed with Nikon D500, Nauticam SMC, shallow-depth of field, and Nightsea fluorescence filters during the day! Woot!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Pretty little hydroids ~ Sodwana Bay ~ South Africa by Gemma Dry
Pretty little hydroids ~ Sodwana Bay ~ South Africa
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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yellow goby inside the bottle by Raffaele Livornese
yellow goby inside the bottle
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 17, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Minuscule coral hermit crab removing plankton from its fe... by Pierre Mineau
Minuscule coral hermit crab removing plankton from its feathery antenna it swings around to catch supper ( I think!)
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 15, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Micronesia
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that's all it takes ... by Thomas Bannenberg
that's all it takes ...
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 15, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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