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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
Soft Coral observed during night dive in fiji
Eye Contact by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
Eye Contact
Casio exilim ex z 1200
"I'd really prefer if I was not on the menu tonight, but if you must, my much larger cousin in right behind me!"
this is a octopus in hood canal washington photo was tooken by a sea and sea dx 1200
Star Eyed Hermit Crab
Portrait of a Hawksbill turtle (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
I've always hoped to see a frogfish, but I never thought I would see one in the Red Sea. I was on a dive and the others had moved on, I turned round from photographing a piece of coral, and here he was! Taken with a Canon Ixus 980, Inon Strobe
Yonaguni Japan. The most western Island of Japan.
Open up Wiiiiiide.
Jawfish fighting with itself in a mirror
shortlistedShortlisted!
"I got one good tooth and I know how to use it!"
Yellowhead Wrasse shot in Bimini, Bahamas.
close up to a spotted moray at v.j.level dive site in parguera area. PUERTO RICO
CONE-HEAD ARROW-CRAB
Christmas tree worms taken in the waters off St. John.
Anthias anthias. 45 meter deep Tyrrhenian sea. Nikon 801s 60mm macro + Igloo housing + Ikelite strobe.
Off Batangas Philippines. Casio Exilim EX z 1200
this is a close up of a giant pacific octopus found in hood canal, washington the camera i used was a sea and sea xd 1200
Large Remora
Sharknose goby hitches a ride on a trumpetfish nose
Well actually it was not taken by scuba diving but it is still underwater...lol
the hole in the salt crust was just big enought to dip my camera below water.. Uyuni salt plains Bolivia biggest in the world
Eye and Crest, Port Jackson Shark
Bonaire 2003 Nikon F5 sealux 105mm nikkor
Feather Star
I was amazed at how good the macro of my new little Nikon Coolpix 5000 was. Using basic equipment, the delicate details of colourful Maldivian corals could be captured.
Ambon Scorpionfish
A blue ring watching me. Canon G10 (replaced the exilim, although haven't got the hang of the G10 yet - so far i think the Exilim was better)
This little guy got really upset by is own reflection in my macro port and as you can it even went vocal....... Fuji S5 pro
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