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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - not 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 NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Crinoid star-fish. Night dive. Gulf of Aqaba, Coral Bay, ... by Alexander Nikolaev
Crinoid star-fish. Night dive. Gulf of Aqaba, Coral Bay, Aqaba, Jordan. Camera Sony DT-9
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Jordan
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together as one! Christmas tree and cleaning goby at no n... by Victor J. Lasanta
together as one! Christmas tree and cleaning goby at no name ledge dive site in parguera area
olympus sp-350, inon strobe,inon macro lens
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Paddle-Flap Scorpion Fish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm. by Derek Haslam
Paddle-Flap Scorpion Fish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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a pair of mating Sargassum frogfish taken under the jetty... by Geoff Spiby
a pair of mating Sargassum frogfish taken under the jetty at Kungkungan Bay Resort, Lembeh .The smaller male is on the right (upside down) with the female on the left with her large gravid belly swollen with eggs. Fertilisation is external
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Photo is taken in croatia with Nikon D80, Subal Housing a... by Andy Kutsch
Photo is taken in croatia with Nikon D80, Subal Housing and a 60mm Macro lens.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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hitchin a ride by Rory Ferguson
hitchin a ride
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Japanese Sea by Sergiy Glushchenko
Japanese Sea
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Russia
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Siladen island in front of Bunaken park,nikon d2x 60mm ma... by Puddu Massimo
Siladen island in front of Bunaken park,nikon d2x 60mm macro two strobes 120 sea&sea
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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eyes by Oliva Eric
eyes
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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squad lobster by Volker Katzung
squad lobster
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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350D 60mm macro ys90 strobes snake eel being cleaned b... by Stew Smith
350D 60mm macro ys90 strobes
snake eel being cleaned by the opticianus shrimp
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Orange Cup Coral in the Sea of Cortez.... by Thierry Lannoy
Orange Cup Coral in the Sea of Cortez....
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mexico
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Goby on coral by Dieter Decroos
Goby on coral
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Small fish hiding in soft coral by Terry Moore
Small fish hiding in soft coral
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Solomon Sea Papua New Guinea
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Christmas tree in a fire coral at the forest dive site in... by Victor J. Lasanta
Christmas tree in a fire coral at the forest dive site in parguera area!!
olympus sp-350,inon strobe, inon close up lens!!!
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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found in Estartit, F100 by Thomas Lueken
found in Estartit, F100
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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soft coral crab = 60mm macro NO cropping LEMBEH by Stew Smith
soft coral crab = 60mm macro
NO cropping
LEMBEH
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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A beautiful bearded scorpionfish in the Lhavijani Atoll/M... by Barbara Schilling
A beautiful bearded scorpionfish in the Lhavijani Atoll/Maldives
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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bunaken,nikon d2x 60mm macro by Puddu Massimo
bunaken,nikon d2x 60mm macro
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Christmas Tree worms on the coral on the inside reef at L... by Michael Kovach
Christmas Tree worms on the coral on the inside reef at Lauderdale by the Sea
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Dancing Shrimp Eye to Eye!!! Taken with Canon 400D in Mya... by Patrick Neumann
Dancing Shrimp Eye to Eye!!! Taken with Canon 400D in Myamar Burma
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Myanmar (Burma)
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anemone shrimp - Canon A640 by Ng Steven
anemone shrimp - Canon A640
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Goby by Cheng Cheng Lee
Goby
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Mating Blue Ring Octopus The Blue Ring Octopus (Hapaloc... by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
Mating Blue Ring Octopus
The Blue Ring Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is the most venomous octopus. Its poison, a neurotoxin, can kill a person.
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date posted posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Goldspotted eel. by Juan Torres
Goldspotted eel.
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
It's totally hard to get sea snakes and eels to sit in the frame - Juan has showed us how to do it here
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Spotted Snake Eel by Abimael Márquez
Spotted Snake Eel
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Imperator shrimp, Periclimenes imperator on a Discodoris ... by Anouk Houben
Imperator shrimp, Periclimenes imperator on a Discodoris boholiensis nudibranch. Picture taken on the Scuba-seraya housereef in North-east Bali.
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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