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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)
Nudibrunch...
Pure quality snake eel with shrimp accessories... e900 Aren't these guys greeaaatttt...

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Great subject Alex
frog fish
tiny eel, off waikiki near turtle canyon

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The depth of field is limited when this close. Elizabeth succeeded in getting the most important area (the eyes) sharp
I know another Nudi, but it was a really pretty one. Found in a small cave in the coral, Rangiroa. Sea & Sea dx3100
Banded boxer shrimp. "Come on - just a little closer".
NikonD70 105mm.
Banded Coral Shrimp in Bonaire, Canon 20D.
a turtle
Spanish Shawl. This picture was taken during my first time diving with a camera.
Among the soft corals found off the Cayman Islands a popular find is the Flamingo tongue shell, shown here with it's mantle exposed. Pentax me
Clownfish
Off Nagini Island, Fiji
Blenny
Key Largo, Florida
Heavyweight champion! Found the weight before i spotted this nudi hangin' on to it as well. wink
Small seastar on a toxic leather sea urchin, taken at Sharksbay with E300.
Mutual Trust! by Ed Eng
by: Ed Eng
Mutual Trust!
The subantarctic asteroid Labidiaster radiosus, very common in the Magellan region, Chile
Blennie in the snow. Hard to get good detail on this dark fish. Upping the strobe power blew out the white sand background. D2x. 105mm Woody's diopter
Crab from comau fjord
the image is a Black Flamingo Tongue. I have been diving since 1975 and I have seen only one other Black Flamingo Tongue. The image was taken last week in Roatan while diving at Connies dream.I used a DC500 w/ 1 digital flash to capture the image.
Red coral. Big brother. F50, 60mm.
Scallop.
Isle of Lewis, Hebrides.
D200,60mm.
Discodoris atromaculata & Petrosia ficiformis in the Pantelleria island (-15 mt) - Nikonos V whit macrotubes 1:1 and Ikelite 100 strobe.
Whip coral partner shrimp in Malaysia.. e900 and macros
Assorted sponges taken while diving at Muthafushi Thila near Coco Palm Island with an Olympus Camedia
There be dragons here - dragonette
This image of a Flamingo Tongue was taken last week in Roatan, while burning off nitrogen in the shallows after returning from a wall, which Roatan is so well known for. The photo was taken w/ a DC500 and dual digital flash.
Tritonia challengeriana, from the Comau fjord, Chilean Patagonia
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