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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)
Waiting in patience picture. Olympus 765 c with no strobe.
Shot in Muscat Oman. Sea&Sea DX8000G, natural light.
Anemone&Clown, GunBoat Wreck, Palawan 2005.
A red crinoid that caught my eye. Similar to a rose, underwater. Nikon D70, 105mm.
Parrotfish Eye.
I like the way these crabs camouflage themselves on the sea urchin and under a bunch of shells and other stuff. You really have to peal off all the stuff on the urchin to find these little crabs.
Ever tried to take a picture through curtains; I faced the same kind of problem with this shot, the camera didn’t know where to focus.
From Roatan, Bay Islands. Fuji F810.
This is a Sea Pearl. It is about an inch in diameter and is one of the largest single cell organisms on the planet
Dave this one has 2 nippers ,love these little guys , interesting with what he is eating.
A Dusky Nembrotha Nudibranch from Exmouth, Western Australia. The red markings were really iredescent until I put my light on it. Taken using Nikon Coolpix 990, Ikelite housing and Pro II Video-Lite
Seahorses are hard to find here, there's only one site and it's 24m deep, flat sandy bottom with bits of seagrass in which they hide themselves very well.
Worms. Nikkor 60mm.
Soooo cute !!! I love these porcupine fish...
If you are a food source camouflage is a must under water; this Cardinal shrimp understands it very well.
Well Stone me ! Pic taken at MAA GIRI Reef Kanuhura.
Sun coral
This coral is native from de Indo-Pacific and is an invasive species in the South Atlantic. Now it is commonly found off the Rio de Janeiro coast.
Canon eos 300d, sea&sea housing, 50mm
the heavy weights of the ocean shaping up. This shrimp and crab were arguing on the back of this Holuthrum(sea slug)
Perfectly composed breasts I don't have a photo of... but check out the lungs on this nudi... Taiwan again.. E900... 2 macros and 2 flashes... full frame.. see you in a week !!
white mouth moray taken in kona using a canon a95 macro vivid and cloudy setting.
Mr. Lumpy. This Lumpy Sea Slug just happened to catch my eye. Shot in Pupekea, HI. About 4 ft of water, natural light.
Fire Bristleworm - Roatan, Honduras. Taken with an Olympus C-770.
Moray with gobies and a strawberry tunicate. From Roatan, Bay Islands. Fuji F810, S&S YS-90DX.
Orange Starfish from Esperance, Western Australia, and NO it is not a gardening glove!
some anemone shrimp, with the camera in super macro mode and lighting provided by a handheld eLED mini-Q40; makes for a pretty nice effect, considering this was taken on a day dive
Small Anemone taken under the Selsey Lifeboat Launch in the south of England. July 2006. Sea&Sea DX8000G with single YS-25 Strobe. Set on Macro with wide angle lens.
Frog fish and sponge, in natural light impossible to tell apart as they are the same colour
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