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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)
Flounder peeking from under the sandy rocks, taken with a D100
fat belly
This Lion fish/ Turkey fish was only about an inch and 1/2, by Coconut Island in Kaneohe bay.
Longnose Hawkfish-Palau New Wall Drop
Yellow Sea Horse, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. (Coconut Island, a.k.a Gilligan's Island)
Ghostly looking Mantis shrimp in its burrow
Jewel anemone off the Southern coast of the UK, I think it was Dorset.
slug with D100 and light and motion housing
Large yellow coral polys on wreck at night.
You must click to enlarge it! This Anenome Shrimp is all but invisible. (Periclimenes sp?)
Christmas tree worm, Kailua Kona, Hawaii
This close up of a rather large Frogfish was taken underneath the Seaventures platform off of Mabul Island.
Anemone, all alone.Scotland. 60mm with twin flashguns.
Midnight at Redondo Beach. Puget Sound, eattle Wa.
Chromodoris, Bunaken
Abstract macro, Giant Clam. Taken with the D2x and 60mm macro lens.
Aegires, Bunaken
Ceriantharia by night. These beautyful animals are hidden under the sand during the day. Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Anemone Crab...Similan Islands, Thailand. Would have loved to have a proper macro lens for this guy...hey Dr. Bob? Ha Ha
Hypselodoris picta - April is season for nudi in ligurian sea
60mm macro.
Very shy Tiger tailed sea horse spotted just as we started to go into deco.
Purple dragon nudibranch grazing on mixed encrusting life.
Galathea strigrosa
Commensal shrimp on anemone, Myanmar
Devonshire cup coral,Scotland.
Banded tube-dwelling Anemone on a night dive in Blue bay, Curacao
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