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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)
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
Astroides calycularis (-38 mt) - Nikonos V whit macrotubes 1:2 and strobe Sea&Sea 120.
Flamingo Tounge
I was able to swim right up to this flounder on a recent night dive and got this macro shot of his eye. D70, 60 mm lens. Curacao.

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Editor's Comment
It often pays to crop your subject rather than just go for the whole
paint me a picture mr picasso
A baby (1 cm) Flame Scallop on Little Cayman. Cute little fellow.
Sguardi (Looking): Nikon D100 with 105 macro ,Two strobo. Take in Jennuary in Moal Boal , Cebù
Starfish
Chanchito from chilean fjord comau paragonia
"Sad face" (stonefish) taken at Sharksbay with E300.
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