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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)
This guy stuck his head out for quick picture on a dive in the Bahamas.
bubble keeper II,sulawesi 05,nikon d70
Lembeh Streit, North Sulawesi.

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These guys pack a photo punch!
Small crab hides in camo. Barkely Sound, B.C. Canada
D70
Lembeh streit, North Sulawesi.
this photo of a pygmy seahorse was taken in about 30 ft of water in samal island with my olympus c350. the back light is from another diver taking video footages of te same subject.
Juvenile scorpionfish...shot during night dive ~30' North Shore Hawaii.
Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi. Periclemenes Imperator in a very big sea cocumber.
Taken at Sipadan, East Malaysia
Just Another Pretty Face - 105mm South Maui
Banded Urchin..North Shore ~35' natural lighting.
Flabellina affinis - only internal flash. Faro, south Portugal
St. Croix, D-70s
Cat fishes in Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi
"Fashionista clam". Beqa, Fiji. 2005. Sea & Sea DX8000. Built-in flash. No external strobe. (All I saw was two iridescent streaks in a crevice. Only when I downloaded did the "beads" and "fringe" appear. What a surprise!). I'm told it's a Coral Clam.
"Crocodilefish" taken at Sipadan, East Malaysia
Tiny Moray Eel peering out from the darkness, 60mm, Hawaii
Flamingo Tongue Cowrie, Peter Island, British Virgin Islands.
Crown of Thorns - North shore ~35' no strobe.
Puget Sound. Not sure if it's the front or the back on this Nudibranch...
Lembeh Streit, North Sulawesi. Juvenilis bat fish.
Bimini 2005
Secretary Blenny, Taken Grand Cayman.
lettuce clug hiding
Crinoid shrimp. Manado Tua and Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi.
Siphon of baby Tridachna clam. Beqa Lagoon, Fiji. 2005. Sea & Sea DX8000. Built-in flash. No external strobe.
Does it make you remember someone ? Starglaser, Foumigues, gulf of Antibes, Mediterraneen Sea; Taken with 105mm on F100 in Subal Housing, two strobes
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