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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Super macro

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Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters, or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
tiny (about 3mm) amphipod on a red chested sea cucumber in False Bay, Cape Town
Nikon D-200 with 60mm macro, 2x converter and +4 diopter
Scorpion's baby
"Iddy Biddy Frogfish" This guy was the size of my little finger nail sitting on a seastar. No cropping :o)
The Eye of Balloonfish... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
See you in two weeks - I off on holidays.... Youhou... :O)...
Black on red
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Taken in Manado - can anyone ID me?

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shrimp goby closeup / Canon 450D + 100mm + 2x TC / no cro... by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
shrimp goby closeup / Canon 450D + 100mm + 2x TC / no cropping
"Pustules" This is a very juvenile Egg Cowry (Ovula Ovum) less than 1cm - the pustules are to mimic foul tasting Nudibranchs. D200 60mm + 4 diopter but still had to crop into it to get the detail!
"Yellow eyes"
Portrait of an Elegant Squat Lobster. Taken with D200 and 60mm lens +2T diopter
I just love the piercing blue eyes of these tiny (approx 6mm long) Coral Hermit Crabs. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 40D, Canon 100 macro, Kenko 1.4X teleconverter & Woody's dioptre
off Manado Indonesia
Longsnout Stick Pipefish taken with D200 and 60mm +2T diopter
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triplefin closeup / Canon 450D + 60mm + EF12 + 2x TC / no... by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
triplefin closeup / Canon 450D + 60mm + EF12 + 2x TC / no cropping
Red Pygmy Anilao Secret Place taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot
Little Pink Seahorse
Tulamben Wreck Bali
Canon 20D 100mm Macro + 500D (+2) diopter
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Editor's Comment
OK we've seen it all before but this is very clean. If this were 2005 (when shots of pygmies were rare) it could have been in contention fro medals. Just pointing out how tastes change with time...
Commensal Shrimp on soft coral sponge (whats my name?) Taken with D200 and 60mm lens + 4T diopter.
found in Lembeh; D200

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goby closeup - Canon 450D + 100mm Macro + Kenko 2x TC / n... by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
goby closeup - Canon 450D + 100mm Macro + Kenko 2x TC / no crop
Helcogramma striata portrait. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 40D, Canon 100 macro, Kenko 1.4X teleconverter & Woody's dioptre

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starfish shrimp / less then 3mm, Canon 450D + 60mm Macro ... by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
starfish shrimp / less then 3mm, Canon 450D + 60mm Macro + EF12 Tube + Kenko 2x TC
coral shrimp

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found in Lembeh; d200
Portrait study of a Crinoid Squat Loster. Taken with D200 and 60mm lens + 2T diopter

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GPF head / 100mm + 1.4x tc by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
GPF head / 100mm + 1.4x tc
Shrimp on an anemone tentacle. Lembeh, Indonesia. Canon 20D, Canon 100 macro & Woody's dioptre.
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