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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)
Muck-diving in Anilao, Philippines. Located this crab nestled in the fronds of the this Sea Pen. This image taken with 105mm lens on Nikon D850 in DX mode.
Denise Pygmy Sea Horse (Hipocampus denise)
Algae shrimp
This small heremitecrab has really nice eyes. Taken with use of a snoot.
Shrimp head
long arm
Denise Pygmy sea horse
Hipocampus denise
Larvae of a dragonfly. Almost nobody knows that dragonflies live most of their lives under water. People only know them as the animals with wings. But they live a few years under water before their last stadium in their lives.
Gobi on wire coral
Olympus TG6 camera
The Soul of My Heart [Dactylonia ascidicola]
stripes
Challenging subject hairy Shrimp !!
Ophisurus serpens
Serpent eel, snake eel
It`s like a shark face
Wire coral resident
Pigmy sea horse Hipocampus denise
shortlistedShortlisted!
Hairy Shrimp
Tiny whip coral shrimp with parasite
Olympus EM 1X
Hippocampus bargibanti
blue

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Olympus EM1X
Baby Frog Fish
Red-eyed goby fish
Anilao, Philippines
nose
Baby clowns
Hippocampus bargibanti
Mr. Rhino
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