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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)
My first time ever seeing a Peacock Mantis shrimp and it looked so eery coming out of its' den.
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Mimic Octopus
Rockpool shrimp
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Humback shrimp with parasite
An Eubranchus rupium on sugar kelp
Mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), Gangga Island, North-Sulawesi (Indonesia)
Hippocampus fuscus
Mating
Pigmy Sea horse
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Eye of Agonus cataphractus Canon G16 & +15 diopter
Eyespot
Lettuce seaslug on seagrass
Callionymus pusillus
Sailfin dragonet
Shrimp from the Eastern Mediterranean - Pulchricaudatus sp.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021
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Agonus cataphractus - Hooknose
Family Portrait
Emperor shrimp on sea apple
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Crabs do what crabs do
Hairy shrimp
Emperor Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator), Raja Ampat (Indonesia)
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Parablennius gattorugine
She is wating to mount guard to protect her eggs.
Secretary Blenny
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Spotted porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus), approx. 3 cm, Sali Bay, Moluccas (Indonesia)
Tubularia indivisa with ampipods
Shrimpgoby
Hermodice carunculata
Fire worm
taken while on liveaboard in Raja Ampat
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