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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)
Orange Blenny
Arrow Crab with tweezers, Klein Bonaire
Spotted this little pygmy seahorse at 25 meters on a seafan well camouflaged and very challenging to photograph!
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Dragonya fish
ClosUp of a Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus).
Camera: Sony NEX7 Nauticam Housing SuperMacroConvertor f/11 ISO-100 1/125sec. Strobe: 2x Inon Z-240 compulsory.
Taken at Koh Dok Mai Thailand Ao Nang Krabi.
Date: 15.01.2016
Chrismass tree warm
Tiny Red Crab, Divi Beach Bonaire
Tiger Pipefish, Filicampus tigris
The Performing Artist: A male Yellowface Pikeblenny (Chaenopsis limbaughi) exhibits his flamboyant displays in an attempt to flirt with his nearby female pikeblenny counterparts.
Fantasy Shrimp close up, Bonaire
Periclemenes soror
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A tiny spotted Porcelain Crab sheltered within the toxic tentacles of the sea anemone!
phycocaris simulans
Golden Hairy Shrimp with Egg
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crinoid springcrab
Ecsenius nalolo in a Cliona sp. sponge
Sea eye
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Beautiful capture of one of the most unique eyes in nature.
Fire worm, Divi Reef Bonaire
Blenny in circle, Galapagos Ecuador
Sun Coral - Sony NEX7 Nauticam Housing SuperMacroConvertor f/5.6 ISO-100 1/100sec. Strobe: 2xInon Z-240 fired
Cuthona sp
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Fighting tiger
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Here's looking at you !
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Beautiful Hairy Shrimp, taken in Anilao, Philippines
Beautiful Hairy Shrimp, taken in Anilao, Philippines
Yellow Goby
Costasiella Kuroshimae.
It shows a supermacro of a Skunk shrimp which is only about 2cm in length Sony Nex7 Nauticam Housing 2x inon z204 flash fired 30mm macro lens + Supermacro converter f1/3.5 Iso400 1/60 Manual whitebalance
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