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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)
Mantis Shrimp
I saw a branch floating along the bottom on a sandy divesite in Mabul, on closer inspection I found a frogfish hitching a free ride!!!
crab hiding in the sand at night
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Lizardfish
Diadem urchin (Diadema setosum).
Spotted Moray
Hermit crab ,taken with Canon G10 and UCL165
Christmas Tree Worm @ El Natural Reef Aguadilla PR; Sealife DC1200, Double Strobe ligth, Macro16x manual set
coconut octopus
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A quiet moment
Nurse shark
Whats up!!
Pepper Muray Eel......I hear someone whispering in my ears "It pays to fill the frame", lol ;-)
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Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging
Kapalai house reef, Kapalai Borneo Malaysia 2008. Canon A640, Canon Housing & Olympus Strobe.
Blue ribbon eel on one of the divesites in Anilao, Batangas
Moray eel (Scutaria tigrina) eating a young moray.
Great(er) pipefish, common pipefish... :O)...
Christmas tree worm in twisty pattern of brain coral that looks as if made of corduroy
"Yes Master, I have been waiting for you."
Taken on the house reef at Kapalai, Borneo Malaysia. Canon A640, Canon Housing and an Olympus Strobe.
Woody woodpecker. Wrasse Blenny (Hemienblemaria simulus)
Spiral Tube Worm , taken with Canon G10 and UCL165
Christmas Tree Worms - Image Cropped
Yellow Seahorse
Crab (Carpilius convexus).
Murenae melanotis
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Golden Tail Moray, Bonaire
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