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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 with eggs
This was a cleaning station and I got lucky when both the shrimp and snapper looked at me at the same time.
Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides ankeri)
Anilao, Philippines
Elysia ornata
Hold On
Frog Fish posing for the shot - Muck diving Dumaguete with Oly OMD-EM1 with 60mm Macro and +5 diopter.
critter
First dive to cabilao, Philippines, first arlequin shrimp.
Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp
Tiny coconut octopus hiding/protecting in a borrowed shell.
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D R A G O N
Dragon Shrimp
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Who's There?
I think this little guy thought he was still hiding in the anemone ...
D I S G U I S E
Feather star Crinoid Shrimp
"Sun Shrimp"
A rare find for us here in Cayman. This is a Sun Anemone Shrimp.
"Dragon Eye"
A small Golden Tail Morray says hello.
G R A Z I N G
Shawn the sheep
Tropical Bobtail Squid!!!
Master of camouflage
Cryptic sponge shrimp Gelastocaris paronae
seahorese - amned seahorse - Croatia
Here I stand ...Sawblade Shrimp - Tozeuma armatum. Sail Rock, Thailand-EM5-Oly 12-50mm-1250-f22-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL165
Rhino City, Ambon
..but I was not invisible?
Little underwater forest (coral abstract)
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp in a pink tipped anemone. I visited this little critter on three different dives and he was always extremely cooperative and curious. Shot with a Nikonos V, 28mm lens, Aquatica tubes and 105 Speedlight.
Spiny Tiger Shrimp (Phyllognathia ceratophthalma)
Anilao, Philippines
Frogfish yawning - Antennarius commerson
Nursery. Coconut octopus laying eggs. Canon g12, Inon s2000 strobe.
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Snooted Flathead......peering out of the darkness
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