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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)
Pygmy sea horse camouflaged in a sea fan. It's only 3mm tall.
"Closer" Note: This was the only shot taken. I only took one shot because I could see that the turtle was uncomfortable. I think close range flashes on Turtles, especially at night, are very disorienting for the animal. Something to consider...
Soft coral crab
Pygmy Seahorse
Taken with+10 SubSee wet diopter.
ISO 100, f/16, 1/125
Happy Hippocampus couple
Nikon D80 with AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, Ikelite housing, D161 & D125 Strobes.
Settings: Aperture f/14, Shutter Speed 1/160, Manual, Strobes -1 and 1/2, ISO 100,
My old friend Blenny from my first dive in 2013!
TEENY, tiny decorator crab on a sea fan
Juvenile shrimp (less than 0.5cm)
taken with my +15 wet diopter
Watching the 2013 Contest
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2013 awards final round judging
Conversation between two Skeleton Shrimps
Curious pygme sea horse.
Crinoid squat lobster
taken with my +15 wet diopter.
Pygmy Pipehorse portrait
Watching Blenny
This is my last entry (№377) in this year.
My Blenny is looking forward to seeing the results of the contest 2012 in UWP.com! :-)
I wish you all Happy New Year!
31.12.2012
shortlistedShortlisted!
Racing Stripes
shortlistedShortlisted!
Crescent Gunnels
Pistol shrimp in a corkscrew anemone. Note the incredibly small shrimp within the anemone. Nikon 105mm with SubSea 5X.
tiny leptopsammia pruvoti at Cesme
Just a Little Guy
Tiny Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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Editor's Comment
cool critter ;-)
Pseudosimnia sinensis
shortlistedShortlisted!
Baby Sharpnose puffer, shot with the subsee 10x!
Happy Anemone Mine
Happy holidays!
Mosshead Warbonnet, Hood Canal Washington
The flattened shape suggests it could be a Cryptic Sponge Shrimp (Gelastocaris paronae), but G. paronae is normally found on sponges where its colour and patterns camouflage it. This shrimp is mostly transparent, so perhaps it's a juvenile.
Say AHHH! :-0
Fringed Blenny
sphere of colonial rotifers
(one and a half mm diameter)
on tree roots, Lake Plussee
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