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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)
Fool on the Hill. Xeno Crab - Xenocarcinus tuberculatus. Ang Thong, Thailand-EM5-Oly 60mm-iso200-f8-1/250-Inon D2000x2
Mr Cool!
inside blue
shortlistedShortlisted!
"The 'Jungle' Home of Doto"
Up close and personal
Hitchhiker
I was excited to come across this shrimp taking a ride on a nudi - great color combo!
Near Dauin, Philippines, one of many varieties of frogfish found there.
Small white frogfish, snoot used for effect.
"At Home Alone"
Commensal anemone shrimp.
Night dive Anilao Pier.
Crinoid shrimp in Ticao.
Whip coral Goby
Anemone Shrimp. Bohol Philippines
Look me in the eye (Idiomysis)
Saw blade @ 24m
"Moody White Frogfish"
shortlistedShortlisted!
TOSA
4584X3056
Sun anemone shrimp. Nikon D90 with dual strobes a +5 diopter
Red Dots
Pygmy Seahorse hiding in the soft coral in Puerto Galera. So excited to find a family of pygmy seahorses! Oly EM-1 with a 60 mm macro lens and +5 diopter with 2 strobes.
E Y E S
Clear cleaner shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii)
Perhentian Island, Malaysia. April 2015
A candy crab i found in Tulamben
Pygmy squid with shrimp.
'Arrow Eyes'
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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Editor's Comment
Excellent shot of a fairly popular subject. Great use of rule of thirds, perfect spot-on focus and excellent framing.
New eyes look the sea
During a dive the guide discover that small seahorse
Coral Hermit Crab
5760x3840 no crop
three musketeers ; polychaete epitokes , hairy shrimp and the pelagic amphipod, Brachyscelus crusculum (has large eyes)
The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea - Vladimir Nabokov. Porcelain Crab - Porcellanidae sp. Ang Thong, Thailand-EM5-Oly 12-50-iso200-f8-1/250-Inon D2000x2-Inon UCL 165-h2o tools+5x2
shortlistedShortlisted!
Hairy shrimp taken with canon G16 with macro wet lens
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