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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)
Sexy Shrimp - Thor amboinensis
Very Small Nudi
Nembrotha yonowae
So Orange
Unusually orange Pigmy Seahorse
4948x3299
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Perfect WB, perfect lighting, great composition, spot-on focus. Excellent work!
Red Banner Blenny (Emblemariopsis ramirezi)
B O B B Y
Bobtail squid (Sepiolida)
Anilao, Philippines. May 2014
shortlistedShortlisted!
Canon 5Diii in Aquatica
S&S 250pro with Reefnet snoot
100mmL with stacked Aquatica +10 [hand-held] +5
1/125 f18 iso160
Saw-Blade Shrimp with eggs on a finger sponge
shortlistedShortlisted!
~ A Closer Look ~
The rhinophores of either the Janolus capensis or Janolus longidentatus. I say either as its impossible to tell these two apart unless you seen laying their egg mass.
Green shrimp
Grinch shrimp - Phychocaris sp.
Lembeh Sea Dragon in Anilao.
It's slow but constant movement make it a difficult subject, not to mention its diminutive state.
Pair of Yellow Pygmy Gobies,Anilao,Phillippines.
An amazing creature the Harlequin Shrimp is a riot of color and contours!
G R E E N . L A N D
Sea slug (Costasiella kuroshimae)
Anilao, Philippines. April 2015
A Beautiful Boxer! Taken with a 100mm macro and +5 diopter on a black back drop.
Emperor in the Spotlight
A Flower and its Amphipod Dweller
R E D . D O T
Porcelain crab (Porcellanidae)
Anilao, Philippines. August 2014
litle blenny in Home, el Jardin Acapulco
Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata) feeds on Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis) eggs.
Olympus OMD-EM5, Olympus 60mm + Nauticam SMC
Nauticam housing & single Sea & Sea YS-D1
1/250 f16 ISO 200
shortlistedShortlisted!
Cling it Baby
3421x3180
Nagana large and in charge.
Pipefish in soft coral
"Kiss-me"
105/2.8 +10 Subsee
'Alien Landscape' - spotted cleaner shrimp on warty corallimorph
Host and hosted.
Tiny coral crab
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