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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - 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 in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
eye to eye.
Coconut Octopus in his little plastic house.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2022
3rd place Monthly HotShots
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Pink eyes (Bryaninops natans)
Anilao Philippines
Magical Blackwater in Anilao - Cephalopod on small jelly
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Yellow Gobyfish
(Gobiodon okinawae)
Retra LSD
Anilao Philippines
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Dinner time
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2022

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Squid on bonfire dive
Polychaete Worm
Bonfire diving
Manatí Puerto Rico
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Space Jelly
A flatworm got attracted to my focus light during a night dive and I took this shot.
Smiling Blenny
Stare Off. This lionfish paused to hover and posed for the camera and I took advantage to get the shot.
Clown Fish
Baby Octopus
Octopus Larval stage
Bonfire diving
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Cute juvenile filefish
Nikon D80, Nikkor 105mm, ISO 100, f/11, 1/80, Ikelite housing with two Ikelite strobes
LONG ARM OCTOPUS LARVAL stage
Bonfire diving Puerto Rico
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This shot of a larval anemone was taken during a blackwater dive in Anilao. I had to get the shot quickly as it was riding the upwelling current and I have to control my ascent rate.
This is a photo of a very cute black puffer fish. This little guy is about 2.5 inches in size. Taken in Dauin, Philippines.
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I am the most beautiful Klipfish on the Reef,
Deceptive Friendliness of a Geometric Moray
Fish ‘n Jelly. Shot taken during a blackwater dive in Anilao, Philippines.
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Seahorse on a swim
Almost human like
Brightly colored frogfish
Winged Soldier
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Lumpsucker
This is an image of a fish riding a jellyfish on a blackwater dive in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines. The fish and the jellyfish are in a commensalism relationship. The baby fish is seeking refuge from the jellyfish from its natural predators.
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