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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)
Eyes - taken @ jardines, playacar, mexico, April 2009 with Nikon D90
Taken some time ago at the Great Barrier Reef but only recently rediscovered.
Anenomefish taken in the Coral Sea. Nikon D300 in sea & sea housing with dual ys250's & TTL.
Butterfly fish of every species in these waters
Red on Black... Beautiful Encounter... Que du bonheur... :O)...
Bali, Tulamben, liberty wreck dive point.
Turtle Risin. A Green turtle rises off the reef for a breath at Honaloa Bay, Maui, Hawaii. Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing using natural light.
out of the blue... a little wondered!
Flamboyant Cuttlefish doing a little jump ... a rare moment to find them free in the water.
A macro shot of a Pelagic Invertebrate, taken in open water off the coast of San Diego, California, USA.
Ornate Ghost Pipe Fish - Dumaguete. Macro; Canon IXUS 85IS on Ikelite housing, Manual Whitebalance, no flash or strobe.
some of Adriatic beauties...
Mating mandarinfish
Bobtail squid swim in mid-water during a night dive in Tung Ping Island, Hong Kong.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Never knew the chompers on cute little clown fish were so menacing looking until I snapped this shot with a Canon 5D using a the Sigma EX Macro lens - 105 mm - F/2.8. Very pleased with the isolation. Taken in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
shoot on holyday in marsa shagra egypten
This guy was actually fairly aggressive - kept following me and darting in front of me!
A curious Teira Batfish (Platax Teira) swimming close to a wreck outside Tanote Bay, Koh Tao/Thailand. Photo taken with an Olympus Mju700 with underwater housing.
Sepia officinalis
Longhorn Cowfish shot in North Sulawesi, May 2009, Aquatica 200 Housing, Nikon D200 camera, 105mm f2.8 Nikkor lens, twin YS90 Sea & Sea strobes.
long nose hawk fish
She has just started to move, had ahead! That's why is blured a little, and that's why I love it...
I took this just after dusk in Banda Harbor. There were several Mandarin females "on the prowl" for mates. I chose one female and treid to keep her in the field of view of my D300's 105mm macro lens and was able to catch the moment.
"Reflection" Sargassum Frogfish at a very swelly surface which is why I have some motion blur around his fins!
One of many different flat worms in the Solomon Sea.
Singing Mackerel
Mediterranean wrasse Coris julis
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