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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)
Sulphur damsel (Pomacentrus sulfureus).
Fuji f50 Fantasea Nano strobe
The couple
cleaning time, big eyed snapper and cleaner wrasse.
A frog or a fish ?
Puffer Fish under the Busselton Jetty. Canon 20D 100 Macro
Isla Reta...
Big Fin Reef Squid. Taken with D200 and 60mm lens.
Juv. Chromis-chromis
Ornate Ghost Pipefish, Tulamben.
Arabian boxfish
Bangai Cardinal
Scrawled Filefish at night
Despite my best jokes, I COULD NOT get this guy to smile! Whatayagonnado? The ever popular turtle shot. Up close and personal.
Glass fish. D3, 105mm.
They get in everywhere...
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

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great behavior shot Tunc
Anemonefish. East of Dili, East Timor.
This image of a squid was taken at Villa Blanco Wall...... This dive site is awesome and there are lots of photo opportunities. I love Cozumel!
Juvenile spotted drum - full frame - no cropping
Dancing Juvenile Sweetlips.
"camouflage" you almost can't see the small fish in this shot done with macro set up on a nikonos
"You scratch my back, and I won't eat you"!!
A Squid at Night
An Anemon fish in an Anemon
Portrait of a Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) with "his" anemone.
Nikon 801s+60 macro- Ikelite Housing&strobe
Taken at Ligpo Island, Batangas Philippines. Used Olympus SP-550 UZ, Inon D-2000 Strobes w/o Diffuser.
Blue cheeked Butterfly fish
Lion fish, dorsal.
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