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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)
welcoming committee - sea snake taken on my very first dive in the Philippines.
A 10 cm Pelagica noctiluna (common names Night Light Jelly fish or Warty Jelly fish) - bioluminescing in Wallilabou bay, Saint Vincent. Only one successful shot out of 20 attempts.
Juvenile anenomefish hanging out in Aussie coloured sponge. Go the green and gold. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, OI! OI! OI!
blue ribbon eel swimming,i am told that this eel is also turning from a blue male to a yellow female(very rare)
"Red eye"
Canon g7 Inon macro lens Inon external strobe.Full frame
a suspicious mandarine fish ,nikond2x 105 mm macro
Juvenile Emperor Angelfish, East Timor
Less than 10 cm across, this Pelagia noctiluca was calling to us in Saint Vincent's Walilabou Bay. And would those be jellyfish fish then?
Damselfish (Chromis chromis) hiding in the dark behind a garden of small anemonies (Parazoanthus axinellae). It just popped out in time to get its picture taken...
Cuttlefish Eye. Slight (10-15%) crop. Canon G10, 2xUCL165 lenses, Sea and Sea Ys110a and YS27DX Strobes!
Pinnacle of another Jelly Fish!!!
shot at plug point muscat,oman with nikon D70s and 70mm macro
Barracuda-Canon 5D 100 mm macro no cropping-Bonaire 2009
This place had so many af these guys swimming around.
This juvy trunkfish was bouncing around like a ping pong ball
Pygmy leatherjacket saying peek-a-boo
Clown Fish. Unusual photo as it has a bacteria in its mouth.
Its so common here,believe me,its anywhere!
Turtle close up. No cropping.
Sea Thru. A tiny juvenile Giant Kelpfish hides well in the leaves of the Anacapa kelp forest. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in an Ikelite Housing. Natural Light.
not many people get to see a blue ribbon swimming.
COOL
Pygmy Cuttlefish , Ambon Bay. D300-60mm
Portrait study of a Stumpy-spined Cuttlefish. Taken with D200 and using 60mm lens
For a little guy, he's got some mighty mean anger issues! Fairy Baslet, Little Cayman, BWI
lion fish macro no strobe magic filter total novice.
Cardinal fish. The art of camouflage
Juvenile Emperor Angelfish. D300-60mm
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