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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)
Whaleshark snorkeling.
Banded Butterflyfish-no croping-Bonaire 2009
"Out of the Darkness" at least I didn't have to contend with Box Jellyfish to get this shot :o)
spotted boxfish taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot
taken with Oly 8080
The last look... lionfish gulping it's dinner.
Cool Character! I found this guy hanging out in Lembeh. G9/ Ikelite DS 160/ UCL 165.
Trying to hide
Thorny-back cowfish (Lactoria fornasini) - Crystal bay, Nusa Penida (Canon G9, D2000w)
Saying Hi! A Calico Bass hovering in the kelp foresst. Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel in Ikelite Housing with 60mm f/2.8 lens in natural light.
UFO - part II; a flying flatworm (pseudobiceros sp.)
Beauty spa for Giant Morays. This cleaner wrasse was being very thorough. Canon G9 and Ikelite DS51 strobe
Mating bleny, posing for my camera
A Octopus macropus escaping in front of my lens in a night dive
Another shot of my fav.character.....
Welcome to California. The "signature" garibaldi. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
A puffer with a parasit in his mouth.
"Grrrrrrrr.... I'm going to eat you... :O)..." Que du bonheur. Face to Face with this beautiful "Barbier".
"Do I know you?" asked the near-sighted turtle... Did NOT touch this youngster - the juvenile Hawksbill determined the level of interaction.
Rare Jellyfish Olindas sp.
Nikon Coolpix 5000+ Sea&Sea housing.
little cuttlefish trying to scare me away :-)
Sea horse.
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Editor's Comment
a clean shot George, unusual pose for midwater...
My diver buddy Tim with a weedy seadragon taken @ south mole
Gimme a kiss! Young boxfish in Safaga.
Anemone
Ooops try to blend in with the leaf
Cuttlefish in Papua ....
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