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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)
Mandarin Fish, Mabul island, Borneo, Malaysia, D300, N... by Kay Burn Lim
Mandarin Fish, Mabul island, Borneo, Malaysia,
D300, Nikon 105VR Macro
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 15, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Due to recent surgery, my husband/dive buddy Jim didn't d... by Deborah Chambers
Due to recent surgery, my husband/dive buddy Jim didn't dive on this trip to Little Cayman, so I took his D300 down and had a blast with it. This Queen Triggerfish was aggressively guarding its eggs, so it was easy to shoot a close-up.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 14, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Serranus cabrilla. Olympus c-7070 and YS-60 by Carlos Ernesto
Serranus cabrilla.
Olympus c-7070 and YS-60
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 14, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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clownfish by Luc Rooman
clownfish
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 14, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Klunzingers lipvis by Luc Rooman
Klunzingers lipvis
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A clown fish in it's Anemone ... :O) .... by Michel Lonfat
A clown fish in it's Anemone ... :O) ....
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Crowned Toby - Who wouldn'd love a face like this? by Stuart Ganz
Crowned Toby - Who wouldn'd love a face like this?
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Moray close portrait. by Miguel Cortés
Moray close portrait.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2008

Final RoundThrough to 2008 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
good diagonal crop
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Clownfish, 105mm by Larissa Roorda
Clownfish, 105mm
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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Cleaning service. Canon G9 & Inon D2000 strobe. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Cleaning service. Canon G9 & Inon D2000 strobe.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Photo taken at northeast coast of Taiwan with Nikon D100 ... by Steve Kuo
Photo taken at northeast coast of Taiwan with Nikon D100 housed in Nexus Anthis D100
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Taiwan
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Clown fish with a small parasite in the fronthead by Victor Tabernero
Clown fish with a small parasite in the fronthead
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Out looking for shark close ups, ran into this school of ... by Cindy Campbell
Out looking for shark close ups, ran into this school of fish instead! Used a 60mm lens at f5.6, using strobes.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Guapeton fish by Victor Tabernero
Guapeton fish
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Serranus cabrilla with parasites. olympus c-7070and YS-s... by Carlos Ernesto
Serranus cabrilla with parasites.
olympus c-7070and YS-strob
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A crab taking a ride in a jelly fisy. Casio Exilim z 1200 by Andrew Macleod
A crab taking a ride in a jelly fisy. Casio Exilim z 1200
42 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Clown fish, (Amphiprion nigripes). Canon G9 & Inon D2000 ... by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Clown fish, (Amphiprion nigripes). Canon G9 & Inon D2000 strobe.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Even little fish get dirty. A damsel fish getting a good... by Ross Gudgeon
Even little fish get dirty. A damsel fish getting a good going over by a cleaner wrasse that is almost as big as it is. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Canon 100 macro
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Editor's Comment
great behavior shot - the sort always in demand for books
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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The fish in this photo is a Smooth Trunkfish. The size of... by Steven Anderson
The fish in this photo is a Smooth Trunkfish. The size of this fish is about the size of a pea. I found that this fish kind of buzz's around the reef like a bee. This photo was taken at Santa Rosa Wall in Cozumel.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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The reef reflected in a Puffer´s eye by Victor Tabernero
The reef reflected in a Puffer´s eye
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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first you get it ... afterward you think how to swallow i... by Andrea Severino
first you get it ... afterward you think how to swallow it! --- poor mechanic shrimp!
Sealife DC800 with strobe
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Cuttlefish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm. by Derek Haslam
Cuttlefish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Cuttlefish eating a sand eel, Hope Cove, Devon. Taken us... by David Stephens
Cuttlefish eating a sand eel, Hope Cove, Devon. Taken using Nikon D100 & 60mm lens
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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rudderfish by Martin Dalsaso
rudderfish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Good detail on an eel. Casio exilim z1200 by Andrew Macleod
Good detail on an eel. Casio exilim z1200
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Tiny cute fish. Canon G9 & Inon D2000 strobe. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Tiny cute fish. Canon G9 & Inon D2000 strobe.
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Yellow box Nikon D200, 60 micro,twin strobo Lembeh stra... by Marchione Giacomo
Yellow box
Nikon D200, 60 micro,twin strobo
Lembeh strait 2008
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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