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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)
A small but colorful fish that likes to poke at scuba divers!
FUJI Finepix F31D
John Dory under Swanage Pier, October 2008. Taken with Nikon D100 & 60mm lens.
A ghost shrimp. Casio exilim
Scribbled Pipefish, Mabul Island, Borneo, Malaysia
Nikon D300, 105VR, Inon wet diopter
MDX D-300, 2x YS-110 Strobes
Big Eye ... :O) ...
Fishs (detail) - Thalassoma pavo (male)
clownfish,nikon D-200,105mm lens, in ikelite housing
Taken in Crystal Springs, Florida with a Nikon D100 & 60mm lens. Not sure on the species of fish!
Juvenile Harlequin Sweetlips. Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi. Canon 20D & Canon 100 macro
Encounter with a Map Pufferfish (Arothron mappa) during daydive at Crystal Bay, Bali - (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
Anthias or butterfly?
Ornate Ghost Pipefish, 8m, Puerto Galera, D300, 105VR, D-160/D-125 strobes
jelly
called the Donzella Pavonina --- it's one of the most colorful small fish in the Mediterranean. Shot at about 16 mt with Sea&Sea DX1g
Cute little Boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) - (Canon G9, Inon D2000)
nemo and his mates.
Damsels
Redbreasted Maori Wrasse. Wakatobi, SE Sulawesi. Canon 40D & Canon 100 macro
Cuckoo Wrasse taken on Mew Stone Ledges, Plymouth, England. Using a Nikon D100 & 60mm lens.
Canon G9 & Inon D-2000 strobe
Puffer Fish
Sarpa Salpa.
Olympus c-7070 and YS-60 strob
Red and black. Canon G9 & Inon D-2000 strobe
Blue Ribbon Eel. Wakatobi, SE Sulawesi. Canon 40D & Canon 100 macro
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Final RoundThrough to 2008 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
an unusual pose for a common subject
Map pufferfish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
Attack!! The sequel to a shot a posted a week ago. Having found a parasite in the Blue Angelfish's gills, the cleaner wrasse is going in for the kill. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 40D & Canon 60 macro.
Playing hide and seek....
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