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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)
Is this an alien being or a swimming Polyclad Flatworm? Taken at Pulau Weh, Aceh, Indonesia with Olympus SP 350, Inon macro converter lens and two Inon strobes
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Pipefish at Moalboal
Close-up of Black-Saddled Toby (Canthigaster valentini) in Anilao.
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Hamlets Mating in the Bahamas taken with an Olympus Evolt e-300.
Mimic filefish. Often confused with black-saddled tobies (with good reason, that is what they mimic....). Great Barrier Reef.
Lion Fish - Jetty - Derawan est Borneo
I'm not sure why he's pouting, he gets to dive all the time. Nikon D200 with 105 mm Macro lense in an Ikelite housing. DS125 strobes.
Black-saddled toby. Great Barrier Reef. 60mm macro on Canon Rebel XTi.
longfin spadefish (platax teira) taken near the surface in Na'ama Bay.
Alien Of The Ocean! Taken in Perhentian Island with Canon G9 & Inon Z240 strobe.
Image taken in Similan islands with a Nikon D80 and a 60mm lens.
Weedy Sea Dragon, Kurnell
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Editor's Comment
what a beastie!
Fishs - Chaetodon fasciatus
Lots of Jellyfish off SE Florida coast this day.
found in Komodo; F100
Red Sea Anemone / Clown fish at home. Olympus E-300 50mm + 1.4TC.
Closeup of a Trumpetfish in Similan Islands, Thailand. nikon D80, 60mm lens.
"Funny, How a name sticks with you". Spaeramia nematoptera PAJAMA CARDINALFISH. I first learned of these fish on this trip! That name really stuck with me, and I began seeing them everywhere!!
This fish posed to be shoted in Aegan Sea, Turkey
Lionfish at Moalboal
One of the most bizarre marine creatures in the world. The striped pajama squid of Southern Australia.
Nikon D80, 2 x ds 51 strobes and a 60mm
Juvenile Flamboyant Cuttlefish (1.5 - 2 cm) hovering above the black sand of Lembeh Strait... simply hypnotic!
Golden Damsel. I dont know if its just me but i can i spend my whole dive just watching and observing this small reef fishes. I guess i'm a damsel fish trapped in a mans body.
Juvenile or intermediate Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) from Anilao.
Fishs - Serranus scriba
bank of dorades swimming free in Ustica Island
Caribbean Reef Shark, Grand Bahama.
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