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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)
Sargassum Anglerfish - Maldives, December 2007.
Can't stop taking pics of these guys! This was taken with a Fuji Finepix, Inon 2000 Strobe and Inon Close-Up Lens.
A "teenager" Emperor angelfish-you can still see the feint circles of the juvenile mixed with the adult colouring
Clown et crevette
Atlantic Spadefish on the wreck of the Speigel Grove off of Key Largo
Smile! Blenny taken at Marsa Bareika with E300 and 105mm lens.
juvenile Common Lionfish
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French Angelfish, nigth dive, Bonaire
A couple of FOUREYE BUTTERFLY FISHES. I guess that makes it eight eyes in the picture. Taken at the Wit Shoal, in St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands)
Poisson coffre
Prancing Prawn - with eggs.
Lembeh Straits.
60mm.
Spadefish on the inside reef at Lauderdale by the Sea. Picture taken without a strobe with a SeaLife 5000.
Crystal of Light
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Shrimp taken at Marsa Bareika, Ras Mohamed Park with E300 and 105mm lens.
Pearly razorfish.
Taken during a dive on the housereef of kuramathi. Nikon D80 60mm Macro lens.
blue muren eel.nikon d2x 60mm macro
2007/12/30 18:33
A squid which laid eggs off the p29 wreck in cirkewwa, Malta.
It was attracted to the flash and came rushing to investigate - amazing experience.
Trompetfish, Crash Boat Piers, Aguadilla. I was not until I saw the photo in my computer that could notice the presence of the sea horse in the top right end of the photo.
French Angelfish on the inside reef at Lauderdale by the Sea.
Reef squid taken on a night dive at Ras Umm Sid.
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Final RoundThrough to 2008 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
We all know it takes 100's of trys to capture a nice clean shot like this one from Nikki
2007/12/30 19:20 .
Picaso Trigerfish very hard to be captured especially when snorkeling. Shallow opaque water.
Warty seawasp taken on a night dive at Sharksbay.
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Immaculate Pufferfish - under the jetty at Air Batang on Tioman Island. April 2007.
Stands erect fish which sleeps.
Casio EX-Z1000 ; 8mm ;F/5.6 ;1/60sec.
Xiao Liu Qiu, TAIWAN.
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