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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)
Eye-to-eye
Painted Goby - playing frisbee.
Aughrusmore, Connemara.
60mm.
Jelly colours. I took this picture during a safety stop. It was hard to get the camera to focus, but well worth the effort. I love those jellyfish.
One stone three birds D200/60mm
Double Header! Taken in Anilao with Canon S80.
Another Spectacular Beauty from Anilao. Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens
Angry or hungry ?
Oriental Fan - Tail of a Ghost Pipefish. Taken in Anilao with Canon G9.
Steephead Parrotfish at dusk in a hole
Lion Fish Stalking
Ghost shrimp going for the gold!
Hermitage Crab, Crash Boat, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
I was not until I saw the photo in my computer that I could notice the small crabs struck under the shell of hermitage crab
Octopus on the move
Nikon f90x with 60mm lens
Eagle Ray taken in Naa'ma bay canon 100mm no flash
Small Gorilla Crab Swimming away, Taken on Holiday n the Philippines
I'm training for the future Olympics D200/60mm
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2007

Final RoundThrough to 2007 awards final round judging

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It's always worth a shot when critters mimic humans
Up close and personal with a Leopard Shark; taken at the Similan Islands, Thailand
Acrobatic Shrimp Defected from China to Anilao - Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens
Pesci nel buio...
Schooling squirrelfish with a parrotfish
Balloomfish, North Pacific, Costa Rica
Tiny frog "Oplà":Nikon D200 , 60 macro two strobo. Lembeh street 2207
Crayfish. Stoney cove. F50, 60mm.
Common Lionfish at Seaventures dive site at Mabul, Borneo. July 2007. I like how its fins are spread out in a circle. If only the boat hull at the bottom was a nice colourful reef!
Hunter & The Hunted
Today it is the turn for the second of Lembeh Rhinopias 350D/70mm
shortlistedShortlisted!
Steephead Parrotfish beak
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