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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - swimming

12965 Entries Found: Page 405  of  481
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)
Trumpetfish.. shy, but worth the work.
A diamond blenny bats her lashes and stikes a pose.
This one's for Dr Bob... another whip goby with parasite attachments seen in the Philippines...
Cardinal fish, Lembeth 2005. Nikkor 60mm.
Velvet swimming crab in anemone's.
Isle of Lewis. Scotland.D200,60mm.
The last of the lucky clown fish series!!!
Roatan, Honduras.
Coney Grouper, Canon digital rebel, Ikelite 125 strobe.
Face of an Angel. Very friendly angel fish on a dive in Grand Cayman. I only had macro 105mm lense, however. :o\
Enjoy
Full-frame macro of a Southern Stingray eye. The iris looks like something made of gold that you would see around a pharaoh's neck. Turks and Caicos.
Squid: Nikon D100 , 60 macro , two manual strobo. Take in Lankayan
Tiny goby. North Wales. D200,60mm.
Cuttlefish at Ras Caty with Olympus SP350
Friendly Napoleon Wrasse
Stegastes rocasensis.
This one is hard to photograph... It keeps moving all the time!
Canon 300d, 50mm, sea&sea housing, YS90
Maui, HI image was taken on a night dive
Soft pillow : Nikon F90X , !05 macro , Two TTL strobo . Take Lembhe street
Strong current dive, but our litle friend really likes the spotlight and wanted to say hello!!
Medusa of the isle of Lewis. D200,60mm.

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A well framed floater Derek
Taken by my newly certified 11 year old. He took my camera and waited for the right moment, in the surge, to click the shutter.
Racoon butterlies swarm the rocks for food.
The Hawk : Nikon D100 , macro 105 lens , two strobo. Take in Moal Boal Philippine
Graceful partner goby & Red spot snapping shrimp - Very shy and endemic to the Red Sea.
Marsa Alam, a close look to this "masked" fish...
Originally, I only saw the tail of this White Mouth Moray. After finding the business end, I spent a while blinding him with my strobe. Three Tables, Haleiwa, Hawaii
We were watching each other for a while... I could actually watch his eyes follow me around while I was swimming. Stocky Hawkfish, taken at 3 Tables, Haliewa, Hawaii using a single strobe on a Nikon D70 in an Ikelite housing.
This must the be the fish they used for the Rainbow fish book! Stoplight Parrot Fish - Utila, Bay Islands
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