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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)
Slender Filefish.
Wolf eel photographed at Sunrise Beach; Gig Harbor, Washington.

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These oogly critters are hard to coax out but a rewarding cold water subject.
Clownfish, Perhentian Island, Malaysia.
Seahorse. Almost the entire night dive was spent looking for turtles when this little guy darted out between two fronds before latching on. Fuji s2 60mm/dual strobes-Photoshop-hue/saturation and converted to sepia.

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Like the sepia effect
Eye to eye with a reef squid.
eels incredible and they can get so BIG!!!!!!!!
peekaboo
"Take a break" Sipadan Island, Malaysia
Was diving inside Molokini Crater in Maui as a school of Racoon Butterflies including a few Scrawled Filefish passed by and circled me.
colors were very surpising to no attempt to camouflage or flare into a warning. I really love this shot again 1 of my favorite spots Cozumel,MX night dive
Yellow Seahorse. These have to be the most amazing little creatures ever! and possibly the most delicate. Nikon D70 14mm lens
Wow together in Roatan in Honduras, Fantasy Island great diving
these are even more beautiful as babies as they are adults
Leaf fish on A pedestal,sulawesi indonesia.
Dancer & Refelections
Trumpet Fish, night dive at Kapalai house reef. Olympus C5060.
We call this one "rubber lips" Nikon D70 60mm lens
Leafy sea dragon ,kangaroo island austraila,like all seahorses they just dont want to look at you it took A long time to get this closeup.
Glowing Clown
Indonesia, 2004
D100
Crocodile Needlefish caught napping on a night dive in the Carribean.
A starting blue plotted.
Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with macro lense and two Sea&Sea YS-90DX strobes.
Ornate Ghost pipefish. House reef at Tufi, PNG. D100 and Titan housing, 60mm lens.
Tufi Mandarin. D100 in a Titan housing, 105mm lens. Shot on the house reef at Tufi in PNG.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2004
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Now here's a tie-dye, pychedelic, hippy fish! Who needs Photoshop when you look like this?
Scorpion fish and anemone with A halo, burma.
These guys are always easy to get close to this one was particulary nosey. again 1 of my fav places to dive Coz. MX
Snappers , These guys were everywhere in the malidives. Beautiful fish, and there not too shy either. Nikon D70
Caught him Yawning, Roatan, Reefmaster 300 Digital
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