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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)

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Blue eyes by Tony Yang
Blue eyes
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 23, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Title: "Pink cutie". Name of species: Brachaluteres taylo... by Athanassios Lazarides
Title: "Pink cutie". Name of species: Brachaluteres taylori - Juvenile File fish. Size: Less than 20 mm. Photographed in Tulamben, Bali.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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"Sea stallion" Hippocampus hippocampus from Cyprus. by Athanassios Lazarides
"Sea stallion" Hippocampus hippocampus from Cyprus.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Cyprus
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Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight! by Lars Oliver Michaelis
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Zeus faber free swimming taken with 105/2.8 (small specimen) by Gaetano Gargiulo
Zeus faber free swimming taken with 105/2.8 (small specimen)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Ornate Ghost by Philippe Eggert
Ornate Ghost
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 16, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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clown fish with parasite by Rudy Janssen
clown fish with parasite
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Bad passenger by Salvatore Ianniello
Bad passenger
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Cardinal fish showing eggs by Mark Reilly
Cardinal fish showing eggs
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 14, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Blackwater Jelly by Pietro Cremone
Blackwater Jelly
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date posted posted: Friday, January 13, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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I used a snoot to isolate only the fish. by Tracey Jennings
I used a snoot to isolate only the fish.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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This is one of the few shots in existence of this larval ... by Suzan Meldonian
This is one of the few shots in existence of this larval form of a Tripod fish. It is a creature from the deep, originally found at 15,000 feet in the Marianas Trench. Discovered while on a Black water dive over a depth of 600 feet in the Gulf Stream
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Incredible shot of a very rare sighting. Just wonderful.
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Fire dartfiish or red fire goby (nemateleotris magnifica)... by J. Daniel Horovatin
Fire dartfiish or red fire goby (nemateleotris magnifica) dancing with its partner but missed a focused shot of the duo.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The perfect hover by Luke Gordon
The perfect hover
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Cardinal fish with eggs by Mark Reilly
Cardinal fish with eggs
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Muck habitat researcher Maarten De Brauwer hovers behind ... by Luke Gordon
Muck habitat researcher Maarten De Brauwer hovers behind a tiny juvenile Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Photograph shot while documenting new research into these cryptic habitats
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Colourful smiling by Raoul Caprez
Colourful smiling
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 8, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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In bad weather(rain,wind,cold),what else you can do?Take ... by Istvan Zoboki
In bad weather(rain,wind,cold),what else you can do?Take a camera and go explore a dive site.There is always something,something beautiful!
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Eye of a juvenile squid on the surface, during a night di... by Frank Nuijens
Eye of a juvenile squid on the surface, during a night dive in Coron Bay
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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I've dreamt about a seahorse by Uwe Schmolke
I've dreamt about a seahorse
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Excellent capture and great technique. It truly looks like in a dream
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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banggai-cardinalfish | juvenil by Volker Lonz
banggai-cardinalfish | juvenil
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Turtle on night dive by Helen Hansen
Turtle on night dive
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Cuttlefish Fish by Helen Hansen
Cuttlefish Fish
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Thailand
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Shoot in a moq dive by David Ferreira
Shoot in a moq dive
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Malaysia
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Pipefish by Iyad Suleyman
Pipefish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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MINION by Tianhong Wang
MINION
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Limaria hians by David Borg
Limaria hians
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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